Sterling Cunio used to play football and ride bikes around the neighborhood with his friends. He won The Most Mannerly Kid award. But several tragic circumstances changed the trajectory of his life, pushing him into foster care, and later the juvenile justice system. What happened? How did he come to commit such a horrific crime?

Watch Sterling’s lawyers explain the complexities of his case in our 3-minute video: A Legal Quagmire

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Featured in this episode:

Sterling Cunio

Anthony Pickens

Carly Baetz, JD, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Purdue University Northwest (formerly Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine)

Rosemary Brewer, Former Prosecutor, Victims Advocate and Director of Oregon Crime Victims Law Center

Companion Video for this Episode: Video 2A - A Legal Quagmire