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Podcast: Mind Behind The Crime | The Psychology Of Killers
Episode: "Good Kid” Privilege: How the System Protected a Violent Teen | The Jesse Butler Case
Description: Two 16-year-old girls were attacked. One was choked unconscious. One nearly died. The evidence was undeniable — partial phone video, medical proof, and multiple felony charges. Yet the court said: “He deserves another chance.”
Why? Because he was a “good kid.”
Tony Brueski sits down with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott to explore the disturbing cultural conditioning that keeps excusing violent young men — and the devastating psychological toll that leniency takes on survivors.
They dive deep into the psychology of denial, family image-protection, and the small-town empathy that shields offenders instead of victims. This isn’t a courtroom stor...