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[dramatic music]

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- Hi, everyone, I'm Dan Abrams,
and this is "Court Cam."

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- You should be ashamed
of yourself.

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- I want dude off my case.
[spits]

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- Got a runner.

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[people yelling]

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- Get out!

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- This is not TV court.
This is for real.

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- First up, we head to Reno,
Nevada, for a bond hearing.

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49-year-old Marvin Dizon has
been charged with attempted

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sexual assault of a child,
attempted child abuse,

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attempted use of a minor
for a sexual performance,

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and other related charges.

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Three days earlier, police
say Dizon allegedly attempted

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to set up a meeting
over social media

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with an undercover agent
posing as a parent

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to arrange a sexual encounter
with the fake parent's

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children, ages three and nine.

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When Dizon arrived
at the scheduled meeting

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place with alcohol and selfie
sticks, he was arrested.

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Today, he appears before
Judge David Clifton

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to hear if he'll make bond.

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He's represented by public
defender Emily Gadbois.

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The state's prosecutor
is Nick Zicari.

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- Mr. Zicari, this was
a sexual-related case.

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I'll start with you on bail.

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- Thank you, Your Honor.

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Yes, given the
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as well as the state's
belief for the likelihood

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of a conviction with these
various sexual-related offenses

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involving children,
the state's requesting bail

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in the amount of $400,000.

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- After hearing
from the prosecution,

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Judge Clifton begins
to address the court.

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- I can't go just by
the facts of the offense.

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But they are very
concerning to me.

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When I read the PC sheet,
I was appalled.

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Where these cases have
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and several motion hearings
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I'm concerned with it.

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- Suddenly, Dizon appears
to faint, falling hard

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onto the bench behind him.

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As a stunned defense
attorney looks on,

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Judge Clifton continues,

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seemingly unaware of what
has just happened.

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- Likelihood of
conviction, I have

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to give to the favor of the
state based upon the facts

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as I read them,
and also giving all facts

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and circumstances in favor
of the state at a bail

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hearing, which--

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- Your Honor,
Your Honor, I believe

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the defendant's momentarily
passed out, Your Honor.

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So I don't think
he's hearing any of this.

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- Well, he can sit down.

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He can sit down.
I don't care.

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- Your Honor, he just has--

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I think we're a little
beyond him just being seated.

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I don't know if it would be
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this until--

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It's not going to happen.

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I'm still going forward.

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What's the status, Deputy?

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- All right, we may have
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Go ahead, Deputy,
whatever you have to do.

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- By now, four deputies
have arrived to help.

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- Ms. Gadbois, do you--

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- Your Honor, I can
continue with this.

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But I would defer to the needs
of the deputies right now.

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- Right, and I don't want
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a medical risk to Mr. Dizon.

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- After medical personnel
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deputy appeals to the judge.

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- Judge, I believe this
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to tomorrow, if possible.

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- All right.
Enough said.

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Enough said.
We'll go ahead and do that.

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- All right.

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Are you currently
detoxing from anything?

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- Dizon was unhurt
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back in court the next day.

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The judge set his bond at
$250,000, which Dizon posted.

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He was released
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must wear a GPS tracker,

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is not allowed
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with minor children,
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from using social media.

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His case is pending.

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If found guilty on all
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to a maximum of 60 years.

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He has yet to enter a plea.

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Next, we're in
San Antonio, Texas,

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for a sentencing hearing.

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27-year-old Matthew Wiessing
has been convicted of murder.

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Two years earlier, police say
23-year-old Michael Echaniz

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was walking to his car when
he was shot multiple

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times in the head and chest.

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He died at the scene.

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According to investigators,
Michael,

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a grade school teacher

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and coach, had
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Wiessing's ex-girlfriend.

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So Wiessing quickly became
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And with the help
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detectives were able to place
Wiessing near the crime scene

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at the time
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They also found evidence
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including information
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and how to remove
gunshot residue.

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The murder weapon
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but Wiessing's
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that two of their pistols
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Wiessing was arrested,
charged,

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and released on $250,000 bond.

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He was facing a
possible life sentence.

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But he took a deal and
pled guilty to murder.

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Today, Wiessing appears
before Judge Jennifer Peña

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to hear his sentence.

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The prosecution
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to a recommended sentence
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But first, John Echaniz,
Michael's father,

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delivers a victim
impact statement,

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speaking directly to the man
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- Thus far, you've been a
craven coward, a petulant child

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with a psychotic
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a deranged, broken little boy
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common trial in human life--

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being dumped.

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I'd like a show of hands.

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Who here has been dumped by
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How many of you have murdered
someone because of it?

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See how there are no hands up?

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That's why you need to
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Because a free society
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I'll never forget
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dead body for the first time.

