02
Apr
Hugh Ellis One of my favorite series to binge-watch is ‘The First 48’. It follows teams of crack detectives during the apparently critical first 48 hours after a murder is reported. The cameras have access - obviously carefully controlled - to crime scene examinations, meetings with witnesses, interrogation of suspects. Sometimes the culprits slip away, but more often than not the detectives turn up something, the murderer makes a mistake, a clue is discovered, and an arrest is made. Then, at least so we are led to believe, the murderer is put on trial, convicted and sent to prison. The…