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The toxic marriage fueled by constant domestic violence, emotional manipulation and verbal abuse eventually exploded into double homicide. But instead of a murder plot carried out by a jealous, controlling husband, Ali Abulaban's defense claimed the murders occurred out of a cocaine-binged heat of passion. In the Defense's closing arguments, Ali's attorney claimed that he was growing more mentally unstable as his fame was rising on social media to the point that he became a raging coke addict.
The toxic marriage fueled by constant domestic violence, emotional manipulation and verbal abuse eventually exploded into double homicide. But instead of a murder plot carried out by a jealous, controlling husband, Ali Abulaban's defense claimed the murders occurred out of a cocaine-binged heat of passion. In the Defense's closing arguments, Ali's attorney claimed that he was growing more mentally unstable as his fame was rising on social media to the point that he became a raging coke addict.
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S1, EP75 "Judge Gets The Final Word"Judge Jeffrey Fraser listened to the emotional victim-impact statements ahead of his sentencing of Ali Abulaban, the convicted double murderer. The relatives of Ana and her friend, Rayburn Barron, talked about how their murders destroyed each of their families. Ali then addressed the Court. He told the judge that a life in prison without parole is like being condemned to hell.
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S1, EP74 "The Sentencing Phase"Since there was no dispute that Ali Abulaban killed the two victims, jurors were instead tasked with deciding whether the killings were first or second-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter. Before the sentencing of Ali Abulaban, his defense appealed his murder conviction. Ali faced life in prison without the possibility of parole for being convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of his wife, Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron.
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S1, EP73 "Jury Deliberations And The Verdict"The lead prosecutor buttoned up their case against Ali Abulaban in the State's rebuttal. Taren Brast reminded the jury of the defendant's demeanor when she was drilling him under cross-examination. This was to highlight the anger and need for control which prompted Ali to kill his wife, Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron. Next, jurors would deliberate over Ali's role and fate in this fatal ambush apartment attack where two young lives were tragically lost.
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S1, EP72 "Reason Vs. Emotion"The Defense walks the jury through the day Ana Abulaban and her friend, Rayburn Barron, were both shot and killed; their version of events differs from the State's theory. Ali's defense attempts to bring in nuance about this troubling marriage which could better enlighten jurors about what led up to the two murders. According to the State in their rebuttal to the jury, lies and blame were the defendant's actions after he shot and killed two innocent victims.
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