In the early 60s, there was a voice calling for an Africa free from foreign powers, a united Africa, a liberated Africa. And then those same foreign powers plotted his murder. In his Oscar-nominiated documentary, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, director Johan Grimonprez explores the historical and cultural context surrounding the assassination of the Congo’s first democratically-elected leader – and why the film is historic, but not nostalgic.

How much does public perception really mean? In the case of Lucy Letby, a neonatal nurse from the UK, it became the difference between a normal life, and a life behind bars. The facts stand, but how they are seen can paint an entirely different picture. On one side, this could be one of the most horrific cases of serial killing the UK has ever seen. And on the other side, this could be one of the most egregious miscarriages of justice in the country’s history.

Award-winning documentarian Daniel Bogado returns to Crime Story to discuss one of his latest documentaries, Conviction: The Case of Lucy Letby, which explores all angles of the Letby story.

Eleni Polinski grew weed so wonderful that she had New York state officials courting her throughout the cannabis legalization process. Then she came home to a busted down door, and no weed to be found.

Reporter Rosalind Adams joins Crime Story to talk her article "The 'Godmother' of Weed vs. Her Uncle, the DEA Agent," which she wrote for The City. She tells us about the time she spent with the Godmother, and how New York has been handling legalization. You can read her article here.