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Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP28 "The Police Bodycam Footage"Police bodycam video dominated the State's rebuttal case. During the defendant's unstable relationship with Jorge Torres, police arrived several times over domestic abuse allegations. Sometimes they both would be arrested and booked. These domestic calls involving Sarah Boone and Jorge Torres was the theme in the prosecution's rebuttal. For the first time, Torres' perspective was captured on camera.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP29 "Drama Played Out On Camera"The drama in the relationship of Sarah Boone and Jorge Torres made its way to the jury in the form of police bodycam video. In the months and years before Torres died trapped in a suitcase he and Boone fought enough times for police to make several calls to their home. The 911 calls and bodycam footage showed a different perspective in the torn relationship between the two. Jurors would decide later- was Boone really trapped in the relationship due to years of being abused by her boyfriend?
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP30 "Hearing From Jorge Torres"Jurors got a glimpse of Jorge Torres in the months before he was killed in a suitcase. One of the police bodycam videos showed him being arrested for violating a no-contact order he had against the defendant. Next, more incidents between Sarah Boone and Jorge Torres was shown to jurors. They included 911 calls, police bodycam footage and even cell phone video, Boone recorded to document what was going on at home.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP31 "Revealing Text Messages"Prosecutors turned the jury's attention to text messages. This was their rebuttal case trying to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Sarah Boone intentionally killed Jorge Torres, her boyfriend, by keeping him trapped in a suitcase for hours. The disparaging texts revealed to jurors included contact with other friends and relatives. The State's aim with the texts was to show jurors how both of them were at fault with how bad their relationship had grew into.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP32 "Closing Arguments"Closing arguments began on the sixth day of trial. The State delivered their final remarks by detailing their case against Sarah Boone accusing her of intentionally killing Jorge Torres by keeping him stuck in a suitcase for 11 hours. Prosecutor Dave Cacciatore stuck to the legal stipulation of second-degree homicide. He argued that the prosecution does not need to prove intention in Boone's actions which led up to her boyfriend, Jorge Torres' death.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP33 "Trapped"Closing arguments by the State continued. Prosecutor Dave Cacciatore argued that she had no justification of ending Jorge Torres life using a small suitcase despite the mental health issues she was dealing with. Next, was Sarah Boone's defense to give their closing arguments to jurors. They wanted to button up their case that the defendant was simply a battered woman who defended herself from her abusive boyfriend that day he died in a suitcase.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP34 "Surviving Domestic Violence"Defense attorney James Owens claimed Sarah Boone's mind at the time of Jorge Torres' death was that of a psychologically abused victim and not a person who wanted to kill a person. Fear and trauma was what led her to zip up the suitcase with her abuser stuck inside and why she refused to open the suitcase back up. Owens contended that years of trauma and abuse at the hands of her boyfriend led her to fighting back in zipping him up in a suitcase and leaving him in there for hours until he died.
Suitcase Murder Trial
S1, EP35 "Justified Homicide"During closing arguments Sarah Boone's lead attorney tried to sew doubt in the minds of jurors as to her role in her boyfriend, Jorge Torre's death. James Owens did this by re-introducing photographic and video evidence of the times Torres was physically abusive to Boone. Owens painted Jorge Torres as the traumatizing abuser who's actions led to his death. Next, the State's turn to give their final appeal to the jury in their rebuttal on why Boone was guilty of second-degree murder.
FL v. AILEEN WUORNOS
S1, EP16 "Homicidal Behavior"The judge allowed evidence of other allegations against Aileen Wuornos to be used at this trial; the State's case-in-chief was to prove to jurors she showed homicidal behavior.
FL v. AILEEN WUORNOS
S1, EP17 "The Damsel Of Death"A medical examiner from a different murder case linked to Aileen Wuornos testified; a state law in Florida allowed jurors to hear about prior bad acts and illegal activity; but the defense argued that Wuornos only killed to save herself.
FL v. AILEEN WUORNOS
S1, EP18 "Her Last Victim"An investigator broke down what happened to the man who was allegedly Aileen Wuornos's last victim; jurors have heard from officers in several jurisdictions.
Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall
S1, EP4 "Hometown Hero"HS football coach Ed Thomas is a legend in Parkersburg, Iowa, who had mentored multiple players into the NFL, and kids even had a poster of him on their walls; when he is gunned down during an early morning workout, the entire town is shocked.
Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall
S1, EP8 "Family Business"On the surface the Carters seemed like a happy family of Iowa farmers, but when they discover Shirley Carter shot to death in her kitchen, the family begins pointing fingers at each other.
The Trials Of Dr. Death
S1, EP19 "The Day Thomas Hyde Died"A month after Thomas Hyde formally asked and signed an agreement to end his life the defendant proceeded with the physician-assisted suicide; Dr. Jack Kevorkian's sister, Margo Janus, who worked with him, testified.
The Trials Of Dr. Death
S1, EP20 "The Hippocratic Oath"Dr. Jack Kevorkian spoke on his childhood, young adult years and educational background; he then testified on the role of a pathologist toward their own patients; Dr. Kevorkian even gave his opinion on the Hippocratic Oath.
The Trials Of Dr. Death
S1, EP21 "Doctor Defends Himself"On the stand Dr. Jack Kevorkian continues defending himself in his own trial where he's up for second-degree murder; he told jurors that Thomas Hyde was mentally competent when he wanted to end his suffering.