Second Chances

Speaker 10:00

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Speaker 2· Soundbite0:30

Right there.

John Marley· Soundbite0:33

Yeah.

Speaker 2· Soundbite0:33

Right there. Do you mind if I, uh, just do a quick pat search, make sure you don't have any weapons on you?

John Marley· Soundbite0:38

No.

Speaker 2· Soundbite0:38

You have anything that you shouldn't have?

John Marley· Soundbite0:40

Well, probably- Anything that'd scare me?

Maggie Rulli· Host0:42

At a police station in Caldwell, Idaho, Idaho Falls Police Captain John Marley gave Brian Dripps a quick pat-down before sitting across from him to talk. Dripps had a long, gray beard. He wore a black T-shirt and camo pants that matched his trucker hat, while the officers wore suits. They were set up in a small room with green walls. Captain Marley says everything about this meeting was meticulously planned, down to the furniture.

John Marley· Soundbite1:15

We didn't want any distractions in the room. We wanted a table and we wanted three chairs. We didn't want for us to sit between him and the door and for him to feel like he was trapped. We didn't really want a barrier in between us either, like a table. We wanted to