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I saw how the morticians
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up the holes you made in his
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I'll never forget
visiting his classroom

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and meeting his students
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Those kids had their innocence
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You murdered their
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Seeing all those kids
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I will never forget that, ever.

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I just couldn't help but
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- When he's finished, Wiessing
offers a brief apology.

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- The judge sentenced Wiessing
to 40 years in a state prison.

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He'll be eligible
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when he'll be 47 years old.

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- Next, we head to Jonesboro,
Georgia, for a plea hearing.

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21-year-old Charmaine
Walker has been charged with

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battery family violence,
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and other charges.

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10 months earlier, police
say Walker, a single mom,

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got into an altercation
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allegedly punching her in
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and scratching
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Walker's mother, 42-year-old
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called police.

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Walker was arrested
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She spent two days
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being released on $5,000 bond.

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Today, Walker
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Tammi Long Hayward to
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and hear her sentence.

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Walker's represented by
attorney Justin White.

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- What does your client
plead to the offenses

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before the court, Mr. White?

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- Count one and five, she's
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Other counts to be merged.

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- Ms. Walker, are you
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If you don't get yourself up,
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a bench warrant right now.

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- Laying down?

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I'm standing up.

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I'm leaning against the mirror.

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If I was laying down, I would
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- Well, sit down somewhere,
Ms. Walker.

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- As Walker's mother, the
victim, logs on to the call,

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the judge checks in with
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- Yes, Your Honor, the
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12 months to serve two days.

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Count five would be 12
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concurrent with count one.

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- And Mr. White?

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- Your Honor, I just ask you
to accept the plea, Your Honor.

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- Ms. Walker, you're a mom.

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So you're going to experience
a lot of what

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your mama has experienced.

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- Nuh-uh, listen to me.

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If you allow your child
to treat you--

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ah, ma'am.

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You're here for whatever I say
you're here for.

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I'm not accepting the plea.

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She's going to do jail time.

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- What do you mean?

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Because it's like
you're telling me I'm a mom--

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- And she-- you keep
talking, you're going

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to do more jail time.

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I need a contempt order,
20 days.

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- 20 days? For what?

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- Charmaine, just be quiet.

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This is what everybody
be talking to you about.

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Just be quiet.

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Just listen to
her and be quiet.

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- She about to get 20 days
for direct contempt

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before the court.

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And this is why you're having
the problems that you're

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having, because she
thinks she grown

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and that she doesn't have to
be responsible to anybody.

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Anybody who attacks
their mother and then

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thinks that they
don't have to listen

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to a judge who's trying to put
them on the right path,

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that's a problem.

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She ain't even good--
she ain't even fit to be

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out here in polite society.

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I don't want her walking
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a danger to others.

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I don't even think she
should have her child.

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- Walker responds
by leaving the call.

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- Oh, so she signed off?

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Bench warrant.
Get it for me.

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I'm not playing today.

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If she can't control herself
enough to listen while somebody

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is trying to talk
about the behavior that

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got her before a judge,
that's a problem for me.

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- I'm-- I'm sorry,
Judge, because I

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wasn't trying to get--

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- No, ma'am, it's not you.

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- I was just telling her to--
- But she's grown.

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- I was just trying to
tell her to be quiet.

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- I get it.

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As a mother, you're trying
to save her from herself.

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But obviously,
that's not possible.

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But what she's
not going to do is

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disrespect me or the process.

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And she's not going to have
a tantrum on this-- mm-mm.

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She's not. No, ma'am.

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- Walker soon returns
to the call.

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- Ms. Walker, you will find
that life will be very, very

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hard when you go
forward the way

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that you're going
because you're so

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busy popping off at the mouth.

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First of all, it's rude.

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Second of all, you're
raising a whole son.

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And if that's the way you're
going to treat your mother,

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that's exactly how he's
going to treat you.

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Are we clear?

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- Yes.

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- Everything that happened
between you and your mother

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was choices you made.

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That's nobody else's fault,
not mine or anybody else's.

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And I'll be doggone if I'm
going to sit here and listen

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to you flip off at me
like I'm the problem,

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like I'm the reason
you're here.

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Do you understand
what I'm saying?

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- Yes.

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- So I still don't feel like
you're a probation candidate.

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But I'm going to try it, only--

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only for your mama
interceding on your behalf.

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If it wasn't for your mama,
you'd be going back to jail.

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But, yeah, I'm going to try it.

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But the first mess up, all
of this is going to come back.

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She love her grandbaby.

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And that's my gift
to her for putting

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up with your foolishness.

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- Thank you.

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- All right, take care.

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- Judge Hayward
sentences Walker

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to 12 months' probation.

