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Mother Stabbed Murder Trial
S1, EP33 "Verdict And Sentencing"
The verdict arrived after nine hours of jury deliberations across three days. Sydney Powell was facing life in prison, if the jury did not believe her defense's arguments that she was not responsible for the death of her mother, Brenda. But ultimately, Judge Kelly McLaughlin got the last say in this court trial.
S1, EP32 "State's Rebuttal Argument"
Jurors listened to the state's rebuttal on what it said caused Sydney Powell to stab her mother, Brenda, thirty Times. She was pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. Prosecutors claimed this murder was a surprise attack and that Powell was buying herself time after she was kicked out of college and when she murdered her mom. The jury would soon decide what was her state of mind during the fatal stabbing.
S1, EP31 "Losing To Schizophrenia"
It was now the Defense's turn to give their final remarks to the jury. Jurors heard a different side of the story on what may have led Sydney Powell to kill her mother, Brenda. They painted for the jury the picture of a young college student who fell prey to a mental illness called schizophrenia. According to them, the last week of her mother's life she was out of it mentally-which her defense alleged was the beginning of her psychotic break that led to murder.
S1, EP30 "Buying Time"
Prosecutors summed up their case during closing arguments accusing Sydney Powell of felony murder. They dismissed the idea that she was mentally ill when she attacked her mother, Brenda. Prosecutors alleged the defendant was trying to buy herself time and lied to police after killing her mother, Brenda. This was during closing arguments in her murder trial. According to prosecutors, she did not suffer from mental illness during the three and a half minutes she fatally attacked her mom.
