FL v. Ronnie Oneal: Double Homicide Defendant Represents Himself

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4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The stakes couldn’t be higher for defendant Ronnie Oneal. He’s on trial for double homicide, accused of brutally murdering his girlfriend, his special needs daughter and attempting to kill his seven-year-old son. Florida prosecutors think the crime merits the death penalty, which makes it all the more remarkable that Ronnie Oneal chose to act as his own lawyer and defend himself. Acting as his own lawyer means he also got to cross examine the state’s star witness, Oneal’s son. Court TV followed the trial and we’ll bring you excerpts of Oneal’s closing arguments as our host Vinnie Politan and famed Jodi Arias defense attorney Kirk Nurmi discuss why the old adage about the man who represents himself has a fool for a client tends to be true. Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and the entire Court TV team review each day’s testimony on Closing Arguments weeknights from 8pm to 11pm. To see our coverage of the Ronnie Oneal verdict, click here.

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0:00.0	The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that opinions all are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law
0:09.7	Sensitive topics are discussed. Discretion is advised.
0:13.4	On this week's court TV podcast, we're tracking a trial from Florida where
0:17.9	defendant Ronnie O'Neill is not only on trial for double murder,
0:21.8	but is also acting as his own lawyer.
0:25.6	Famed Jodierius defense attorney turned author, Kirk Nermi, joins me to discuss
0:30.4	how O'Neill did as his own advocate.
0:34.0	This is the Court TV Podcast with Vinny Polytan.
0:41.0	I'm Vinny Polytan. Thank you so much for downloading the Court TV
0:44.8	podcast. Really do appreciate it. This week on the podcast we're taking a look at
0:50.0	a case that is extremely unusual on many different levels and it all begins with the defendant.
0:57.4	Ronnie O'Neill's his name. He's representing himself inside the courtroom. He's not a lawyer. He's a murder defendant facing the death
1:07.0	penalty. The accusation that he murdered with that girlfriend,
1:13.8	his daughter that he shared with that girlfriend,
1:16.9	who is also special needs,
1:18.8	and stabbed his son who survived
1:20.9	and is a witness against him inside the courtroom.
1:25.0	Okay? So that's sort of the groundwork for this.
1:27.7	Now it was an absolutely horrific crime
1:30.5	that he beat and shot his girlfriend,
1:34.0	took an axe and chopped his daughter up,
1:37.0	and then stabbed his son who survived.
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