Opening Arguments

Direct Appeal

Article III

Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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06: The trial against Melanie McGuire begins on March 5, 2007, live on Court TV, and Melanie finds herself in the middle of a media circus. Lead prosecutor, Patricia Prezioso, makes a forceful opening argument but will her first witnesses help her case or hurt it? The prosecution also claims that the firearm Melanie purchased two days before Bill disappeared was the murder weapon but what does our expert have to say? For Images related to this episode, visit: https://directappealpodcast.com/images/#ep06 If you have any information regarding this case, you can submit it by emailing us at [email protected] or leaving a voicemail at (732) 510-0996. If you have a question to ask Melanie, be sure to submit it to us by 7/31/19 and we may select it for a future episode. Credits: Hosted by: Meghan Sacks and Amy Shlosberg Produced by James Varga Written by Meghan Sacks Recorded, mixed, and edited by Justin Kral at JC Studios Music and underscore by Dessert Media Legal Counsel: Barry Janay Special thanks to Alan Tockerman Photo credits: Joshua Davis under cc license 2.0 Guest Experts: Stephen Batzer – http://www.batzerengineering.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.9	Previously, on direct appeal.
0:41.9	Who kills the man in the suitcase?
0:44.0	I'm naive, I'm thinking, well, if I didn't do anything, like, what's the harm in talking?
0:47.8	Am I telling them I'm having an affair?
0:49.5	Nobody's asking.
0:50.5	You know, and I said he was the type of person who pissed people on his mouth could start a fair amount of trouble
0:57.0	What I don't get is why I am the suspect and Bill's middle sister looked at me at that service and said,
1:03.3	what happened? I have no husband, I have no children, you know, and I'm living home again.
1:08.8	And then one day you drop your children off at daycare and people jump out of the bushes
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