Episode Details

Hours after Rob and Michele Reiner were allegedly killed, surveillance video captured Nick Reiner calmly buying a drink at a gas station. Legal experts say that footage "cuts both ways." Attorney Eric Faddis walks through exactly how.

For prosecution, it's evidence of awareness — someone who knew what he'd done and functioned normally afterward. For a defense signaling insanity, it might demonstrate dissociation or a break from reality so complete that Nick didn't process the gravity of his actions. Same footage. Opposite interpretations. A jury will have to decide.

Alan Jackson spent three weeks investigating this case before withdrawing under circumstances he's "legally and ethically prohibited" from explaining. But he made his position clear on the courthouse steps: Nick Reiner is "not guilty of murder" under California law. That's the insanity defense in one sentence.

Eric Faddis examines what happens now that Nick is represented by a public defender instead of one of the best defense attorneys in the country. Jackson's team issued ten sealed subpoenas. They investigated the case "top to bottom, back to front." Does that change in representation fundamentally alter Nick's chances — or is an insanity defense an insanity defense regardless of who's arguing it?

Nick appeared at his first hearing in a suicide prevention smock. There's a sealed medical order relating to his mental health treatment. Sources say his medications still aren't stabilized. He's charged with two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances — death penalty eligible.

Eric breaks down the competency question, what the sealed subpoenas might reveal, and why DA Nathan Hochman says he's "fully confident" in conviction.

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