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Opening statements began in the State's case against Susan Wright. She was accused of stabbing her husband. She pleaded not guilty by reason of self-defense. The defendant admitted to the fatal stabbings. But for jurors the questions would be - was this a case of cold-blooded murder or a desperate act of self-defense?
S1, EP39 "Finality"
The Defense delivered their closing arguments to jurors. They expounded on evidence they introduced to them about the physical and psychological abuse Susan endured at the hands of her husband, Jeff. Lead prosecutor Kelly Siegler later ripped her Defense's case during their rebuttal. She called her claims of self-defense a joke. Finally, jurors returned the verdict after five hours of deliberations.
S1, EP38 "Closing Arguments"
The last witness to testify wrapped up his testimony. He was the forensic scientist who evaluated the crime scene where Jeff Wright lost his life and concluded that there was no evidence of a premeditated murder. Later, jurors listened to closing arguments. Prosecutors began with their theory of a carefully planned out murder at home. This version of Jeff's death went against Susan's defense where they claimed that she feared for her life before stabbing her husband to death.
S1, EP37 "I Am Not Lying"
Susan Wright wraps up her emotional testimony to the jury. She emphasized to jurors that she was not lying. Lead prosecutor Kelly Siegler got animated with the defendant on the stand trying to get her to admit to her alleged wrongdoing. Prosecutors believed she tied her husband on the bed by luring him for sex. Once defenseless Wright stabbed him nearly 200 times to death. Next, the Defense brought in a crime scene reconstructionist as their last expert witness for jurors to hear.
S1, EP36 "Foggy Memory Of Murder"
The lead prosecutor had more probing questions for her on the stand. The defendant admitted to lying everyone after she fatally stabbed her husband, Jeff. On the stand, Susan Wright gave a reason to the lies claiming the whole ordeal was a nightmare that she didn't fully comprehend. The defendant then claimed that after burying him in a makeshift grave in the backyard she claimed to still be afraid he was alive and would come after her.
S1, EP35 "Fiery Cross-Examination"
The lead prosecutor challenged the credibility of Susan Wright testifying for her own defense in her murder trial. During cross-examination, Kelly Siegler accused her of intentionally killing her husband, Jeff, and then covering up the crime. This fiery cross-examination challenged the defendant's claim that she had no choice to kill her allegedly abusive husband in their bedroom that night when he supposedly came at her with a knife.
