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The Plate on the Floor: Why a Judge's Dinner Became a Murder Scene
The Plate on the Floor: Why a Judge's Dinner Became a Murder SceneAn unlocked courthouse door at 6:15 a.m. on April 10, 1991, revealed Judge Eugene Hoffman slumped at his desk and a pristine white china plate with a navy blue band sitting on the floor beside him - no food, a linen napkin, and a silver butter knife, catalogued as evidence for eighteen years while the death certificate listed hypertensive heart disease. Who set a carefully placed plate on the floor of a judge’s chambers and why was no one ever asked about it?In this episode, we follow the chronology in the record: Hoffman's…
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