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In 1977, a man named Robert Burns went to a funeral and shot someone, in the head, in front of 300 people. He didn’t deny it, and his lawyer didn’t deny it. Burns told a police officer: “I had to do it. And if I had to do it over, I’d do it again.”

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Criminal

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Criminal is the first of its kind. A show about people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle.

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In 1977, a man named Robert Burns went to a funeral and shot
someone, in the head, in front of 300 people. He didn’t deny it,
and his lawyer, Tom Radney, didn’t deny it. Burns told a police
officer: “I had to do it. And if I had to do it over, I’d do it
again.” The man he’d shot was Willie Maxwell, and everyone knew who
Willie Maxwell was. 6 people who had been close to him had died in
7 years—including two wives, Mary Lou Edwards and Dorcas
Anderson. We speak with Casey Cep and John Denson about
Willie Maxwell, Robert Burns, and the events that brought Harper
Lee to Alexander City, Alabama. Casey Cep’s book is The Furious
Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee. Say hello
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