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SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1, EP70 "Former Law Firm Testifies"Alex Murdaugh's former law partner tells jurors why his law firm had to change its name.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP27 "A Black Eye"A longtime friend of Jeff and Susan Wright testified for the defense. Susan's legal team wanted to give a different perspective to who exactly Jeff was, which differed from the state's view of him. This friend told the jury the time she saw the defendant with a black eye allegedly endured at the hands of her husband. This went into the numerous domestic issues that occurred during their rocky four-year marriage.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP28 "Just Get A Divorce"During their case-in-chief Susan Wright's Defense brought up separate domestic incidents between her and Jeff, her husband. With friends on the witness stand jurors learned of Jeff, The Angry, abusive husband who physically hurt Susan and their young son. Just get a divorce. That's what the prosecution brought up under cross-examination of the defendant's close friend.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP29 "Defendant's Mother On The Stand"Susan Wright's attorneys called her mother to the stand to give more insight into the drama of her marriage to Jeff. The Defense wanted to show how much of a victim of domestic abuse the defendant was in the months and weeks before the murder. Sue Wyche testified that at one point Susan moved out of her home with her allegedly abusive husband, Jeff, and then moved in with her parents. The reason - the constant physical, mental, and emotional abuse.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP30 "Mother And Daughter"Susan Wright's mother was drilled under cross-examination. On the stand, she admitted that her daughter lied to friends and family after she killed Jeff, her husband, but told the truth when she confessed to her parents and law enforcement. Sue Wyche claimed her daughter was afraid to divorce her husband. After Wyche wrapped up her testimony to jurors, the defendant took the stand in her own defense.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP1 "The Husband Murder And Coverup"Prosecutors delivered their opening statements to the jury. The defendant, Melody Farris, was charged with murder, aggravated assault, concealing a death, making a false statement in the shooting death of her husband, Gary. Prosecutors gave their murder timeline on how Melody murdered her husband of 38 years and then tried to cover it up. Initially, police thought Gary had a medical emergency and accidentally fell into a fire.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP2 "Confirmation Bias"According to prosecutors in their opening statements, money was the motive for this murder. Next, Melody Farris' defense delivered their opening remarks to the jury. They claimed police acted on confirmation bias when they allegedly erroneously narrowed in on the defendant for the death of her husband, Gary. A complicated family coupled with a complicated police investigation all led to fingers pointing at Melody Farris for first-degree murder.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP3 "The 911 Call"Melody Farris' defense pointed to reasonable doubt in their opening statements to the jury. Her attorney was convinced the State doesn't have incontrovertible evidence that she killed her husband. Next, jurors heard the 911 call that identified the charred body of the victim was called in by his son. On the stand, was the paramedic who was called to the scene. Investigators found Gary Farris' remains in a fiery pit roughly 15 feet wide and five inches deep.
SC v. Alex Murdaugh
S1, EP44 "Stealing From Company Funds"The CFO of Alex Murdaugh's law firm claims the missing funds forced the law firm to pay clients out of pocket.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP23 "Friends And Neighbors Speak"More of Jeff Wright's close co-workers and friends testified for the prosecution's case against his wife accused of killing him. They gave a different viewpoint on the couple's marriage in the lead up to the fatal stabbing at home. Next, one of the defendant's close friends and next-door neighbor took the stand. Specific questions of domestic violence was asked. This was the Defense's claim of why Susan killed her husband in a fatal knife attack.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP24 "Allegations Of Fights At Home"Jurors listened to a distraught close friend who was lied to about Jeff Wright's whereabouts and eventual death. Prosecutors wanted to convince the jury that if Susan could lie first, to close friends and family members then later to police - how could you believe her now? These neighbors and close friends testified that they saw nothing out of the ordinary in the couple's marriage. This was different that the Defense's view where Jeff was this habitual drug abuser who was violent to his wife.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP25 "State Rests Their Case"Lies, Lies, and More Lies. This was the prosecution's theme in bringing in neighbors of Susan Wright to testify against her. By exposing the many lies Susan told friends, family, and law enforcement, the State wanted the jury to question her credibility on events that led up to her husband's murder. Prosecution rested their case after a number of different neighbors and close friends testified about what they saw going on before the fatal stabbing.
The Blue Eyed Butcher Case
S1, EP26 "The Social Worker"Susan Wright's defense began their case to jurors with a social worker. After she killed her husband, Jeff, Susan was admitted to a mental health facility where she divulged to the social worker how she was physically and mentally abused in her marriage. These jurors learned more about the mental health evaluation Wright underwent. Her defense wanted to present Wright as innocent housewife and stay-at-home mom of two who was abused and tormented by her husband.
Killer Girlfriend Murder Trial
"Reasonable or Not"The defense presents their theory that McCandless and Woodworth had a conversation that got out of hand and led to a fatal knife fight.
Killer Girlfriend Murder Trial
"Explaining The Lies And Misstatements"The defense revisits Ezra McCandless's police interview; the state claims Ezra lied to police to cover up a murder, but the defense claims she didn't tell police everything because of her mental condition after the stabbing.
Killer Girlfriend Murder Trial
"Challenging the State's Theory"The Defense pushed the jury to acknowledge that there was a knife fight that happened in the back seat of Ezra McCandless's car; it dismissed the State's assertion that Alex Woodworth was caught off guard and was attacked, unprovoked.