'A trap for the unwary': The power and paradox of parole boards
Part 3 of Violation examines America’s opaque parole system and how Jacob Wideman prepared to argue for his release.
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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.