Military defense attorney Jocelyn Stewart breaks down the first episode and a half of Hulu's three-part true crime docuseries Swipe Right on the Devil, about the 2017 disappearance of Sydney Loofe, a 24-year-old Lincoln, Nebraska, woman who went missing after a second date with a woman she had matched with on Tinder.
Drawing on her experience as a former prosecutor, defense attorney and part-time magistrate, she explains what makes a legal conspiracy and why "it was just words" can matter, the difference between a confession and an admission, why the police approach to Aubrey Trail looked more like hostage negotiation than interrogation, and the limits of cell tower data.
CBS News and NBC News have reported on the case, including the trial of Aubrey Trail, who was sentenced to death in 2021 for killing Sydney Loofe.
Her law firm's website has a guide for service members who are contacted by military investigators: what to do when CID, NCIS or OSI wants to interview you.
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