The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall A second helping from Satan: Satanic Injustice
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Dec 4, 2025 Josie Duffy Rice, a provocative journalist and former president of The Appeal, delves into the dark intersection of the U.S. legal system and the Satanic Panic. She explores how societal fears distort justice, favoring punishment over rehabilitation. Josie critiques modern-day reliance on junk science and discusses how deep-rooted narratives label the accused as forever guilty. The conversation highlights the punitive nature of the child welfare system and the need for community-driven accountability, challenging sensational explanations for societal issues.
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Fear Shapes Criminal Justice Choices
- Fear and poor risk perception drive many criminal-justice decisions that don't make sense.
- Josie Duffy Rice says fear motivates punishment over problem-solving and corrupts system incentives.
Science Can Be Spectral Evidence
- Junk science and sensational expert testimony let juries convict without traditional proof.
- Josie notes the
How Perception Turns Sympathy Into Suspicion
- Josie recalls a Georgia case where a father who left his child in a car went from sympathy to suspicion.
- Once people deemed him guilty, every behavior was reinterpreted as proof of guilt.
