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Speaker 1: Crime lort. I'm Nancy Grace. Convicted killer Charlie Adelson back

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Speaker 1: in court February three, the first time in every year.

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Speaker 1: He's one of five convicted in the murder for hire

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Speaker 1: of his brother in law FSU law professor Dan Markel.

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Speaker 1: Since Charlie Adelson's verdict, another member of the wealthy South

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Speaker 1: Florida family convicted, the metriarch Grandma Donna Adelson, and Charlie

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Speaker 1: Adelson's appeal, his attorney alleges four issues that prevented his

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Speaker 1: client from receiving a fair trial Nancy.

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Speaker 2: The First District Court of Appeal has decided to hold

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Speaker 2: oral arguments in the case of Charlie Adelson. He's seeking

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Speaker 2: a retrial after being convicted for his role in the

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Speaker 2: twenty fourteen murder for hire of law Professor Dan Markel.

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Speaker 2: Adelson's upellate attorneys, Michael Ufferman and Laurel Niles from Tallahassee, Florida,

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Speaker 2: filed a request for oral arguments in November, emphasizing that

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Speaker 2: the appeal raises quote significant constitutiontional issues related to his

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Speaker 2: right to a fair trial and the adequate presentation of

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Speaker 2: his defense. The court's notice indicated that both Adelson's legal

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Speaker 2: team and representatives from the Florida Attorney General's Office will

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Speaker 2: each have twenty minutes to present their arguments, which may

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Speaker 2: include time reserved for rebuttals. However, Adelson will not be

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Speaker 2: present in the court room. The Attorney General's Office clarified

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Speaker 2: that incarcerated uphellants are not permitted to attend oral arguments,

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Speaker 2: which are generally open to the public. Markell was shot

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Speaker 2: and killed in his Benton Hills residence in twenty fourteen,

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Speaker 2: shortly after his divorce from Wendy Adelson and a year

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Speaker 2: after a judge denied her request to relocate to South

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Speaker 2: Florida with their two children, a situation prosecutor cited as

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Speaker 2: a motive for the crime. Charlie Adelson was the first

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Speaker 2: family member to be charged in connection with the murder,

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Speaker 2: following the convictions of two hired hit men from Miami

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Speaker 2: and a former girlfriend who served as an intermediary. His mother,

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Speaker 2: Donna Adelson, was found guilty of conspiracy in relation to

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Speaker 2: the murder plot last year. Wendy Adelson has consistently denied

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Speaker 2: any involvement and has not faced charges, although prosecutors regard

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Speaker 2: her as an unindicted co conspirator. In May, Charlie's Appella

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Speaker 2: attorneys filed a brief asking the First DCA to overturn

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Speaker 2: his convictions and grant him a new trial, arguing the

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Speaker 2: Leon Circuit Judge Stephen Everett made a mistake by rejecting

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Speaker 2: a defense motion for a change of venue due to

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Speaker 2: a perceived bias in the jury pool stemming from extensive

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Speaker 2: media coverage. The state's attorney countered in their response brief,

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Speaker 2: claiming that Charlie had effectively waived his venue motion by

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Speaker 2: accepting the jury members without objection. Currently, Charlie is incarcerated

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Speaker 2: in a South Dakota prison, having been moved there due

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Speaker 2: to extortion threats he faced in Florida. Meanwhile, Donna Adelson,

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Speaker 2: who is also appealing her conviction, is serving her sentence

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Speaker 2: at Homestead Correctional Institution.

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Speaker 1: Oh thank you, more private justice needs after this.

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Speaker 2: And now to Mississippi, a twenty four year old man

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Speaker 2: has been charged with the murder of six people, including

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Speaker 2: his father, brother, uncle, a seven year old cousin, a

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Speaker 2: church pastor, and a pastor's brother, during a violence spree

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Speaker 2: across three locations on Friday night. According to law enforcement,

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Speaker 2: Dureka Moore was arrested at a police checkpoint in Cedar

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Speaker 2: Bluff just before midnight, following a significant presence of local, state,

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Speaker 2: and federal officers in the northeast region of Mississippi. As

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Speaker 2: of Saturday, More as being held without bond at the

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Speaker 2: Clay County Jail in West Point on murder charges, with

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Speaker 2: an initial court appearance expected today. Clay County District Attorney

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Speaker 2: Scott Colomb indicated that he plans to seek the death

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Speaker 2: penalty and that More will likely be assigned to public

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Speaker 2: defender should the charges be escalated to capital murder before

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Speaker 2: the court date. Moore would not be eligible for bail

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Speaker 2: under state law. During a press conference, Clay County Sheriff

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Speaker 2: Eddie Scott stated that evidence and testimonies suggest More acted alone,

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Speaker 2: and no other injuries have been reported in relation to

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Speaker 2: the incident. Investigators are continuing to question More, but a

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Speaker 2: motive for the killing remains unknown at this time. In

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Speaker 2: a situation like this, it's heartbreaking to see a family

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Speaker 2: member turn against their own people, he remarked, expressing hope

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Speaker 2: that the investigation will uncover reasons behind the tragedy. The

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Speaker 2: shootings occurred in a rural area characterized by fields, forest

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Speaker 2: and modest homes about one hundred and twenty five miles

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Speaker 2: northeast of Jackson. Authorities believe that More initially killed his

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Speaker 2: sixty seven year old father, Glen Moore, than his brother,

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Speaker 2: thirty three year old Quinton Moore, his uncle fifty five

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Speaker 2: year old William Gaines, all at their mobile home located

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Speaker 2: on a dirt road in western Clay County. According to

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Speaker 2: the sheriff, Moore then took his brother's truck and travel

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Speaker 2: a short distance to his cousin's home, where he entered

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Speaker 2: by force and attempted to commit sexual assault. During this encounter,

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Speaker 2: he tragically shot and killed a seven year old girl,

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Speaker 2: whose identity has not been released. The sheriff remarked, I

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Speaker 2: cannot fathom a motive for killing a child. Whitness has

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Speaker 2: also reported that Moore aimed a gun at a younger

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Speaker 2: child's head, but she was not harmed. It remains uncertain

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Speaker 2: whether the gun misfired or if he chose not to

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Speaker 2: pull the trigger. That's how brutal the situation is. Scott added,

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Speaker 2: at the time, the mother and another child were also

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Speaker 2: present in the home. Moore subsequently made his way to

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Speaker 2: the Apostolic Church of the Lord Jesus, where he allegedly

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Speaker 2: broke into a residence and murdered the pastor, the Reverend

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Speaker 2: Barry Bradley, and his brother Samuel, before stealing one of

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Speaker 2: their cars. According to Scott, the Bradleys primarily resided in

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Speaker 2: nearby Columbus, but spent weekends at the church, and some

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Speaker 2: of Moore's relatives attended that same congregation. Moore was arrested

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Speaker 2: at a roadblock around the eleven twenty four PM, roughly

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Speaker 2: four and a half hours after the first shots were fired.

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Speaker 2: Colum confirmed that Moore was in possession of both a

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Speaker 2: rifle and a handgun. The state Medical Examiner is conducting

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Speaker 2: autopsies on the victims. Sheriff Scott noted that Moore's surviving

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Speaker 2: family members are in deep shock and mourning.

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