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Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP50 "Case For Life In Prison"Scott Nelson's defense attorney began closing arguments with the claim, This case does not warrant the death penalty. hat's how Scott Nelson's attorney told jurors during closing arguments. It was important for the Defense to dismiss the idea that he planned Jennifer Fulford's murder. By going in this direction, his lawyer highlighted instead how impulsive, irrational and even reckless Nelson was when his robbery attempt spotaneously turned into a homicide.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP51 "Sparing A Convicted Killer's Life"Poor cognitive function and impaired brain damage coupled with an abusive childhood were mitigating factors Scott Nelson's defense wanted jurors to consider in his death penalty trial. His lawyers portrayed the defendant as a recurring felon from an abusive childhood where the penitentiary system, made to rehabiliate offenders, just made him worse.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP52 "Death Row Or Life In Prison?"Jury deliberations began for a second time in this trial. This time it was a matter of life or death. Jurors would need to decide whether or not Scott Nelson should face the death penalty for his role in the murder of Jennifer Fulford. After two days of deliberations, jurors reached their unanimous verdict in the fate of Nelson. Ironically, the very day of the verdict was also the victim, Jennifer Fulford's, birthday.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP1 "Timeline of a Hit-And-Run Murder"Opening statements begin with prosecutors accusing Karen Read of killing her boyfriend, John O'Keefe, a Boston police officer in a hit-and-run; they deliver to jurors a timeline of events that led up to the death of John O'Keefe.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP2 "Framed For Murder"Prosecutors claim Karen Reed killed her boyfriend, John O'Keefe, with her car in the middle of a snowstorm.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP3 "Victim's Brother Testifies"Prosecutors call John O'Keefe's younger brother to the stand; Paul O'Keefe recalls that Karen Read was an old flame of his brother's and the two began dating again at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP4 "Family Testimony"The jury listens to more testimony from the brother of John O'Keefe; he gives some background about John's life and his relationship with the defendant, Karen Read.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP61 "From Military Discharge To Behavioral Counseling"Cross-examination continued on the defendant who was trying to appeal to jurors that he's no mastermind Killer. Prosecutors challenged Ali Abulaban's credibility in his actions leading up to the shooting deaths of his wife, Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron. The lead prosecutor had Ali walk the jury again through his troubled relationship with Ana back when they first dated overseas.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP44 "State's Rebuttal Case"The State's rebuttal case was underway. This would be the last attempt by them to convince the jury to recommend the death penalty for Scott Nelson in the murder of Jennifer Fulford. Prosecutors brought in a mental health expert who evaluated him. Three different doctors testified for the Defense's case claiming Nelson had mitigating factors that led him to murder which included serious cognitive impairment. Prosecutors wanted to challenge those assertions.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP45 "Personality-Driven Criminal Behavior"Was it a major mental illness that caused Scott Nelson to kill Jennifer Fulford or was it personalty-driven? In the State's rebuttal, a forensic psychologist, who evaluated the defendant, concluded that his actions was due to flaw in his character. Dr. Greg Prichard dismissed Nelson's mental illness diagnosis concluding instead that he dealt with personality disorders that produced poor character flaws leading him to criminal behavior including the murder of this nanny.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP46 "Conduct Disorder"Dr. Greg Prichard, a forensic psychologist, answered questions under cross-examination. The Defense challenged his claim that Scott Nelson did not suffer from any mental illness at the time he killed Jennifer Fulford. Dr. Prichard remained steadfast in his claim that Nelson's criminal behavior revealed a mix of personality issues of bad character traits. The mental health expert went on to say that Nelson exaggerated his time behind bars in federal prison.
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.