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Speaker 1: Everyone. You've probably heard of Aaron Habil, my good friend

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and the co host of Generation Why, but you may

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not have heard about his other incredible true crime investigative podcast, Framed.

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Much like true crime Bullshit, Framed is a deep dive

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investigative podcast. Season one covered the case of Brian Carrick,

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which is very similar to the Brian Schaeffer disappearance. In

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season two, Aaron covered the brutal shooting deaths of nine

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monks in their temple in Arizona, and season three, which

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launches this week, looks into the murder of Saint Clair

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County Community College student Scott Macklum, as well as the

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trial of Frederick Freeman. In this long form podcast, Aaron

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digs deep into forensic evidence and tries to answer the

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many questions that remain in the controversial case, like is

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there sufficient proof that Frederick Freeman murdered Scott Macklum, if

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there are any doubts about his guilt, why does he

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remain incarcerated and has gone through thousands of pages of

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documents in his quest to find the truth? And now

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you can deep dive with him. In season three of Framed,

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out Now wherever you listen to podcasts. Here's a preview enjoy.

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Justice is widely understood to be the concept of moral

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fairness and the administration of law, where individuals are treated

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impartially and receive what they deserve based on their actions.

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But circumstances are not always as clear cut as we

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would like, and the quest for justice can be a

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slippery slope. The nineteen eighty six killing of Scott Macklum

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and resulting trial would test the very limits of justice

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as we know it. When a shotgun blast rang out

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on a frigid November morning on the campus of Saint

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Clair Community College in Port here On, Michigan, students within

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earshot assumed it was a firecracker or a car backfiring,

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or perhaps even a tire had blown out, But the

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truth was that a young college student named Scott Macklum

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had been pitilessly executed. Police settled quickly on a single suspect,

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a brash young man who was leading a somewhat alternative lifestyle.

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I am your host, Aaron, and this is Framed on

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the season of Framed. We're going to look at the

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murder of Scott Macklum and the focus by law enforcement

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and the justice system on a suspect named Frederick Freeman,

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now known as pemmaging KENSU. Research and writing for this

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podcast by Kathleen McGrath of Thread Puller's Research. Music provided

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by the Captain of True Crime Garage