This is the first episode in our new pod studio! Tali's mic was not co-operating until about 8:20 which is right about when the case starts ◡̈

A Harvard law professor. A bitter divorce. A dentist with a Ferrari and a god complex. Two Miami gang members. And a mother-in-law who, the day after her son was convicted of murder, booked a one-way flight to a country with no extradition treaty.

This is the murder of Daniel Markel.

Dan Markel was 41 years old, a tenured law professor at Florida State, a devoted father to two little boys, and one of the most respected criminal law scholars in the country. He spent his career writing about punishment, retribution, and what justice actually looks like.

On July 18, 2014, he was shot twice in the head in his own garage by two Miami gang members who  ...