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Nanny Abduction Murder Trial
Cross-examination continued on the Defense's first witness during the penalty phase. James Nelson, Scott's older, brother explained what he went through as child and young teenager. Next, more of the defendant's family members came to his defense. After the long testimony from his older brother the jury listened to Scott's first cousin. The aim was to show how mitigating factors was serious enough for jurors not to send him to death row for killing Jennifer Fulford, an innocent nanny.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
