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Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP47 "Antisocial Behavior"Cross-examination continued on the State's mental health expert who dismissed the diagnosis that the defendant suffered mental illness when he killed Jennifer Fulford. The State wanted to show the jury that aggravating factors not mitigating factors was the culprit in these alleged crimes. According to psychologist Dr. Greg Prichard, Scott Nelson had the opportunity to do better and stay away from the same prison system that he hated.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP48 "Aggravating Factors"In the State's closing arguments, the prosecutor highlighted key aggravating factors that led to Jennifer Fulford's death. It included a cold, calculated plan for murder and the defendant's violent criminal past. According to the prosecution team, Scott Nelson committed this murder so he can have his day in Court where the world will finally hear his grievances on what he had to go through in the federal criminal justice system.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP49 "Kidnap, Torture And Murder"During the State's long closing argument, jurors were retold the timeline of events that led to Jennifer Fulford's murder. The prosecutor reminded the jury how in a short period of time on one fateful morning Nelson kidnapped, carjacked, robbed, and then killed this 56-year-old nanny. Torture was one of the aggravating factors prosecutors claimed led to this murder. The State hoped the same jury that convicted Nelson of murder would also recommend that he faced the death penalty.
Accomplice to Murder, With Vinnie Politan
S1, EP10 "OH v. Wagner"Eight people from the same family are shot execution style as they sleep; the investigation uncovers a plot involving an entire household and leading to the trial of the only person from that family who says had nothing to do with it.
Accomplice to Murder, With Vinnie Politan
S1, EP9 "GA v. Duke"Former Miss Georgia contestant Tara Grinstead vanished without a trace in 2005; Ryan Duke, the man arrested for her murder over a decade later, may have been manipulated into confessing by an accomplice who better fits the profile of a killer.
Dentist Mastermind Murder Trial
S1, EP23 "The Money Trail"Prosecutors bring in a forensic accountant to show the money trail involved in the murder of Dan Markel; the state contended that Charlie Adelson orchestrated the plan and paid for it.
Dentist Mastermind Murder Trial
S1, EP21 "Follow The Money"The State's forensic accountant detailed payments made to Charlie Adelson's ex-girlfriend who had been convicted already in Dan Markel's death; Jurors learn about all the financial records of the Adelson Institute, the family's dental practice.
Dentist Mastermind Murder Trial
S1, EP20 "Cell Phone Data Analysis"A communication records analyst takes the stand; investigators retrieve data from cell phones and computers while they try to figure who is responsible for the murder of law professor Dan Markel.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP26 "Bank Robberies"Bank robberies was on Scott Nelson's resume years before he graduated to being a convicted killer in Jennifer Fulford's death. Prosecutors brought in two cases of him when he attempted to rob bank branches with threats of a bomb and a gun. Prior acts and aggravated factors are key elements prosecutors wanted to use against Nelson in their attempt to persuade jurors to recommend he face the death penalty.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP27 "Victim-Impact Statements"Prosecutors turned the jury's attention to victim-impact statements. First up, was Jennifer Fulford's daughter who testified remotely for the jury. Next was her son. Fulford was killed on the same exact Day her granddaughter was born. Emotions filled this courtroom when jurors and the Gallery Heard both her daughter and son talk about their painful grief in losing their mother.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP28 "Remembering Jennifer Fulford"Stipulations from written statements and court testimony took over trial proceedings. This was his death penalty phase where prosecutors were presenting evidence to the jury in Scott Nelson's role in killing Jennifer Fulford, a woman he never met before. Prosecutors recalled the chief medical examiner back to the stand. Jurors listened to graphic detail again on how Fulford lost her life from suffocation and multiple stab wounds to her body.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP29 "James Nelson"Scott Nelson's father was allegedly very abusive with the whole family when he was growing up. Testifying in Nelson's death penalty phase was James, his older brother. James went into detail about the defendant's troubled childhood. His defense was trying to convince a jury to spare his life from the death penalty. It'll soon come down to a fundamental question jurors would answer later in their deliberations. Would a bad childhood be enough to spare a convicted killer from state execution?
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP41 "Questions About Ana"Ali Abulaban's defense team kept probing the lead Detective on the stand. During this cross-examination it was important for Ali's lawyers to continue to bring up Ana's friendship with Rayburn Barron to jurors in. Why? Because if Ali believed the two of them were dating the fatal shootings could be seen as Crime of Passion that happened suddenly and not premeditated homicide.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP42 "Prosecution Rests Their Case"The State rested their case to jurors after the lead detective on the case wrapped up his testimony. Now jurors' attention turned to Ali Abulaban's defense on why he is not guilty in these crimes. According to his lawyers, he wanted to save his troubled marriage. But when Ana seemed to be getting on with her life without him he snapped and out of heated passion killed her in their apartment along with her male friend.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP43 "Mom Comes To Son's Defense"Ali Abulaban's mother testified for his defense. Dalal Warra told jurors about Ali's troubled home life growing up and the mental issues he succumb to over the years. She elaborate on how her husband, Ali's father, was physically, emotionally, and verbally abusive to the both of them. Prosecutors contended that unchecked domestic abuse led to Ali killing Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP44 "Child Abuse And Mental Illness"Domestic abuse was brought up in questions to Ali Abulaban's mother on the witness stand. Dalal Warra admitted that she too was a victim of domestic abuse by her husband, Ali's father. For the first time in this trial, the jury heard claims that Ali Abulaban was dealing with mental health issues and taking prescription medication to treat it. But investigators did not find a clear diagnosis documented by a specialist.