On this episode of Without a Country, Corinne Fisher dives deep into the rapidly developing Cornell University gang r4pe case, including new reporting that the Tompkins County District Attorney reopened the criminal investigation, revelations about what Jane Doe actually told campus police, the DA’s claim that he never saw a transcript in which she explicitly said she was r4ped, disturbing fraternity group-chat messages including “shop still open," confirmation that the alleged assault was never reported to the Ithaca Police Department, and the impact New York's Voluntary Intoxication Exclusion has had on the case. Corinne also reads firsthand accounts from listeners about SA culture at elite colleges and an anonymous Cornell employee’s account of how the university has handled the scandal internally. Before that, Corinne and Mike discuss two “Enemies of the State,” including Michael Tracey’s attempt to identify the Cornell Jane Doe and viral victim-blaming rage bait surrounding the case; read listener mail about a positive surrogacy experience; examine warnings from AI researchers and anonymous industry insiders about the race to build increasingly powerful AI systems; and close with updates on the Nolan Wells death investigation, Lindsay Clancy’s case following her mistrial, and the extraordinary last-minute legal battle over Tennessee death-row prisoner Christa Pike as the Supreme Court clears the way for what would be Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in more than 200 years.
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-email from surrogate
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-email from anonymous re: campus SA
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MAIN STORY - MAJOR CORNELL R4PE CASE UPDATES
DA Reopens Case 9/28
https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2026/09/tompkins-county-da-reopens-criminal-investigation-into-alleged-chi-phi-gang-rape
DA Misrepresented What Jane Doe Said: Cheyenne Hunt (great follow, started Reckoning Initiative) vid
https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd6o7p3KypQ/
DA Now Claims He Never Even Saw Jane Doe’s testimony
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-rape-case-district-attorney-campus-police-interview/
“Shop Still Open?”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/09/30/three-most-chilling-words-cornell-rape-case-texts/?linkNumber=1&utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=&utm_term=
Ithaca Police Say Never Reported To Them
https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2026/09/cmthd1weggdc?utm_source=chatgpt.com
She said she was r4ped and hit
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-rape-case-jane-doe-police-interview-transcript/
Involuntary Intoxication Exclusion Getting Coverage
https://archive.is/dr6Il
STATES WHERE SOME SORT OF VOLUNTARY INTOXICATION EXCLUSION (or a similar loophole) STILL EXIST -- CONTACT YOUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS!
New York
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Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Virginia
Wyoming
GUUUURL
Nolan Wells update
https://people.com/nolan-wells-sinuses-should-have-been-checked-water-potential-drowning-expert-exclusive-12140088
Lindsay Clancy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/29/lindsay-clancy-court-return
Tennessee Woman on Death Row
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/us/christa-pike-stay-execution-tennessee.html
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