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The Trial of Paul Madrowski for the Murder of Dean Fawcett
TLDR In the third part of the "On the Inside" series, Bob Ferracci reflects on his regrets and the impact of meeting Paul Madrowski, while the prosecution's case against Paul starts to fall apart due to contradictory statements and lack of incriminating evidence. Despite doubts about the accuracy of his confession, Paul is found guilty after the jury determines that lending his car to Bob Ferracci was equivalent to being involved in the murder.
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00:00
In part three of the "On the Inside" series, Shruti interviews Bob Ferracci, a friend of Paul Madrowski who claims Paul murdered Dean Fawcett, and Bob reflects on his regrets and the impact meeting Paul had on his life.
04:25
Bob Ferracci reminisces about Paul Madrowski, describing their contrasting personalities and comparing them to characters from The Godfather, but becomes uncomfortable and refuses to discuss the night of Dean's murder when asked about it by Shruti.
09:06
Bob Ferracci gave contradictory statements to the police about Dean's murder, including accusing their friend Brian and then Paul, and admitted to lying and telling the police whatever he thought would take the heat off him, but claimed that the true story of what happened that night is the one he told at trial, which was a double jury trial where both Bob and Paul had their own juries and the prosecution told two different stories that didn't line up.
13:44
Bob Ferracci takes the stand in his trial and testifies that Paul had Dean Fawcett's head in his hands and threatened him, but the prosecution's case against Paul starts to fall apart when evidence, such as a map book with an X marking the spot where Dean's body was found, is proven to be a publisher's line and not incriminating evidence.
18:48
Prosecutor James McKay believes that Paul Modrowski was the mastermind behind the murder of Dean Fawcett, and has a witness, Nadine Lenarchek, who testifies that Dean threatened to go to the police and implicate Bob Fracci and Paul, giving them a motive to kill him.
23:48
Nadine Lenarchek testifies that she saw Bob Fratchie and Paul Madrowski force Dean Fawcett into a car and drive away, which happened on the same day Dean was killed, but her credibility is questioned due to her brain damage and drug use, and the gun used in the murder is never found.
28:18
Prosecutor McKay plans to use Paul's confession to Detective Robertson, where he admits to lending his car to Bob Fracci and knowing that Bob wanted to kill Dean Fawcett, to convict Paul under a law in Illinois that holds someone accountable for a murder if they help someone they know is going to kill someone, but Paul's defense team believes this law doesn't apply to him because he didn't lend his car to Bob and never told the cops that he did.
32:51
Paul's defense team believes that the police report containing his confession is inaccurate and full of lies, and they argue that the police may have manipulated and twisted his words to create a false confession.
37:00
Paul's defense attorney decides not to put on a defense because the state never proved that Paul was guilty, and Paul is found guilty after the jury determines that lending his car to Bob Ferracchi was equivalent to being involved in the murder.
41:56
The people who saw Paul in the courtroom during the trial felt that they were in the presence of something really evil.
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