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She must also pay
a fine of $300,

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attend a family violence
intervention program,

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and complete 40 hours
of community service.

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- Next, we go to
Monroe, Michigan,

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for a protection
order hearing.

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53-year-old Paul Merrow
is seeking an order

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of protection against
his estranged wife,

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50-year-old Melissa Merrow.

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♪ ♪

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Two weeks earlier,
as the couple

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was going through
a divorce, Melissa

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was granted a partial
PPO against her husband.

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And after he told police that
her cousin allegedly kicked

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in his front door,
Merrow requested his own PPO

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against Melissa
and her cousin.

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Today, after an exchange
with a court clerk,

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Merrow became upset.

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Then, according to
court documents,

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he allegedly pounded
on a courthouse window

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and yelled
obscenities, prompting

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Judge Mark Braunlich
to order security

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to bring him back inside.

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- When the judge
attempts to explain

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why he wouldn't
grant the PPO, Merrow

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delivers a silent message.

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- Despite Merrow's outbursts,
Judge Braunlich

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remains calm as he continues
to explain his position.

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- As deputies remove
Merrow from the courtroom,

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he has a few parting words.

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- After spending
two days in jail,

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a much calmer Merrow appears
again before Judge Braunlich.

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- Merrow was
released from jail.

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And shortly after,
a judge granted him

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and his wife their divorce.

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The case is now closed.

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♪ ♪

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- Next, we head to Livingston,
Texas, for an arraignment.

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42-year-old
Steven McDougal has been

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charged with capital murder.

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♪ ♪

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Six days earlier,
police say 11-year-old

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Audrii Cunningham
went missing.

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♪ ♪

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According to investigators,

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the last person
to see her alive

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was McDougal,
a friend of Audrii's father

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who was living in a trailer
on the Cunninghams' property.

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McDougal told investigators he
left that morning with Audrii

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as she walked to the
bus stop but that he

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was not responsible
for her disappearance.

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McDougal even assisted
police during their search.

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Five days after
Audrii went missing,

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her body was discovered by
police in the Trinity River,

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10 miles from her home.

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Medical examiners
determined she

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died from homicidal violence,
including blunt head trauma.

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Police say McDougal,
who 16 years earlier had been

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convicted of child
enticement, was

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their only person of interest.

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The day Audrii went missing,
McDougal was seen at a gas

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station and a local auto shop,
where, according to witnesses,

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he was covered in dirt
and acting suspiciously.

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Cell phone data also placed
him at the river location

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where Audrii's body was found.

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After McDougal was arrested

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on an unrelated
aggravated assault

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charge, police charged
him with Audrii's death.

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He was held without bond.

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And today,
McDougal is scheduled

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to appear before a justice of
the peace for his arraignment.

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A deputy records the moment
with his body camera.

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- This is Captain Dawson.

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It is February--

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- 21st.
- --21st.

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We got Steven McDougal.

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We're going to get him
out to get arraigned.

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- When the deputy opens
McDougal's jail cell,

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he's surprised
by what he finds.

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- JP wants to talk to you.

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Where's your-- hold on.

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♪ ♪

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Well, put your--

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- McDougal is completely
naked and refusing

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to put on any clothes.

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- No, no, no, man.
Come on, man.

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Don't disrespect me like that.

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- Well, wrap up in that.

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- Wrap up in the blanket.

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- Come on, come on.

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- Steve, come on.

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Let them arraign
you real quick.

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- Well, you've got to get
up and sign this paperwork.

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Come on.

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- Come on, wrap up for me.

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I appreciate you.

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- McDougal complies and
wraps himself in a blanket.

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♪ ♪

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Judge Jamie Richardson
is all business

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as she conducts the hearing.

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- Mr. McDougal,
I'm Judge Richardson.

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I'm going to read
you your rights,

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and we're going to talk
about your charge today.

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You have the right to
remain silent and not

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make any statement at all.

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Do you understand your
rights, Mr. McDougal?

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00:19:54,060 --> 00:19:55,561
- OK, do you want a
court-appointed attorney?

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Or are you going
to hire your own?

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- Which one?

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00:19:59,598 --> 00:20:01,233
- You're going
to hire your own?

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00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:02,968
- OK.

409
00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:06,005
All right, all I need you to
do is sign right here for me.

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00:20:06,072 --> 00:20:07,506
Your charge is capital murder.

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And it's a no bond.
- OK, thank you.

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- OK.

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- McDougal was taken
back to his cell

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and has yet to enter a plea.

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♪ ♪

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If found guilty
of capital murder,

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McDougal could be given
the death penalty.

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His case is pending.

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That's it for this edition
of "Court Cam."

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I'm Dan Abrams.
Thanks for watching.

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♪ ♪