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Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP43 "I'M A Homicidal Maniac"Scott Nelson believed the federal prison system turned him into an animal. He told jurors that he was a homicidal manic that wanted the death penalty. He testified to jurors on how his allegely brutal time in the penitentiary system led him to kill 56-year-old nanny, Jennifer Fulford, a woman he never met before. After his testimony his defense rested their case to jurors and the State began it's rebuttal case.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP44 "State's Rebuttal Case"The State's rebuttal case was underway. This would be the last attempt by them to convince the jury to recommend the death penalty for Scott Nelson in the murder of Jennifer Fulford. Prosecutors brought in a mental health expert who evaluated him. Three different doctors testified for the Defense's case claiming Nelson had mitigating factors that led him to murder which included serious cognitive impairment. Prosecutors wanted to challenge those assertions.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP45 "Personality-Driven Criminal Behavior"Was it a major mental illness that caused Scott Nelson to kill Jennifer Fulford or was it personalty-driven? In the State's rebuttal, a forensic psychologist, who evaluated the defendant, concluded that his actions was due to flaw in his character. Dr. Greg Prichard dismissed Nelson's mental illness diagnosis concluding instead that he dealt with personality disorders that produced poor character flaws leading him to criminal behavior including the murder of this nanny.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP46 "Conduct Disorder"Dr. Greg Prichard, a forensic psychologist, answered questions under cross-examination. The Defense challenged his claim that Scott Nelson did not suffer from any mental illness at the time he killed Jennifer Fulford. Dr. Prichard remained steadfast in his claim that Nelson's criminal behavior revealed a mix of personality issues of bad character traits. The mental health expert went on to say that Nelson exaggerated his time behind bars in federal prison.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP47 "Antisocial Behavior"Cross-examination continued on the State's mental health expert who dismissed the diagnosis that the defendant suffered mental illness when he killed Jennifer Fulford. The State wanted to show the jury that aggravating factors not mitigating factors was the culprit in these alleged crimes. According to psychologist Dr. Greg Prichard, Scott Nelson had the opportunity to do better and stay away from the same prison system that he hated.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP48 "Aggravating Factors"In the State's closing arguments, the prosecutor highlighted key aggravating factors that led to Jennifer Fulford's death. It included a cold, calculated plan for murder and the defendant's violent criminal past. According to the prosecution team, Scott Nelson committed this murder so he can have his day in Court where the world will finally hear his grievances on what he had to go through in the federal criminal justice system.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP49 "Kidnap, Torture And Murder"During the State's long closing argument, jurors were retold the timeline of events that led to Jennifer Fulford's murder. The prosecutor reminded the jury how in a short period of time on one fateful morning Nelson kidnapped, carjacked, robbed, and then killed this 56-year-old nanny. Torture was one of the aggravating factors prosecutors claimed led to this murder. The State hoped the same jury that convicted Nelson of murder would also recommend that he faced the death penalty.
Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
S1, EP50 "Case For Life In Prison"Scott Nelson's defense attorney began closing arguments with the claim, This case does not warrant the death penalty. hat's how Scott Nelson's attorney told jurors during closing arguments. It was important for the Defense to dismiss the idea that he planned Jennifer Fulford's murder. By going in this direction, his lawyer highlighted instead how impulsive, irrational and even reckless Nelson was when his robbery attempt spotaneously turned into a homicide.
CA v. O.J. Simpson
S1, EP240 "Criminalist Under Interrogation"The long testimony of Dennis Fung was not over yet in California versus OJ Simpson. He was the LAPD criminalist in charge of the physical evidence in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
CA v. O.J. Simpson
S1, EP243 "Investigation Under Scrutiny"Dennis Fung is asked repeatedly about the possible contamination of the crime scene; based on standard protocols of handling evidence and what he was instructed to do and not do by the lead detectives.
CA v. O.J. Simpson
S1, EP241 "Dennis Fung Defends Himself"Dennis Fung's answers under cross-examination changed a bit. He had been challenged by the Defense throughout the cross about mistakes and he was reluctant to concede even small errors in his later testimony.
CA v. O.J. Simpson
S1, EP246 "Criminalist III"O-J Simpson's defense asked the lead criminalist questions on a wide range of topics which included police protocol. This lead criminalist was the one who directed photographers to take photos of key items of evidence.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP73 "Blaming The Sons"In her police Interview, Melody Farris was heard raising suspicion to her two sons, Chris and Scott, in their alleged role in her husband's death. Jurors listened to her account in the days and hours leading up to her Gary's murder. Melody recalled that several family members were on the property when Gary went missng and the search was on to look for him. The State wanted to use Melody's recorded interview with police as their elaborate attempt to get her to testify in her murder trial.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP74 "Melody Farris, The Victim"Melody Farris was heard divulging more details in her extended police-recorded Interview. She sat down with detectives just after Gary's remains were discovered in a burn pile on his family's estate. Melody sounded like she was the victim in this story. As police was interviewing the teal victim, Gary, and his death, Melody was heard telling the lead detective how her husband wouldn't let her work outside the home and how she was cut off from the family finances over time.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP75 "The Second Police Interveiew"Just days after Gary Farris' remains were found in a burn pile, investigators interviewed all his family members. It was all recorded and played back for all to hear in the courtroom. The second Interview police conducted of the defendant came the very next day after the first interview. She insisted, telling the lead detective that she had more to say about her thoughts on her husband's shooting death.
Burn Pile Murder Trial
S1, EP76 "Defendant Gives Police Clues"The second police interview law enforcement conducted of Melody Farris was played back. Jurors heard her playing detective giving investigators clues as to what happened and who may have been responsible for Gary Farris' demise. These jurors had to be asking themselves a key question. Was Melody helping their case or helping her case? The defendant was heard giving the two detectives clues pointing the guilt of her two sons, Chris and Scott, for the murder of her husband, Gary.
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