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Members of the Royal Bermuda Regiment said they felt that they had been “part of history” by parading for King Charles III at his coronation in London. An RBR spokesman said: “Members proudly represen...

Part 3 of Violation examines America’s opaque parole system and how Jacob Wideman prepared to argue for his release.

Not long after Jacob Wideman murdered his summer camp roommate, Eric Kane, in 1986 — seemingly with no motive — a question emerged in the breathless news coverage of the tragedy: Was Jake a “bad seed”?

This debut episode of Violation, a podcast from WBUR and The Marshall Project, introduces the story of the crime that has bound two families together for decades.