True Crime
The Kids of Rutherford County
by Serial Productions & The New York Times
About the show
Meribah Knight reports on a Tennessee county that jailed children at unusual rates, including young kids arrested over a fight they had only watched on video.
Latest episodes
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Episode 1: The Egregious Video
October 26, 2023 · 30 minA police officer in Rutherford County, Tenn., sees a video of little kids fighting, and decides to investigate. This leads to the arrest of 11 kids for watching the fight. The arrests do not go smoothly. From Serial Productions and The New…
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Trailer
October 19, 2023 · 3 minFor over a decade, one Tennessee county arrested and illegally jailed hundreds, maybe thousands, of children. A four-part narrative series reveals how this came to be, the adults responsible for it, and the two lawyers, former juvenile…