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Judgment With Ashleigh Banfield
S1, EP33 "Arizona v. Falater"Scott Falater claims he was sleepwalking when he brutally stabbed and drowned his wife and the mother of his children.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP171 "Challenging Richard Green"Jurors listened to more expert testimony from the Defense's forensics examiner. Richard Green put a different light on the data retrieved from the phones of Karen Read and John O'Keefe. He later testified under cross-examination. Two of the State's experts who worked with the phones of John O'Keefe and the defendant disagreed with Richard Green's work in this case.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP172 "Where's The Bruising?"Karen Read's defense called in the services of a retired medical doctor for the second time in her murder trial. This time jurors listened to the expert testimony of a forensic pathologist. He gave a different take on how John O'Keefe died. Dr. Frank Sheridan went straight to the point about the injuries he saw on the victim. To him, it didn't look remotely at all like O'Keefe had been hit by a car. Why? His body lacked any significant bruising.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP173 "No Evidence To A Hit-And-Run"According to the Defense's forensic pathologist, there's no evidence of John O'Keefe being fatally hit by a car. This was contrary to the State's argument on how he lost his life. The cross-examination was not over yet on Dr. Frank Sheridan. He told jurors that he had not done any autopsies on people hit by the back of a vehicle. For jurors, Karen Read's defense brought in experts in the same field as the State's experts. The goal was to challenge their testimony.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP174 "An Accident Reconstructionist"Jurors were brought back in the topic of accident reconstruction. Karen Read's defense wanted to challenge the State's assertion that she reversed her car at over 20 miles an hour to hit her boyfriend, John O'Keefe, and then drove away leaving him to die in a snowbank. Dr. Daniel Wolfe tried to make clear to the jury that he was not hired by her lawyers. Instead, he and his team independently examined the photographic evidence of the crime scene.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP175 "Inconsistencies In The Pedestrian Collision Theory"The expert witness on the stand testified that his firm was hired by an outside agency to analyze the damage to Karen Read's SUV which the State claimed she used to hit John O'Keefe. That third party in question was the FBI and the Justice Department. Prosecutors ad more questions for Dr. Daniel Wolfe. He told the jury that O'Keefe's injuries and the images of the defendant's car were not consistent with a collision between a pedestrian and car.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP176 "Testing Done By Biomechanic Experts"Karen Read's lawyers brought in another biomechanics expert to testify. Her defense relied on not one, but two crash reconstructionists for its case to try to dispute the state's claim that read drove her SUV in reverse to hit John O'Keefe hard enough to knock him to the ground. Dr. Andrew Rentschler testified that his team's vehicle test showed greater damage to the taillight, compared to the damage found on the defendant's SUV.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP177 "Defense Delivers Closing Arguments"Karen Read's defense went first in delivering closing arguments. Her attorney, Alan Jackson, told the jury that the prosecutors lied and that the accusation that Karen read killed her boyfriend, John O'Keefe, was a quote travesty of justice. Jackson went on to tell jurors to not to be fooled by the State's claims. He said John O'Keefe went inside the Albert home after being dropped off and was later beaten up and dumped in the snowy front lawn.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP22 "The Toxicology Report"The State's toxicologist took the stand. Ray Gary explained in more detail the medication Tom Merriman was on at the time of his death and whether they contributed to his demise. Gary performed the toxicology exam on the victim. He told jurors that high levels of a sleeping drug was found in Merriman's system when he died. It was central for Jade Janks' legal team to challenge the autopsy and toxicology reports in this case. Her defense team argued that she did not kill her stepdad.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP23 "Detectives At Work"For the first time cellphone data made its way to the jury. On the stand was a digital forensics examiner who extracted Jade Janks phone at the time prosecutors alleged she killed Tom Merriman. A detective in the district attorney's office took the stand. He was involved in the interviewing one of three men Janks allegeldy tried to get to help her kill her stepfather, who lived next door to her.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP24 "Following The Deadly Clues"In her murder trial, Jade Janks's lead attorney had questions for the detective who conducted interviews during the murder investigation of Tom Merriman. Detective Scott Stallman interviewed one of the guys Janks allegedly recruited to help her kill her stepfather. Next, the lead detective, Matthew Gibson, testified to his work in this case. This would be the state's final witness to jurors in their case-in-chief.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP25 "The Work Of The Lead Detective"The prescription medication that Tom Merriman was taking was on display for jurors. On the stand was lead detective, Matthew Gibson. His team collected numerous items in Merriman's home during their search warrant conducted after he died. Jurors were then shown crime scene photos and cellphone data revealing incriminating text messages.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP26 "Revealing Texts"Jurors were presented text messages of Jade Janks in the hours leading up to Tom Merriman's death. Prosecutors were using these texts as circumstantial evidence proving that she plotted the murder of her stepdad. These incriminating text messages dominated the courtroom Elmo. The State was using her communication with people she tried to hire as Hitman to take out her ailing stepfather.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP27 "The Alleged Fixer"What began as inquiries in Facebook messages led to incriminating texts. The state alleged that Jade Janks reached out to a so-called fixer to help kill her stepdad, Tom Merriman, and make it look like he died of an overdose. Finally, the state of California rested their case against her after stipulating to the jury that both the prosecution and defense teams tried to locate Jade Janks fixer in this murder plot.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP28 "Defense Begins Their Case"The first witness for Jade Janks defense was a medical toxicologist. Emergency room physician Dr. Charles O'Connell reviewed both the autopsy and toxicology reports of Tom Merriman. Here's where the jury learned more about his poor health and the different kinds of medications he was on at the time he died. As a medical toxicologist Dr. Connell explained to the jury on why Merriman shouldn't have been on the drugs.
Killer Girlfriend Murder Trial
"Doctor Under Cross-Examination"The ER doctor who treated Ezra McCandless had more questions to answer during cross-examination. He examined her wounds and came with a diagnosis on the injuries she sustained the night Alex Woodworth was killed.
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