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Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP127 "Hearing From a Traumatized Community"Several survivors address the court, saying Darrell Brooks robbed them of their sense of personal safety, trust and peace of mind; some of the families of victims asked for Darrell Brooks to apologize to those whose lives he tore apart.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP125 "Child Survivors Address Their Attacker"Darrell Brooks sits in jail clothes handcuffed at the defense table as he faces survivors and families of victims during his sentencing phase.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP128 "State Pushes for the Maximum Sentence"Victim-impact statements wrapped up in the sentencing phase; a jury convicted Darrell Brooks of killing six people and injuring 61; the prosecution team had a moment to address Judge Jennifer Dorow.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP132 "Listening To Brooks's Mother And Grandmother"The people who Darrell Brooks wanted to speak to the judge during the sentencing phase, were asked to appear via Zoom; Darrell Brooks' mother and grandmother apologized for his role in the Christmas parade crash.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP130 "Darrell Brooks Addresses the Judge"Darrell Brooks gets emotional as he addresses the judge who will soon sentence him after the guilty verdict on all 76 counts over his role in the deadly parade crash.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP129 "Brooks Apologizes to His Many Victims"Darrell Brooks isn't done addressing the court in his sentencing hearing; he apologizes to the judge, prosecutors, survivors, and the families of the victims - not only for his role in the deadly parade crash but for his behavior in the courtroom.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP131 "Judge Gets the Final Word"Darrell Brooks wrapped up his statements to the judge in the deadly parade crash trial; this came after more than 40 people gave emotional victim-impact statements; he spoke to the judge for two hours ahead of his sentencing.
Cheerleader on Trial for Baby's Murder
EP39 "Neonaticide"Steward Bassman makes the diagnosis that Skylar Richardson is suffering from a dependent personality disorder; the prosecutor questions Bassman on neonaticide, the deliberate act of a parent murdering their child during the first 24 hours of life.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP92 "Brian Higgins"An ATF special agent testified for the State. But he wasn't there because of his job. He was telling jurors about his connection to the defendant and the victim, John O'Keefe. Was Brian Higgins was with Karen Read and her boyfriend at the bar hours before he died. The state brought in texts between read Higgins to try to show that there were issues in her relationship with John O'Keefe. This was key to the prosecution's case which alleged she killed him because things between them were strained.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP93 "She Kissed Me"The state of Karen Read's intimate relationship with the victim, John O'Keefe, was crucial to the prosecution's case. She was accused of killing him in a hit-and-run after a night of drinking. On the stand, Brian Higgins claimed the defendant planted a kiss on me as he was leaving her home after a visited. Jurors learned about how flirtatious things got between Higgins and read just weeks before O'Keefe was killed.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP94 "Flirty Texts"Text messages dominated this portion of the trial. Karen Read had been sending flirtatious messages to the witness on the stand, Brian Higgins. This was in the weeks before her boyfriend, John O'Keefe, was killed. Next, the cross-examination began on Higgins. The Defense wanted to discredit his testimony in an attempt to show jurors that he had more to hide in his role in O'Keefe's death.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP95 "Misunderstood Text Messages"The Defense grilled the man who she was flirting with in text messages. The jury was shown these texts between Karen Read and Brian Higgins weeks before John O'Keefe was killed. During cross examination, the Defense was trying to prove that Higgins was romantically interested in read and got in the middle of her relationship with her boyfriend. Higgins denied that claim but admitted he was attracted to the defendant.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP96 "Higgins Defends Himself"The jury listened to what Brian Higgins was doing in the hours before John O'Keefe died. Prosecutors contended that Karen Read was flirting with him in text messages in the days leading up to her boyfriend's death. But those texts suddenly stopped after he died. Brian Higgins admitted to jurors that he was a bit embarrassed by his texts to Karen read. He claimed John O'Keefe was his friend and that texting with her was not a good look.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP97 "More Grilling Under Cross-Examination"Everybody was in shock the day John O'Keefe died according to Brian Higgins, who was under cross examination. He said he remembered how upsetting that day was, which made his memory a bit fuzzy. Higgins recalled that Karen Read and her boyfriend never showed up to the house party after they told friends gathered at a local bar that they would. Read's defense was convinced that John O'Keefe was beaten up by men at the Albert family home and then dumped in the snow.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP98 "Getting Rid Of Cellphone And SIM Card"Karen Read's attorney accused a State witness of changing his statements to law enforcement. Brian Higgins was a friend of both the defendant and John O'Keefe. He was hanging out with them at a bar just hours before O'Keefe died. The Defense grilled Higgins for removing the SIM card from his cell phone and getting rid of it. They asked him what exactly did he do with his phone weeks after John O'Keefe was pronounced dead.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP99 "Brian Higgins Wraps Up His Testimony"An ATF special agent admitted that he got rid of cell phone records of the texts he made in the weeks and even hours leading up to the death of John O'Keefe. The long testimony of Brian Higgins wrapped up. He told the jury about his friendship with Karen Read and John O'Keefe, his access to the Canton Police Department, the flirty texts he exchanged with the defendant and how he got rid of the SIM card from his phone.