Death Resulting

About Death Resulting

Two friends share drugs. One survives. One overdoses and dies. Is that murder?

Publisher

NHPR

Category

society & culture · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Nov 2021

Latest episode

18 Dec 2024

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Dec 2024

   Epilogue

   Three years after his sentencing, Josh Cook and his mom have lived through even more consequences of America’s drug crisis and the ways we respond to it – each in their own dramatic and completely separate ways.

2. 

   29 Dec 2021

   You Gotta Have an Opinion

   The day of Josh Cook’s sentencing arrives. There’s a twist, then more surprises as attorneys and the judge debate what justice really looks like in this case.

3. 

   22 Dec 2021

   A Normal Member of Society

   As a judge weighs Josh Cook’s sentence, here’s how he ended up dealing drugs in that hotel bathroom in the first place. Then, Josh and his mom unexpectedly cross paths – a chance encounter that highlights the choices the justice system makes about people with addiction: punishment or treatment.

4. 

   15 Dec 2021

   Launching a War

   The origin story of death resulting laws dates back to the “War on Drugs” era and the shocking death of a 1980s basketball star. But the idea of charging overdose deaths as murders didn’t really take hold until the opioid epidemic.

5. 

   8 Dec 2021

   The Crime

   An early morning drug deal between two friends ends in tragedy inside a hotel bathroom. One friend overdoses and dies. The other, Josh Cook, survives. The feds charge Josh with murder under the federal “death resulting” law, and he faces at least 20 years in prison. Does the punishment fit the crime?

6. 

   24 Nov 2021

   Introducing: Death Resulting

   In 2018, Josh Cook sold his friend some drugs. They shot up together. His friend overdosed and died. Some people see that as an accident. The government treated it as a homicide. So which is it? Our answer to that will shape how we address the deadliest overdose crisis in American history.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

47 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

14 ratings

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