Five seconds in a Halifax nightclub. Years of court proceedings. Mara and Julian remember Dartmouth battle rapper Pat Stay, follow the murder conviction and life sentence, and unpack the separate Tyler Keizer case whose conviction was overturned in June 2026. Two cases, different evidence, different outcomes—and a closer look at what a camera can really prove.

Content note: Fatal stabbing, homicide, grief and criminal trials; non-graphic.

Chapters
00:00 Five seconds
01:06 The name beyond Nova Scotia
02:04 The person before the case number
05:00 What the sentencing judge found
07:38 What the footage could carry
11:08 Seventeen is not the sentence
13:38 A camera without an identification
16:22 The finding that changed the second file
18:41 Headlines, counts, and the people left behind

Sources
https://decisions.courts.ns.ca/nsc/nssc/en/item/523358/index.do
https://decisions.courts.ns.ca/nsc/nsca/en/item/523765/index.do
https://pni-etear.navigahub.com/ETear/20250621/CRPRINT2025-06-214AS.pdf
https://www.halifax.ca/home/news/hopscotch-arts-festival-returns
https://halifax.citynews.ca/2022/09/27/police-look-for-photos-or-videos-in-pat-stay-homicide-investigation-5875763/
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/251202/t001a-eng.htm
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/251202/dq251202a-eng.htm

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