131: Interrogation and The Power Of Attorney

The Blotter Presents

Toby Ball didn't watch all of Interrogation, CBS All-Access's new choose-your-own-watch-order procedural (based, evidently, on a real case); I did; we both have some of the same issues with the "hook" of shuffled episodes -- and I had MAJOR issues with the ending. Was an all-star cast wasted on a project that doesn't really know what it's trying to do?
Later, we talked about an episode of The Power Of Attorney, a podcast from Rutgers Law School, that talks to the guy on whose case Interrogation might be based: exoneree and marathoner Huwe Burton. Alas, that podcast doesn't talk to Burton enough, and while it's a solid overview of how false confessions come about -- and a clever idea for a podcast overall -- we're not sure this treatment of the material works either. But we also talk about David Simon's many contributions to the genre, so have a listen to The Blotter Presents, Episode 131.
SHOW NOTES

• Interrogation on All Access
• TV Guide’s Noel Kirkpatrick on why the shuffled structure makes the show hard to plug into
• The Power Of Attorney, Episode 4
• Huwe Burton on Real Sports
• New York Times coverage of Burton’s exoneration
• Toby’s Deep Dive book club on the CWO Patreon
• Best Evidence