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S1, EP40 "Washington v. Foos"Reverend Randall Foos says it was just an unfortunate accident when his car hit and killed 19-year-old Sara Casey as she rode her bicycle, but a civil suit revealed more than the eye could see, or couldn't, that turned this accident into a crime.
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S1, EP37 "Prison Inmate To Homeless Drifter"Life as a federal prison inmate was the focus of the Defense's case to jurors. A prison expert, who reviewed Scott Nelson's records of his many behind bars, testified on the numerous incidents he had while being incarcerated. Tim Gravette claimed Nelson was even a suicide risk in prison. But, when Nelson was not behind bars serving time he was homeless drifter loitering in different parts of town.
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S1, EP38 "His Mental Health Evaluation"Scott Nelson's mental health evaluation would be his defense's best evidence to spare his life from death row. On the stand was forensic psychologist Dr. Valerie McClain who evaluated the defendant. If his lawyers could convince the jury that he has significant psychological disorders and mental illness that may be enough to show Nelson wasn't fully cognitive aware on what he was doing when he kidnapped, robbed, and killed an Innocent Nanny.
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S1, EP39 "Personality Disorders"The forensic psychologist on the stand went through her results of Scott Nelson's mental health evaluation. According to Dr. Valerie McClain, Nelson's ability to analyze a situation, problem solve, or even think rationally was negatively affected by his serious mental health decline. The doctor went on to claim that the lack of treatment for Nelson's mental health woes only exacerbated his behavioral problems. He allegedly lacked coping skills due to his cognitive impairment.
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S1, EP40 "Mental Health Decline"Cross-examination continued the forensic psychologist who performed a full mental health evaluation of Scott Nelson. Dr. Valerie McClain testified that he suffered neurocognitive disorder which negatively affects his cognitive abilities like learning, memory, problem-solving and perception. Throughout the Defense's case jurors heard about his poor physical and mental Health. Ultimately, it would be up to them to decide whether these were serious mitigating factors to spare his life.
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S1, EP41 "Back To Testify"The judge directly addressed Scott Nelson asking him if there was any more evidence he wanted to introduce to the jury. As he did in the guilt phase before being convicted of the murder of Jennifer Fulford, the defendant took the stand in his death penalty phase. He wanted to get back on the witness stand to make certain things known specifically his life as a federal prison inmate. Scott Nelson was determined to let the jury know about his mistreatment while incarcerated in federal prison.
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S1, EP42 "Defendant Clears Things Up"Scott Nelson's defense was trying to spare his life for the capital murder of Jennifer Fulford. He took the stand in his motivation to let the jury know how maltreated he was as federal prison inmate in the past 25 years. There were clear discrepancies between the defendant and his legal team. While he wanted to testify to the jury about issues he believed they should know Nelson's lawyers thought otherwise believing it didn't help his case against life on death row.
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S1, EP43 "I'M A Homicidal Maniac"Scott Nelson believed the federal prison system turned him into an animal. He told jurors that he was a homicidal manic that wanted the death penalty. He testified to jurors on how his allegely brutal time in the penitentiary system led him to kill 56-year-old nanny, Jennifer Fulford, a woman he never met before. After his testimony his defense rested their case to jurors and the State began it's rebuttal case.
Judgment With Ashleigh Banfield
S1, EP29 "California v. Han"Gina and Sunny Han's rivalry was so intense it led to a murder plot and trial filled with twists and turns that have to be seen to be believed.
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S1, EP16 "DNA Testing"The jury listened to more DNA analysis of key Crime Scene evidence linking him to the death of Jennifer Fulford. A number of bloodstains made its way on items found in the Fulford's car where she was kidnapped, tied up, stabbed, and suffocated to death. Later in their deliberations the jury would have plenty of direct, physical evidence to determine Scott Nelson's role in this murder.
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S1, EP17 "Confessing To The Crimes"The detective who Scott Nelson allegedly confessed to in the killing of Jennifer Fulford took the stand. After his arrest, the defendant apparently came clean to investigators on what happened and what he exactly did. For the first time in this trial, jurors heard from the Nelson himself. Prosecutors played back his police interview for the jury. It was conducted days after he was arrested.
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S1, EP18 "The Police Interview"During his police interview, Scott Nelson presented himself as the victim in this story. He was the homeless Felon on probation who had nothing going for himself. So, he decided to commit a home invasion to get back at the wealthy people enjoying their lives at what he thinks are at the expense of poor people like him. Jurors listened to more of this police-recorded interview the defendant gave where he confessed in detail what he did in attacking and killing a random nanny he never met before.
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S1, EP19 "Defendant Takes The Stand"The State rested their case after playing back for the jury the confession Scott Nelson gave during his police interview. At the start of the Defense's case, the defendant took the stand to give his reasoning on why he kidnapped, carjacked, robbed, and then murdered Jennifer Fulford. According to him, it was his probation officer that motivated him to kill an innocent nanny. How? The probation officer got Nelson thrown on the streets and he acted desperately in his means to survive.
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S1, EP20 "Defendant Vents And Rants On The Stand"On the stand in his own murder trial, Scott Nelson admitted that he killed Jennifer Fulford but initially wanted to kill his federal probation officer, Julio Dominguez. Nelson claimed it was Dominguez who caused him to be a homeless drifter on the streets for months. His desperation caused him to commit murder on an Innocent nanny. Instead of showing remorse to his crimes he put himself as the victim in this story of how the criminal system abandoned him and impeded his means of survival.
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S1, EP21 "Defense Rests Their Case"Scott Nelson had more to tell jurors on what led to him killing Jennifer Fulford. On the stand, he did not deny his actions. Instead, he wanted to make clear his true motive in this kidnap, robbery, carjack, and murder. After his testimony, his defense team rested their case to jurors. Next was closing arguments. The jury would soon decide on Nelson's guilt in the kidnapping-murder of Jennifer Fulford. If they choose to convict him, these same jurors will decide if he faces the death penalty.
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S1, EP22 "Murder Timeline"Prosecutors accusing Scott Nelson of intentionally murdering Jennifer Fulford gave their final remarks to jurors. In the State's closing arguments they laid out their timeline of events that began with a home invasion and ended with Fulford's remains left abandoned in a grassy field. A killer on the run was how the prosecutor put it in Scott Nelson's actions. If the jury convicted him for this murder, the State would then turn their evidence against him for why he should face the death penalty.