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A police interview was read out loud in court. It happened weeks after Rosemarie Essa was killed and Yazeed was a wanted suspected who fled the country. Two of the defendant's mistresses were considered suspects in the poisoning murder. So, law enforcement brought them in for questioning. Next, prosecutors called in a retired special agent of the FBI. He happened to be a criminal behavior expert who reviewed Yazeed's actions leading up to and after Rosemarie was poisoned to death.
A police interview was read out loud in court. It happened weeks after Rosemarie Essa was killed and Yazeed was a wanted suspected who fled the country. Two of the defendant's mistresses were considered suspects in the poisoning murder. So, law enforcement brought them in for questioning. Next, prosecutors called in a retired special agent of the FBI. He happened to be a criminal behavior expert who reviewed Yazeed's actions leading up to and after Rosemarie was poisoned to death.
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S1, EP100 "Closing Rebuttal"Yazeed Essa's attorney wrapped up his long closing arguments to jurors in his murder trial. Steven Bradley stressed the importance of keying on reasonable doubt, which he believed is littered all through the state's case accusing the defendant of killing Rosemarie, his wife of five years. Next, the lead prosecutor, Steven Dever, claimed in their rebuttal argument to jurors that his team began their case as a product tampering one only to tear it down to prove intentional murder.
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S1, EP101 "The Incomplete Marriage"In the State's closing arguments, Steven Dever, the lead prosecutor, explained why Yazeed all of abandoned his two kids to flee the U.S. as police began looking at him as a murder suspect. This was just a few weeks after his wife, Rosemarie, died. Emotions were high during closing arguments especially among Rosemarie's side of the family. This 6-week trial divided both sides of the family in the Essa marriage. Testimony pointed out to lies, manipulation, betrayal, dishonesty and heartbreak.
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S1, EP102 "The Fugitive Doctor's Fate"Just before jury deliberations, the defense called for a mistrial over statements prosecutors made to the jury. The judge denied that motion. Yazeed Essa faced life in prison if convicted in the poisoning death of his wife, Rosemarie. After six weeks of court proceedings, the jury began their deliberation over Yazeed's fate. It took them just four days for them to reach an unanimous verdict.
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S1, EP103 "An Emotional Sentencing"The sentencing phase of Yazeed Essa began with emotional victim-impacted statements. After four days of jury deliberations, he was convicted for intentionally poisoning his wife to death. During the sentencing phase, both of Rosemarie's brothers gave emotional, tear-eyed testimony. Yazeed was convicted in murdering his wife and attempted to evade police when he took flight overseas which led to an 18-month international manhunt.
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S1, EP99 "The Long Final Remarks To Jurors"Jurors listened to Yazeed Essa's attorney during closing arguments trying to implicate one of his mistresses as the possible killer in Rosemarie's death. Just like they did in their opening statements, the defense team gave a long closing arguments to jurors. They outlined what they believed were holes in the state's case that left enough reasonable doubt for the jury to acquit Yazeed for his alleged role in his wife's death.
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S1, EP98 "Lacking Direct Evidence"The long closing arguments by the Defense continued. Defense attorney Steven Bradley continued to stress the lack of physical evidence the state needed to link Yazeed to his wife, Rosemarie's death. Yazeed Essa's lawyer played back court testimony during his closing arguments. The Defense wanted jurors to dismiss the testimony of his alleged fixer who testified against him.
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S1, EP97 "Leave Emotion Out"Yazeed Essa's lawyer was in the middle of their closing arguments. With a graphic checklist displayed for jurors, defense attorney Steven Bradley implored the jury not to judge Yazeed's alleged role in his wife, Rosemarie's death, with emotion and disdain for him as a cheating husband. According his defense, Yazeed giving his wife calcium pills was not evidence that he was looking to fatally poison her.
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S1, EP96 "Defense Delivers Closing Arguments"During the final remarks to the jury, the State expounded on their murder timeline. This timeline ended in the poisoning death of Rosemarie Essa and her husband, Yazeed, fleeing the country on the run from the law. Next, it was the Defense's turn to deliver their closing arguments. This would be the final time they would speak to jurors in their attempt to appeal to them Yazeed's innocence in the poisoning death of his wife, Rosemarie.
