Hello and welcome to the sidebar presented by True Crime News, taking you inside the

courtrooms of high profile and notorious cases from across the country. I'm your host, Joshua

Ritter. I'm a criminal defense lawyer based

in Los Angeles and previously an L.A. County prosecutor for nearly a decade. We are recording this

on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025. In this week's episode, a woman's sanity is at the center of a

jury deliberations as she faces trial for the fatal stabbing of a three-year-old.

Plus, defense attorneys seek to dismiss federal charges against Luigi Mangione, including

the only count that could carry the death penalty.

But first, a long-anticipated independent medical examiner evaluation rules that a woman's 20 stab wounds

were not the result of a homicide our guest this week is franz borghardt an attorney and legal

analysts you can catch on court tv and many other media outlets franz welcome back my friend how are you

josh always a pleasure to be on the

show shout out to you and all your followers great show heavy lifting here man heavy lifting

on true crime so i love it well we always appreciate speaking with you i know how closely you

follow a lot of these cases and i always appreciate your take because you're a

working criminal defense attorney and so you've got you've got boots on the ground insights into

a lot of these things so let's jump in first out of Philadelphia Pennsylvania a woman's

controversial death will not be investigated as a homicide despite suffering over 20 stab wounds, including injuries to the

back. Ellen Greenberg was found dead in her apartment by her fiance Sam Goldberg in 2011.

An autopsy report showed that the woman had been stabbed in the neck, back, head, and heart,

and suffered bruises all over her body in various states of healing.

Despite the bizarre circumstances, a medical examiner at the time ruled that the death was self-inflicted,

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