Locked In with Ian Bick

Noah Pines spent seven years as a prosecutor in Georgia — weighing sentences, navigating cases, trying to be a fair voice inside a system that does not always reward fairness — before leaving to become a criminal defense attorney and discovering what the justice system looks like from the other side of the courtroom. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares what being a Georgia prosecutor really required of him, why he left after seven years to defend the people he used to prosecute, what working Innocence Project cases and overturning twenty year wrongful conviction sentences actually involved, what the current problems with prosecutors in America actually look like from someone who spent seven years inside that world, and what representing people accused of the worst crimes available actually requires of the attorney who takes those cases.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction: Guilty People Walk
00:13 Meet Noah Pines: From Prosecutor to Defense
00:35 Growing Up Outside Philadelphia
00:56 Childhood and Family Influence
01:42 Parents' Careers and Early Law Exposure
02:32 Deciding to Go to Law School
03:39 Internships and Discovering Trial Law
05:20 What Makes a Good Trial Lawyer
06:44 The Physical Toll of Trials
08:11 Choosing to Become a Prosecutor
09:14 Prosecutorial Discretion and Dismissals
10:27 How Cases Reach Prosecutors
11:27 Arrests Without Charges and Records
12:06 Declining Police Investigations
13:07 Why Police Don't Investigate Anymore
14:08 Prosecutors' Duty to Get It Right
15:10 Building Judgment and Mentorship
16:34 Power of Young Prosecutors
17:29 Sending People to Prison: A Reality Check
18:16 Weighing Sentences in Difficult Cases
19:52 Is There a Just Sentence?
22:12 The Morality of Prosecuting Felonies
23:38 Prosecutorial Mindset and Mandatory Minimums
24:48 A Case for Mercy: Avoiding Life Without Parole
25:25 Dealing with Tough Prosecutors
28:00 Relationships with Prosecutors and Judges
29:05 Advice for New Lawyers
30:12 Telling Clients What They Need to Hear
31:43 The Risk of Trial and Plea Offers
32:52 Lawyer Egos and Slam Dunk Cases
35:53 A Slam Dunk Case That Was Lost
37:21 Guilty People Walk, Innocent People Go to Prison
37:22 Immunity Deals and Witnesses
38:22 Relationships with Judges
39:53 Judges Staying Too Long
41:04 Judicial Impartiality and Bias
42:39 The Turn-In Date Story
44:47 Why I Left the Prosecutor's Office
47:39 Going Back and Then Leaving for Good
48:53 Building a Defense Firm
50:02 Impact as a Defense Attorney
51:28 Falsely Accused College Student Case
52:52 Trusting Clients and Instinct
54:14 Representing Police Officers
56:26 The Self-Defense Shooting Case
58:28 Attacks on Defense Attorneys
01:01:20 Press Releases and Public Perception
01:02:18 Sealing Arrests and Indictments
01:03:35 Most Important Skill from Prosecuting
01:05:39 First Trial as a Defense Attorney
01:07:20 TV Dramatization vs. Reality
01:09:04 Putting Clients on the Stand
01:11:37 Reflections on Ian's Case
01:13:20 Using the Law as a Sword
01:14:56 Teaching High School Kids
01:16:04 Aaron Hernandez and Poor Decisions
01:16:12 Would You Sacrifice Yourself for Your Dad?
