Trace of Suspicion - Ep. 5: The Big Reach
5/22/202631 min
The jury speaks out, a new lawyer steps in, and the case heads in a new direction. This episode originally published on March 24, 2026.
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First 90 secondsJosh Mankiewicz· Host0:00
I'm Craig Melvin. Cheers.
Bob Udell· Guest0:01
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Speaker 20:02
Cheers.
Josh Mankiewicz· Host0:02
I've always been a glass half full kind of guy, and now I'm talking to some people who look at the world that way too. Some really fascinating folks who share their defining moments, their triumphs, their challenges. Their stories are funny and quite candid. So I hope you'll join me each week, and who knows, you might just come away with your own glass half full.
Speaker 30:24
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Josh Mankiewicz· Host0:29
[gentle music] They saw one another almost every day, made eye contact and nodded in the morning, said goodbye with a smile at the end of the day. They were more than strangers, but less than friends. That's because for nearly a month they were jurors in a murder case, and each held a ringside seat to the biggest show in town, the one thing everyone seemed to be talking about.
Speaker 40:59
I think the prosecutors did a wonderful job. I think the defense attorney was a little pompous, quite frankly.
Josh Mankiewicz· Host1:07
Everyone, that is, except them.
Speaker 51:10
It's like, uh, the second I told them I was on jury duty, I was gonna be out of work for a while, they said, "Is it this case?" It's like, "Well, no." People learned not to talk to me, and I didn't talk to them about it.
Josh Mankiewicz· Host1:21
Now, the lawyers on both sides had made their final pitches, and the case was theirs. The judge had given