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Judgment With Ashleigh Banfield
S1, EP44 "Michigan v. Schmitz"Scott Amedure 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 Amedure to death.
Judgment With Ashleigh Banfield
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.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP107 "Maureen Hartnett"Jurors learned of key evidence that investigators uncovered in their investigation into what happened to John O'Keefe. Besides the pieces of broken taillight, they say they found hair on the outside of the defendant's car. The state police seized her Lexus SUV just after John O'Keefe was found in the snow and rushed to the hospital.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP108 "Details Into The Broken Taillight"Prosecutors went into details about the alleged murder weapon in this case. It wasn't a knife or gun as you see in most Court TV Trials. But, this time an SUV. The State claimed Karen Read Killed John O'Keefe in a hit-and-run incident. Jurors saw photos of the sweatshirt and sneakers belonging to the victim, John O'Keefe. They also saw Pictures of debris that prosecutors said came from the defendant's black Lexus.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP109 "Crime Scene Analyst Explains"A forensic scientist on the stand had more to tell the jury about crime scene evidence. One part of that was the clothing John O'Keefe had been wearing. Maureen Hartnett examined it as thoroughly as the hair and dents found on the outside of the defendant's car. The cross-examination began on Hartnett. She was among the team who examined, collected, and processed crime scene evidence.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP110 "Explaining The Glass, Plastic, And Hair Found"Maureen Hartnett, the crime scene analyst working this case, got grilled by Karen Read's defense under cross-examination. Hartnett testified that she did not know when the pieces of glass or the hair got on the defendant's SUV. Her lawyers maintained throughout this trial that she was framed by someone who fatally beat John O'Keefe inside a home and that the homeowner's relationship with local and state police tainted this investigation.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP111 "Physical Matches On Key Evidence"Prosecutors brought in another analyst who did physical matches on crime scene evidence. It included the defendant's SUV as well as clothing belonging to her boyfriend, the victim-John O'Keefe. Jurors learned more about this key crime scene evidence that seemed to implicate Karen Read in the death of O'Keefe, her boyfriend. Prosecutors alleged that their relationship was in so much trouble that she resorted to killing him in a hit-and-run in a middle of a snowstorm.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP112 "Everything Is Documented"For prosecutors, the broken taillight pieces served as proof that Karen Read hit her boyfriend with her SUV and then drove off all while under the influence. State forensic scientist Ashley Vallier went into detail about how she collected and processed a damaged taillight. She testified on the stand: Everything is documented. Days after John O'Keefe died, police had her black Lexus SUV in their custody examining every inch.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP105 "Another Round of Sparring With the Judge"It's another round of sparring between the judge and Darrell Brooks in the deadly parade crash trial; this is right in the middle of his attempt to show he is not guilty of the charges that he intentionally killed six people.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP107 "Judge Ends Defense's Case in Chief"Darrell Brooks was removed from the courtroom during his own trial because of his ranting, interruptions and constant challenges to the judge's orders.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP112 "Ranting From Another Courtroom"Darrell Brooks seemed to get more disruptive and argumentative with the judge as the trial got closer to the end; the prosecutors believed he was simply trying to delay things because a conviction was inevitable.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP109 "Careful Judge Plays by the Book"The judge tries to keep the trial moving despite the many interruptions from the defendant; the Honorable Jennifer Dorow describes for the record as to why Darrell Brooks was kicked out of the courtroom.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP110 "Handling The Defiant Defendant"Judge Dorow goes over all 76 charges on the verdict forms for Darrell Brooks, who was accused of intentionally killing six people and injuring more than 60 by driving into a crowd at a Christmas parade.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP111 "Judge Pushes Trial Forward"Darrell Brooks kept critiquing the judge in front of jurors; when he wouldn't stop, she excused the jury again and kicked him out; all eyes were on how the Honorable Jennifer Dorow handled this belligerent defendant who was representing himself.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP116 "State Delivers Closing Arguments"Darrell Brooks was allowed back into the courtroom after the judge read the lengthy instructions to the jury; he faced up to six consecutive life sentences plus an extra 859 years if he was convicted.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP114 "Deadly and Disruptive Intentions"Prosecutors tell jurors in their closing arguments that all Darrell Brooks had to do was stop, arguing that Brooks acted intentionally when he drove through the parade crowd, killing six people and injuring more than 60.