01:18:16 Judges Spotting Prosecutorial Misconduct
01:18:40 Innocence Project Cases: Sunny's Story
01:24:33 Joey Watkins' Case
01:27:30 Suing for Wrongful Conviction
01:28:08 Defending the Guilty
01:30:00 Prosecutors Refusing to Dismiss
01:31:20 The Art of Negotiation
01:32:38 Reflecting on Past Cases
01:34:08 Compensation for Wrongful Convictions
01:34:19 Defending Someone 100% Innocent
01:35:35 Taking Difficult Cases
01:36:18 Keeping in Touch with Clients
01:38:41 Judges Seeing Success Stories
01:40:00 Normalizing Felony Convictions
01:40:54 Worst Part of Prison
01:41:52 Best Part of Prison
01:42:39 Learning Lessons and Optimal Sentencing
01:44:43 Judges Understanding Prison
01:46:23 Sex Offender Registry Issues
01:47:05 Vigilante Predator Stings
01:48:28 Entrapment and Sting Operations
01:49:55 Scams and Sextortion
01:50:56 The Arkansas Sheriff Case
01:51:10 One Thing to Change in the Justice System
01:52:24 Future Plans and Special Master Role
01:53:59 Bad Lawyers and Mistakes
01:55:49 Advice for Aspiring Lawyers
01:57:04 Final Thoughts and Thanks
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Khallid Barber grew up in New York with a good family and a solid upbringing, went off to college, came home for break, got around the wrong crowd, and got involved in a club shooting he thought he got away with — until three weeks later cops showed up at his college and arrested him for attempted murder. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares what the arrest that interrupted everything actually felt like, what facing attempted murder charges as a college student actually involved, what three years inside Rikers Island and the New York state prison system actually required of him to survive, and what figuring out the work release program that gave him a path back actually looked like for someone who had a future before one night at a club changed everything.
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#rikersisland #college #truecrimestories
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Timestamps:
00:00 A Knock at 5 AM
00:42 A Good Upbringing in the Bronx
02:20 Class Clown to Trouble
04:43 High School and College Years
06:36 The Pandemic's Wrong Turn
09:18 The Night at the Club
12:03 Why I Carried a Gun
14:42 The Aftermath and Arrest
20:22 Hauled Out in Cuffs
21:55 Bail and a Double Life
27:09 Fighting the Charges
30:48 Sentenced to 3 Years
32:27 Arriving at Rikers Island
36:00 Isolation and Solitary
38:53 Transferred Upstate
43:13 Choosing the Right Influences
47:43 Applying for Work Release
50:33 Life on Industrial Release
56:14 Work Release and Finding a Job
01:02:42 Coming Home for Good
01:05:36 Life Today and Second Chances
01:07:57 A Changed Mindset
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Brian Burke got into corrections in his early twenties, spent four years working inside the New York state prison system, and then spent twenty-nine years as a New York court officer — experiencing the full spectrum of what the American justice system looks like from the person responsible for maintaining order in the room where it all happens. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, he shares what four years in the New York state prison system taught him, what twenty-nine years as a court officer — the juries, the defendants, the prosecutors, the judges, and the heartbreaking and strangest moments the job produced — really looked like from the inside, and what his most significant professional experience actually involved: personally escorting Rex Heuermann — the Gilgo Beach serial killer — throughout his arrest, conviction, and sentencing, and what that specific proximity to one of the most disturbing criminal cases in recent New York history actually revealed about the person at the center of it.
