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Interrogation Raw: First Comes Marriage Then Comes Murder For A Controlling Husband

When a young woman vanishes, detectives zero in on her controlling estranged husband in this clip from Season 2, Episode 20.

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12.22.1984

Bernhard Goetz shoots four Black teenagers on the New York City subway

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12.22.1984

In a polarizing case centering on issues of race and vigilantism, Bernhard Goetz shot four Black teenagers on a New York City subway after he alleged that they had tried to rob him. All four survived, though one was paralyzed and suffered brain damage. Goetz, who initially fled to Vermont but surrendered to police after nine days, was charged with attempted murder, assault and other crimes – but only convicted of carrying an unlicensed firearm. He served eight months of a one-year sentence; in 1996, he was ordered to pay $43 million in civil damages to his paralyzed victim.

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