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Cynthia Sommer's world was turned upside down when her 23-year-old husband Todd died; nearly five years later she was under arrest and accused of poisoning him.

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Judgment of The Poisoned Marine Murder

Mark Dippolito couldn't believe it when the police told him his new bride Dalia had hired a hitman to have him killed; he was even more surprised when she claimed in court that it was his idea.

Judgment of Dalia Dippolito

As shocking as the brutal double murder committed by vampire obsessed teenaged Rod Ferrell was, nobody expected him to plead guilty at the start of his trial, leaving just the monumental question of how young is too young for the death penalty.

Judgment of The Vampire Clan

As the saying goes, he who represents himself in court has a fool for a client; in the case of Marc Benayer, who shot a man in his synagogue parking lot, was he a fool or did his mental illness affect whether the jury would find him guilty?

Judgment of The Synagogue Shooter

The murders of Voncile Smith and her sons John and Richard set Pensacola, Florida on edge; the courts try to decide if this was an occult ritual or something much more basic: greed.

Judgment of The Blue Moon Killer

Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi and Dharun Ravi had only been roommates for a few weeks when Ravi decided to secretly film Tyler kissing another man; soon after, Clementi took his own life and Ravi faced surprising criminal charges.

Judgment of Dharun Ravi

Melanie McGuire made a living bringing life into the world as a fertility clinic nurse; the police accused her of shooting her husband, dismembering his body and disposing of it in suitcases dumped into the Chesapeake Bay.

Judgment of Melanie McGuire

Rabbi Fred Neulander was a pillar of his Cherry Hill, New Jersey community -- the founder of a synagogue, a father and a husband; little did anyone know, he was also an adulterer, one capable of hiring a hitman to murder his own wife.

Judgment of Rabbi Neulander

Rebecca Schaeffer was talented, pretty, and had her whole life ahead of her when she unknowingly opened the door of her Hollywood apartment to her killer Robert Bardo; Bardo's lawyers say his mental illness caused him to snap.

Judgment of the Hollywood Stalker

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