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#officer #truecrimestories #court #newyork
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Timestamps:
00:00 Arraignment Shock
00:19 Growing Up in the Bronx
01:28 Childhood and Early Career
02:53 Choosing Law Enforcement
04:48 Starting in Corrections
06:39 First Prison Assignment
09:14 First Prison Experience
10:27 Transfer to Fishkill
11:34 Life at Fishkill
13:05 Working the Shoe
15:50 Shoe Conditions
16:42 Protective Custody
17:45 Perspective from Solitary
18:49 Corrections Experience Helps
20:40 Respect from Other Officers
21:37 Career Plans in Corrections
23:56 Types of Crimes at Fishkill
25:00 Advice from Veteran Officers
25:43 Prison Food and Cooking
28:00 Sponsor: Cash App Green
30:12 Becoming a Court Officer
31:51 Pay and Academy Differences
32:58 Court Officer Academy
33:58 Swearing in Witnesses
34:33 First Court Assignment
35:25 Family Court Cases
37:45 Emotional Family Court
38:50 Typical Family Court Day
39:31 Family Court Volatility
41:11 Celebrities in Family Court
41:54 Opinions on Lawyers
42:49 Divorce Case Stories
43:34 Promotion to the Bronx
44:24 The Amadou Diallo Case
45:45 Bronx Court Duties
46:44 Handling Prisoners in the Bronx
47:24 Building Rapport with Defendants
48:54 A Mob Enforcer Trial
51:13 Jury System and Sequestration
52:24 Juror Conversations
53:51 Predicting Verdicts
55:21 Juries and Social Media
56:34 Officer Conversations and Bets
57:09 Transfer to Suffolk County
58:35 The Tankoff Case
01:01:39 Verdict Reactions
01:02:27 Taking Convicted Felons into Custody
01:03:17 The Samurai Sword Case
01:07:00 Release and Redemption
01:08:31 Weighing Justice
01:09:16 Showing Grace to Vicious Criminals
01:10:08 Vigilante Thoughts
01:10:48 Drunk Driving Cases
01:12:36 The Schwalli Case
01:13:20 Judges Off the Bench
01:14:11 Judges' Sentencing Decisions
01:15:29 Prison Tours with Judges
01:16:21 Prison Tours and Shows
01:17:22 Court Officers vs. Cops
01:18:03 Courtroom Violence
01:19:47 Prosecutors and Their Styles
01:21:03 Defendant Representing Himself
01:22:25 Strange Defendant Behavior
01:23:28 Shocking Case Outcomes
01:24:56 Disturbing Cases
01:25:15 Closed Hearings and Undercover Testimony
01:26:08 Faking Mental Illness
01:27:55 Grand Jury Testimony
01:28:42 Weapons and Contraband in Court
01:29:16 Inmate Fights in Pens
01:30:58 Refusing to Go to Court
01:31:57 Feeding Inmates
01:33:14 Court Day Logistics
01:34:00 System Designed to Plead Out?
01:35:28 Hypothetical: Sharing Information
01:36:01 Fair Judges
01:37:00 The Rex Case Begins
01:39:52 Rex's Initial Arraignment
01:40:26 Rex's Court Appearances
01:43:20 Rex's Personality and Humor
01:45:36 Rex's Family and Background
01:47:49 Rex's Guilty Plea
01:48:56 Fear of Rex
01:49:27 After Sentencing
01:50:20 Rex's Future in Prison
01:52:41 Family and Friends' Reactions
01:54:00 Why Rex Didn't Go to Trial
01:56:06 Retirement After 29 Years
01:57:07 Watching Court Shows
01:57:39 Jury System Critique
01:59:21 Jury Understanding
02:00:04 Fair Trial for Serial Killers
02:00:20 The Valvet Case
02:02:22 Most Important Lesson
02:02:56 Final Thoughts and Thanks
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Sasha Sweets grew up in California as a natural hustler — selling candy before moving to drugs, working at a strip club, and always chasing the finer things in life while her father was in prison for part of her childhood — before getting into a scamming operation with the father of her child in her early twenties that produced a federal indictment, 3.5 years in federal prison across California, Kentucky, and Arizona, and over $2 million in restitution.
