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A former IRS agent on trial taking the stand in Virginia,

admitting that he had an affair with the opair,

but he denies he's guilty of murder.

We're answering your questions about the case.

And in Ohio, the details grow darker in a case against a surgeon accused of murdering his ex-wife

and her new dentist husband.

In California, this shocking video of a toddler flying out of a vehicle and

surviving is raising questions about what should happen to the mom behind the wheel. The

Court of Law is done for the day. Let's call to order Court of Opinion.

Welcome to Court of Opinion. I'm Julia Jene. Thank you for joining us for an hour of big trials and even bigger opinions from our panel of legal experts.

And they're going to have a lot to say about what's happening today in Virginia.

The defense is in the spotlight in the Alpair affair murder trial.

And defendant Brennan Banfield, well, he changed up the dynamic in the courtroom completely by taking the stand in his own defense.

Here's the case against him.

Prosecutors say there was no passion of crime, crime of passion rather, but rather a calculated plan.

Alleging the Banfield used a fetish dating site to lure a man to his home to reform an attack fantasy on his unsuspecting wife.

And the Commonwealth of Virginia says it was only to set up that man, Joseph Ryan, to take

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