Today we cover the very recent case regarding Matthew Coleman and his family. As always, listeners may find the details graphic. How can a conspiracy theory go too far? And at what point could this have been stopped, if at all?

Definition:

https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/

In academia:

https://philarchive.org/archive/PIGPRO#:~:text=According to Popper, the 'conspiracy,the conspiracies of the gods.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131857.2021.1917364

https://www.britannica.com/topic/conspiracy-theory

In a criminal case:

https://www.aol.com/matthew-coleman-qanon-dad-charged-124313246.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABFaIXNG6CBF3rkBYOq5yL_rk4ibZBeRSWv_6PME2pgVvPq10j3puigO3SJCJDRShVVSLIdkjhegrqNvzOAesM202I8esKELnCrqjh8q2sxuwA7dAvMLblPgopk4zYblJB6XFK8IYNRuvbH6Dmg19iNUjumBhHiUdtCYa_o7xFV1

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/santa-barbara-man-indicted-san-diego-killing-his-children-mexico

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21040988-matthew-taylor-coleman-fbi-docs/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qanon-dad-killed-kids-serpent-dna/

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1gpet92/on_august_9th_2021_it_is_alleged_that_matthew/

Photos:

matthew-coleman-b2106286.html

https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/arraignment-postponed-for-santa-barbara-man-charged-with-murdering-his-children

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-21/qanon-the-conspiracy-web-creeping-into-u-s-politics-quicktake

This case covers a domestic violence case and how a whole family can blow up at the hands of one person. Tiggy also educates James on the law of diminished responsibility.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M'Naghten_rules

https://askewslegal.co/insights/criminal-law/the-defence-of-diminished-responsibility/#:~:text=The legal defence of diminished,consideration of mental health factors.

https://www.britannica.com/science/mental-disorder

https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.libezproxy.open.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1111/1556-4029.13789

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22879041

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/familys-heartbreak-beloved-harlow-mum-9531224

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2340134/Mark-Golds-Let-finish--Murderer-demanded-police-let-stab-girlfriend-arrested-moments-fatal-knife-attack.html

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/story/2013-06-12/harlow-killer-gets-life/

https://vlex.co.uk/vid/r-v-golds-792604053

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-20115446

https://www.lawteacher.net/cases/r-v-golds.php

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-18868258

https://supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc_2015_0053_judgment_4d36e99af2.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2015-0053

This week we cover a famous case in which those involved in the story themselves travel together to discuss the implications of their case. What is the weapons focus effect, and how can it change an innocent man's life forever?

Definition:

https://www.college.police.uk/research/projects/effect-visual-distractors-weapon-focus-effect-eyewitness-memory#:~:text=One phenomenon that has been,the individual holding the weapon.

In academia:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10545598/#:~:text=E. F.-,Loftus et al.,when he held a check.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10545598/#CR67

In a criminal case:

https://innocenceproject.org/cases/ronald-cotton/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dna/etc/script.html

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/the-perfect-witness

Photos:

https://www.kepplerspeakers.com/speakers/picking-cotton

https://www.alamy.com/ronald-cotton-right-is-shown-in-this-1984-police-photo-following-his-arrest-on-rape-charges-in-burlington-nc-cotton-was-convicted-of-the-rape-of-jennifer-thompson-in-january-1985-eleven-years-later-he-was-released-from-prison-after-dna-testing-showed-that-bobby-poole-left-pictured-in-a-1985-police-photo-actually-committed-the-crime-burlington-police-department-via-ap-image509086492.html

https://klau.nd.edu/news-events/news/jennifer-thompson-the-concentric-circles-of-harm/