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 #crimenews #prisonstory #truecrimestories #scam
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro: 6ix9ine and Sasha Sweets
00:19 Growing Up in California
01:07 Family Life and Dad's Prison
03:25 High School Fights and Moving
05:56 Being Out of Control
07:30 Career Dreams vs. Making Money
10:23 Work Ethic and Selling Chocolate Bars
11:55 Transition to Selling Drugs
13:37 Running Away and Parties
14:41 Starting to Dance
16:48 First Strip Club Audition
18:00 Dancing Lifestyle and Earnings
19:19 Dad Finds Out
21:30 Dad's Prison Stories
23:23 Pregnancy and Quitting the Club
24:47 Meeting Her Baby's Father
26:20 Introduction to Scamming
28:43 Motivation for More Money
31:21 Why Scamming Over Drugs
33:23 Unemployment Fraud Details
36:20 Getting Caught and Indicted
41:34 The Raid and Aftermath
45:40 Fighting the Charges
47:20 Pre-Trial Life and Waiting
48:51 Plea Deal and Sentencing
54:52 Preparing to Surrender
56:57 Self-Surrendering and the Raid
01:01:02 Dublin Prison Shutdown
01:03:04 First Cellmate and Prison Life
01:05:55 Prison Tattoos and Contraband
01:08:07 Advice from Cellmate
01:09:27 Prison Parties and Business
01:12:32 Cooking and Potato Balls
01:14:00 No Visits and Video Calls
01:15:37 Prison Relationships and Fights
01:19:22 Moving to Vegas and Kentucky
01:23:03 Life at Atwood Camp
01:25:39 Moving to Arizona Camp
01:27:23 Heat and Prison Conditions
01:28:24 Reflecting on Time Served
01:30:06 Values and Lessons Learned
01:31:50 Getting Out and Halfway House
01:33:20 Halfway House Rules and Struggles
01:35:55 Going Viral in Prison
01:38:00 Free the Finest in the Feds
01:40:43 Fascination with Women in Prison
01:41:59 Fake Prison Photos and Fame
01:43:14 Life Now and Rebuilding
01:44:04 Daughter and Her Father
01:45:44 Restitution and Future Plans
01:50:23 Biggest Lessons and Final Thoughts
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Scott Gussin grew up in New York, lost his mother at seven years old in a moment that changed the direction of everything that followed, fell into selling weed and hash and LSD coming of age in the 1960s and 70s, and eventually built one of the most specific and most audacious international drug smuggling operations available — bringing hash from Morocco to the United States across a career that spanned thirty years before it finally ended.
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#crimestory #drugsmugglers #truecrimestories
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Timestamps:
00:00 Roadblock with hash on board
00:37 Guest intro: Scott's story
00:57 Growing up in Portchester
01:21 Losing his mom at 7
03:37 A parade of housekeepers
06:59 The housekeepers get weird
08:03 Getting into weed at 15
10:42 Meeting Reuben and the LSD
13:58 Hash vs. weed explained
17:28 Pricing the product
20:00 Spotting 'heads' back then
22:45 Only two straight jobs
25:05 The ignorant law enforcement
26:18 Cops don't recognize hash
27:25 A trippy traffic stop
32:26 Acid buddy becomes a JW
37:23 After high school
38:18 Dodging the Vietnam draft
40:56 College for connections
44:40 Hitching with a pound of weed
46:16 The business mindset
47:42 Leaving college for California
48:09 Meeting Cassidy and the Morocco plan
50:47 The cocaine trip that wasn't
54:30 Selling the boat, new plan
57:03 Bringing Stella along
58:59 Buying the VW bus
01:01:39 Buying hash on the mountain
01:05:28 Driving with 44 pounds
01:07:09 Coming upon a roadblock
01:10:47 Getting past the roadblock
01:13:52 Setting up at the beach house
01:16:34 Building the secret stash bed
01:18:57 A month in Morocco
01:20:00 The sign to leave
01:22:45 The Moroccan customs search
01:27:20 The ferry and the dolphins
01:28:24 Easy entry into Spain
01:32:40 Cassidy's anger and laughter
01:33:46 Shipping the bus to Montreal
01:35:28 Swapping the bed in Canada
01:37:53 Crossing into the US with the bed
01:39:13 Selling the hash, big profits
01:43:36 Trust in the old days
01:44:29 Bust risks in Spain and Morocco
01:46:19 The failed second attempt
01:49:01 The near-disastrous boat trip
01:54:15 How long did the career last?
01:54:55 Back to New York, then Arizona
01:59:32 The Laguna Beach connection
02:02:20 Cowboy Neil's operation
02:04:41 The North County partnership
02:07:12 Weighing and distributing
02:09:00 The two-year plan
02:10:16 Thai stick and new markets
02:14:19 The big deal in Laguna
02:17:20 The gift suitcase
02:18:51 The DEA roadblock
02:21:17 Three hours of interrogation
02:25:00 The search comes up empty
02:27:24 Scared straight by the DEA
02:29:04 Overall earnings and taxes
02:32:59 The DEA's advice: leave California
02:36:41 Moving to Florida and new businesses
02:38:00 The mistake that ended it all
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