Verdict in the pharmacist poisoning trial. A deadly love triangle in paradise? And Bryan Kohberger is back in court.

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🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with Andrea Canning. In West Virginia, there was emotional testimony last week from the children of the pharmacist accused of poisoning her husband. This week the jury returned its verdict. KHNL reporter Mark Carpenter has details on a Hawaii man standing trial - again - for allegedly shooting his wife's acupuncturist lover. And Bryan Kohberger's defense team urges a judge to throw out a key piece of the prosecution's case. Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com

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0:00.0	Happy New Year of the Snake.
0:03.5	You're listening in to Dateline's morning meeting in 30 Rockefeller Center.
0:07.5	So this story, it took 13 years for this to get to trial.
0:12.0	Our editorial team is catching up on breaking crime news around the country.
0:16.1	We're totally following it and we're trying to work through the...
0:19.5	Why don't you go? Why don't you try to talk to her?
0:21.7	We've got, you know, these big attacks on the DNA.
0:26.1	Welcome to Dateline True Crime Weekly. I'm Andrea Canning. It's January 30th and here's what's on our docket.
0:33.5	In Oahu, Hawaii opening statements in the sensational second trial of a husband accused of
0:39.2	murdering his wife's acupuncturist turned lover.
0:42.7	Eric Thompson executed this murder nearly flawlessly.
0:47.4	In Dateline Roundup, Brian Koberger, the man accused of murdering four University of Idaho
0:52.5	students in their beds, is back in court as his defense team cries foul.
0:57.3	She said things that were just absolutely untrue and couldn't have been true.
1:01.4	Law enforcement knew that.
1:02.8	Plus, you've definitely heard about defendants pleading guilty or not guilty, but did you know there are some other kinds of pleas defendants sometimes make?
1:11.7	NBC News Legal Analyst, Danny Savalos will be here to give us the basics.
1:16.0	Many judges, many courts, many states will not allow Alford pleas. They are controversial.
1:22.9	But before all that, we're heading back to West Virginia and the trial of Natalie Cochran,
1:27.3	the pharmacist accused of poisoning her husband Michael to cover up a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.
1:33.3	Nearly six years after Michael's death, we finally have a verdict.
1:39.6	We've been bringing you inside the courtroom for the trial of Natalie Cochran over the last few episodes.
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