Ten years since the murders of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, a documentary tells their story

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Ten years since the murders of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, a documentary tells their story

By Leoneda Inge,

Published February 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM EST

Ten years ago, three young Muslim Americans were murdered in Chapel Hill in a case that received national and international attention.

What was first called a 鈥減arking dispute鈥� by police and many media outlets was eventually shown to be what the victims鈥� families and countless others knew immediately 鈥� that the murders were motivated by hate.

Filmmaker Tarek Albaba joins co-host Leoneda Inge to talk about his documentary about the murders, 36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime, and the fight for justice for Deah Barakat, his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha.

Later in the conversation, they are joined by Durham District Attorney Satana Deberry and UNC law professor Joseph Kennedy to talk about the legal case.

This conversation originally aired in April 2024.

Guests

Tarek Albaba, director of

Satana Deberry, Durham County District Attorney

Joseph Kennedy, Willie Person Mangum Distinguished Professor, and Martha Brandis Term Professor of Law, UNC School of Law

Related community events marking the 10th anniversary:

鈥楾he Light House Project鈥� is hosting an annual honoring Deah, Yusor, and Razan.
The documentary '36 Seconds' will be screened on the campuses of and

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 吉彩网网站's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 吉彩网网站 as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Rachel McCarthy

Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at 吉彩网网站 as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.

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