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Kristin starts us off with the story of a hate crime that galvanized Asian Americans.\xa0
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\nOn the night of his bachelor party, Vincent Chin was brutally attacked by Michael Nitz and his stepdad, Ronald Ebens. Vincent died four days after the attack. He\u2019d never regained consciousness. It was a horrific crime, but people in power didn\u2019t see it that way. Michael and Ronald were sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay a little more than $3,000 in fines. The judge explained his decision, saying, \u201cthese weren\u2019t the kind of men you send to jail.\u201d
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\nThen Brandi tells us a story from her very own Johnson County bubble.\xa0
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\nRight off the bat, William Jennings\u2019 death looked suspicious. He was discovered in his home, beaten so badly that his veneers had come off. He\u2019d been strangled with the bars of a decorative bird cage. A suicide note specifically mentioned that his longtime partner, David Stagg, was not to be blamed. Naturally, investigators wondered if he was. \xa0\n
\n\nAnd now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.\n
\n\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:\nThe documentary, \u201cWho Killed Vincent Chin?\u201d
\nThe book, \u201cAsian American Studies Now,\u201d by Helen Zia\n\u201cVincent Chin\u2019s family never got the justice they wanted. But his case changed things for those who came after him,\u201d by Harmeet Kaur for CNN\n\u201cThe Killing of Vincent Chin\u201d trial reenactment by UC Hastings Law, on YouTube\n\u201cThe Killing of Vincent Chin\u201d entry on Wikipedia\n
\n\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:\n\u201cFormer Westmar Professor Charged In Slaying\u201d Associated Press, Sioux City Journal\n\u201cProfessor charged in killing reported a suicide\u201d by Diane Carroll, The Kansas City Star\n\u201cMurder suspect wins legal round\u201d by Diane Carroll, The Kansas City Star\n\u201cDefense asks judge to throw out murder charge against professor\u201d Associated Press, Lawrence Journal-World\n\u201cTrial begins for Missouri professor of music charged with killing lover\u201d Associated Press, Lawrence Journal-World\n\u201cProfessor\u2019s trial ends in hung jury\u201d Associated Press, The Manhattan Mercury\n\u201cMo. professor faces new murder trial\u201d Associated Press, The Wichita Eagle\n\u201cProf on trial again in death of partner\u201d Associated Press, The Manhattan Mercury\n\u201cSource of DNA is disputed\u201d by Diane Carroll, The Kansas City Star\n\u201cJurors unable to reach verdict in trial\u201d Associated Press, Colby Free Press\n\u201cMurder trial ends with 2nd hung jury\u201d by Caroline Boyer, Shawnee Dispatch\n\u201cNo 3rd trial in 2004 Shawnee murder, judge rules\u201d by Caroline Boyer, Shawnee Dispatch\n
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