
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdicts in both the Delphi murders trial and the case of a murdered Minnesota mom. Plus 20 years on, Keith Morrison talks about Scott Peterson.
Thu, 14 Nov 2024
A double murder trial in a small town in Indiana ends a seven-year saga. A four-count murder trial in Minnesota concludes a push for justice for a 26-year-old mother of two. Plus, Bryan Kohberger is back in court with his life on the line and Keith Morrison remembers a story he's covered from the start.
Chapter 1: What happened in the Delphi murders trial?
So this really centers around the death penalty and whether the death penalty can be used in this case. Now, of course, as we know, Kohlberger has pleaded not guilty. The trial has yet to get underway. But at this hearing, the defense argued that the trial should not allow the death penalty as a punishment should he be found guilty in this case.
What was the defense's argument?
Well, basically, they focused on some ongoing issues with the death penalty in the state of Idaho. Idaho has had real trouble obtaining the drugs used to perform lethal injection, and they've not used the death penalty since 2012, so more than a decade.
Here's some coverage from our NBC affiliate, KTVB, of the defense's argument at the hearing.
When somebody sits on death row and there's no real means of executing them, that is dehumanizing to that person. How did the prosecution respond to all of this?
What was their argument?
Well, they pushed back. They said that lethal injection is currently available in Idaho and that its availability should not determine the outcome of whether the death penalty is on the table or not in this case.
Even if you assume that Idaho cannot do lethal injection, that's not to say that decades from now there is not going to be a method by which the state could put him to death.
The judge said he would issue a ruling on the death penalty at a later date, but we'll be watching this one and we'll keep you posted. Blaine, thank you so much for coming back on Roundup.
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Chapter 7: What was Keith Morrison's perspective on Scott Peterson's case?
Olivia, thank you for taking us through this very, very tragic case.
Yeah, thank you for having me.
Coming up, over a month after missing Texas mom Suzanne Simpson disappeared, her husband is charged with her murder. And Brian Koberger is back in court with his life on the line. Plus, Keith Morrison joins the show as we look back at Scott Peterson's case on the 20th anniversary of his conviction. Welcome back to the show.
Joining me for this week's Roundup is Dateline correspondent Blaine Alexander. Blaine, welcome back to the podcast.
So glad to be here.
Yeah. All right. So first up, we have several updates in the case we first talked about a few weeks ago. Out in a wealthy suburb of San Antonio, Texas, Suzanne Simpson, a mom of four, has been missing since the beginning of October. In the days that followed, her husband Brad was charged with assault and a federal weapons charge, as well as tampering with evidence.
Then, last week, he was charged again. Here's our NBC affiliate, WOAI.
This obviously is not the development that Suzanne's loved ones and community wanted to hear. Brad Simpson now charged with her murder.
We are now talking murder. Tell us how this all went down and what Brad is facing.
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