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S1, EP32 "Michigan v. Pyne"Jeffery Pyne was every parent's dream in so many ways, so many wonder what drove him to commit the brutal murder of his own mother.
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S1, EP37 "Michigan v. Seaman"Nancy Seaman doesn't denied killing her husband Robert with a hatchet; either she planned it or the murder was a desperate attempt to save her own life after, what she claims, was three decades of physical and emotional abuse.
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S1, EP44 "Michigan v. Schmitz"Scott Amendure thought the "Jenny Jones Show" was the perfect place to reveal to his friend Jonathan Schmitz that he had a crush on him; three days later, Schmitz shot Amendure to death.
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S1, EP45 "Michigan v. Kevorkian"Dr. Jack Kevorkian thought it was an act of mercy to help over 130 terminally ill patients die a peaceful, pain-free death; Michigan prosecutors said it was murder and spent years trying to get a jury to agree with them.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP23 "Detectives At Work"For the first time cellphone data made its way to the jury. On the stand was a digital forensics examiner who extracted Jade Janks phone at the time prosecutors alleged she killed Tom Merriman. A detective in the district attorney's office took the stand. He was involved in the interviewing one of three men Janks allegeldy tried to get to help her kill her stepfather, who lived next door to her.
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S1, EP24 "Following The Deadly Clues"In her murder trial, Jade Janks's lead attorney had questions for the detective who conducted interviews during the murder investigation of Tom Merriman. Detective Scott Stallman interviewed one of the guys Janks allegedly recruited to help her kill her stepfather. Next, the lead detective, Matthew Gibson, testified to his work in this case. This would be the state's final witness to jurors in their case-in-chief.
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S1, EP25 "The Work Of The Lead Detective"The prescription medication that Tom Merriman was taking was on display for jurors. On the stand was lead detective, Matthew Gibson. His team collected numerous items in Merriman's home during their search warrant conducted after he died. Jurors were then shown crime scene photos and cellphone data revealing incriminating text messages.
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S1, EP26 "Revealing Texts"Jurors were presented text messages of Jade Janks in the hours leading up to Tom Merriman's death. Prosecutors were using these texts as circumstantial evidence proving that she plotted the murder of her stepdad. These incriminating text messages dominated the courtroom Elmo. The State was using her communication with people she tried to hire as Hitman to take out her ailing stepfather.
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S1, EP20 "Florida v. Ferrell"As shocking as the brutal double murder committed by vampire obsessed teenaged Rod Ferrell was, nobody expected him to plead guilty at the start of his trial, leaving just the monumental question of how young is too young for the death penalty.
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S1, EP19 "Florida v. Dippolito"Mark Dippolito couldn't believe it when the police told him his new bride Dalia had hired a hitman to have him killed; he was even more surprised when she claimed in court that it was his idea.
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S1, EP23 "California v. Sommer"Cynthia Sommer's world was turned upside down when her 23-year-old husband Todd died; nearly five years later she was under arrest and accused of poisoning him.
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S1, EP24 "California v. Powell"For the four LAPD cops who beat Rodney King with batons, it may have been business as usual; but then the world learned that it had been captured on video, and those 81 seconds changed everything.
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S1, EP17 "Autopsy Photos"The how and why Tom Merriman died was brought up for jurors. On the stand was the Dr. Greg Pizarro who performed his autopsy to find the cause and manner of his death. Autopsy photos that were too graphic for television cameras were presented to jurors. They listened to the Dr. Pizarro describing in detail the injuries Merriman sustained at the time of his death. Prosecutors argued that Merriman's overdose was not his own doing claiming that instead that he was drugged.
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S1, EP18 "Two Forensic Pathologists Testify"The cause of death in this case was a drug overdose but the manner of death was homicide. According to deputy medical examiner, Dr. Greg Pizarro was on the stand breaking down the conclusions he made in his autopsy report. Prosecutors then brought in another forensic pathologist to testify. This time it was about the explanation of a strangulation. Dr. Steven Campman testified: Fatal strangulation can be caused and not leave an injury that we can see.
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S1, EP19 "Claims Of Strangulation"Prosecutors brought in two different medical examiners to help explain to the jury how Tom Merriman lost his life. The first doctor claimed he overdosed on a drug. The second doctor said he was strangled. Prosecutors claimed that Merriman died of a drug overdose and strangulation. Under cross examination, her defense pushed back claiming there was no physical or medical evidence of him being strangled.
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S1, EP20 "Possibility Of Death By Asphyxiation"The defense kept reminding jurors that there was no evidence of Tom Merriman dying of asphyxiation. Jade Janks was accused of killing him after she found nude photos of herself on his computer. Back on the stand was the medical examiner who concluded that the manner of death was homicide. The cross examination began Dr. Greg Pizarro. He already told the jury that even though Merriman died of a drug overdose, it is still possible he could have been strangled to death.