What did Roberta Petz say about law schools teaching the Buried Bodies case?

Roberta Petz, the mother of Susan Petz, told Radiolab producer Brenna Farrell she had not known the case was taught in law schools and was horrified that it is presented as correct ethics. She said lawyers should give victims at least equal weight with the client, that her family got almost no updates for five months, and that Armani's assurances to her husband prolonged their ordeal.

• Roberta Petz said Susan's father even contacted a psychic during the months she was missing.
• Susan Petz received her Boston University degree posthumously, and her boyfriend Danny had held a full scholarship to Harvard.

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“I'm pretty horrified to think that this is what is considered to be correct.” Roberta Petz · at 40:22 — open in the transcript →

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