1.31.25 CRU with Nancy Grace: Alexander Bros, Kohberger & Brittanee Drexel: Legal Loopholes, DNA Disputes & Crime Patterns

Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum

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4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In today’s CRU with Nancy Grace and Sheryl McCollum, Sheryl starts off with a legal question - can past victims testify even if their cases were dismissed due to the statute of limitations? Nancy and Sheryl break it down, touching on how the #MeToo movement has changed legal timelines. They shift to Bryan Kohberger’s defense challenging genetic genealogy evidence. Nancy explains why it likely won’t hold up in court. They give the latest on the Alexander brothers’ and a new suspect surrendering, and what that might mean for the case.

Show Notes:

(0:00) Welcome! Nancy and Sheryl introduce this week’s crime roundup
(0:10) Sheryl kicks off CRU immediately with a legal question regarding the Alexander Brothers’ Case
(1:00) Can past victims testify?
(2:00) #Metoo movement - could some statues be tolled in certain situations?
(5:00) The murder of Brittanee Drexel
(9:00) Alexander Brothers’ update
(13:00) Idaho murders - Kohberger’s DNA defense
(22:00) The defense’s attempt to discredit a surviving roommate in Kohberger case
(24:00) The latest on Laken Riley case
(28:00) Self-representation and ineffective counsel

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Nancy Grace is an outspoken, tireless advocate for victims’ rights and one of television's most respected legal analysts. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor. She is the founder and publisher of CrimeOnline.com, a crime- fighting digital platform that investigates breaking crime news, spreads awareness of missing people and shines a light on cold cases.

In addition, Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, a daily show hosted by Grace, airs on SIRIUS XM’s Triumph Channel 111 and is downloadable as a podcast on all audio platforms - https://www.crimeonline.com/

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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Y'all welcome to the crime round up.
0:11.0	And today, I have got a legal question for Ms. Nancy Gray.
0:16.0	Good morning, honey.
0:17.0	How are you?
0:18.0	I'm angry.
0:19.0	I want justice the same. That's a beautiful start to your day.
0:23.0	I'm angry. Hey, listen, here's my question. Regarding the Alexander brothers, I know the judge
0:32.0	throughout one case because he said the victim didn't file in the right amount of time.
0:43.1	Can the prosecution still use her to show similar transaction?
0:45.0	Can she still testify?
0:50.2	Yes, I've had defense attorneys argue when I would try to bring in a similar transaction.
0:51.4	Oh, it's too old.
0:55.2	That is not necessarily a requirement in very many jurisdictions.
1:01.1	Some jurisdictions do want it to be within the last, let's say, 10 years. Not every jurisdiction and not most jurisdictions. Because my response to that is, oh, so it didn't happen. It didn't
1:07.5	happen. It just shows he's had all these years doing the same thing to perfect his MO,
1:13.5	Motus operandi method of operation.
1:15.7	So long story short, while a similar, as we call it, similar transaction,
1:22.2	may not be prosecuted because it's past the statute of limitations. For instance,
1:31.0	here's the good one. There's pretty short statutes on civil cases like if some guy bangs into
1:36.9	you in the grocery store parking lot, you have somewhere between two, five years to suit.
1:41.9	Okay, if you don't, it's over. That's so the respondent, you're the
1:46.5	plaintiff, the respondent does it get their whole life looking over their shoulder.
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