GUILTY MO - Clauddinnea 'Dee Dee' Blancharde, 48, Springfield, 10 June 2015 - #3

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Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 45s46 seconds ago
#GodejohnTrial - Godejohn is not looking at Gypsy as she begins her testimony

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Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 3m3 minutes ago
Gypsy has entered the courtroom in shackles. Now jury is walking in. Court is in session.

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 3m3 minutes ago
Gypsy comes into the courtroom and is seated at the stand before the jury enters the courtroom. She's in street clothes.

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 4m4 minutes ago
General questions from the defense:
"Where were you born?"
"How old are you?"
"Where did you live in the summer of 2015?"
"Do you know a 'Nicholas Godejohn'?"

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 3m3 minutes ago
Gypsy confirms what we've heard from other witnesses: Godejohn and Gypsy met on a free Christian dating website.

Collin Lingo on Twitter
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Gypsy on the stand: "My mother would never have let me have a boyfriend... Because she controlled every aspect of my life."

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Defense: "Why were you in a wheelchair in June of 2015?" Gypsy: "Because my mother forced me to be in one."

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 2m2 minutes ago
Gypsy says she always knew she didn't need a wheelchair. Says she and her mother gained financial/charitable advantage from the perception of her disability.

Cathy Russon on Twitter
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#GodejohnTrial - Two female jurors are not looking at Gypsy. They have their eyes down

Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 4m4 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - Gypsy says her mother forced her to be in a wheelchair even though she could walk. She says her mother got money from her being in a wheelchair.

Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 2m2 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - How did you mother get money from you being in a wheelchair? Gypsy: Because they felt sorry for me. They believed the lie, the fraud.

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Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 9m9 minutes ago
Godejohn is not looking at Gypsy

 

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Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 1m1 minute ago
#GodejohnTrial - Gypsy said she believed she had: cancer, multiple sclerosis, glasses, hearing aids, seizure disorder

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Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 1m1 minute ago
Gypsy says she ran away in the Spring of 2011. She ran away to a friends house. She was caught by Dee Dee within 4 hours. Says mom smashed her computer and abused her. She says she considered running away other times but knew "it would end badly".

 

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Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 1m1 minute ago
#GodejohnTrial - The female juror that sits on the front row closest to Gypsy has never actually looked at her from what I've observed

Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 10m10 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - Why didn't you tell doctors that you could walk? Gypsy: I didn't think they'd believe me and it would have made thing even worse with my mom.

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#GodejohnTrial

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First time Gypsy and Godejohn met was in a movie theater, she says she paid for him to get there and paid for his hotel room. She says Dee Dee hated him from the moment they met. They saw Cinderella. Says they had "sexual relations" in the bathroom stall of the theater.
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Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 8m8 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - Gypsy says her and Godejohn had plans to marry and have children. She would steal baby clothes from Walmart. Gypsy said she was in a wheelchair and able to steal things

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Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 12m12 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - Gypsy says it was her idea to kill her mother

Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 11m11 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - Gypsy said she never told anyone because her mother had her declared incompetent so she didn't think anyone would believe her

Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 10m10 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - Gypsy changed her mind about killing her mother at some point but then she had a fight with her mother. Gypsy glances over at Godejohn when she said, "I talked him into it"

Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 6m6 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - There's a strange smell in the courtroom now Judge is taking a recess so they can investigate

 

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Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 22m22 minutes ago
Gypsy says she ran away in the Spring of 2011. She ran away to a friends house. She was caught by Dee Dee within 4 hours. Says mom smashed her computer and abused her. She says she considered running away other times but knew "it would end badly".

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 20m20 minutes ago
Defense asks "Why did you not tell doctors that you weren't really ill?"
Prosecution objects. Claims the question is irrelevant. Judge allows it.

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 21m21 minutes ago
First time Gypsy and Godejohn met was in a movie theater, she says she paid for him to get there and paid for his hotel room. She says Dee Dee hated him from the moment they met. They saw Cinderella. Says they had "sexual relations" in the bathroom stall of the theater.

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 19m19 minutes ago
Defense asks what Gypsy's feelings for Godejohn were in 2015.
Gypsy: "I loved him."

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Defense: "At some point you decided to kill your mother?"
Gypsy: "Yes."
Defense asks who's idea the murder was. Gypsy says it was hers.

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 21m21 minutes ago
Gypsy claims she chose murder over confession because she feared her mother could convince the public she was lying.

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 21m21 minutes ago
Gypsy: "I talked him into it."

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 19m19 minutes ago
Gypsy: "I was growing increasingly desperate to get out of my home life... Things were getting more physically abusive. The hitting was more. The starving was more."

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Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 19m19 minutes ago
Judge Jones calls a break because of an unusual smell in the courtroom.

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 17m17 minutes ago
People in the court, including the judge claim it smells like something burning.

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 17m17 minutes ago
A woman just walked into the room "It doesn't smell like this in the hallway." Judge: "It's making my eyes hurt."

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 14m14 minutes ago
I just heard a bailiff say the smell started two doors down in the drug court. He says the smell made its way here and now people are looking for the source.

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 11m11 minutes ago
Bailiff just reiterated that the smell started in drug court down the hall. Says it got into the ventilation and made its way here. No word on the source of the smell, just where it came from.

Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 14m14 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - Gypsy exits the courtroom. She has a significant limp.

Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 8m8 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - Funny note, the smell we have in our courtroom started in drug court It almost smells like electrical smoke

 

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Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 46m46 minutes ago
Gypsy says her mother controlled every aspect of her life. Her mom wouldn’t let her date so Gypsy kept her online relationship with Godejohn a secret.

Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 45m45 minutes ago
Gypsy says her mother forced her to be in a wheelchair even though she didn’t need one. Gypsy told Godejohn this a month into their relationship.

Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 40m40 minutes ago
Gypsy says she believed she had cancer, muscular dystrophy, hearing impairment, and poor vision. She found out at 19 she wasn’t sick. Says she learned full extent of her health after she was arrested.

Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 38m38 minutes ago
Gypsy says she ran away in 2011. Her mother punished her for this by chaining her to the bed and smashing her computer and phone.

Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 36m36 minutes ago
Defense asks Gypsy why she didn’t tell doctors that she didn’t need a wheelchair. Gypsy says she didn’t think the doctors would believe her and she feared her mom would find out.

Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 34m34 minutes ago
Gypsy says it was her idea to kill her mom a year prior to the murder. She says she wanted to be free from Dee Dee’s hold on her. Defense asks her why she didn’t tell anyone about her mother’s abuse. Gypsy says her mom had legal documents proving she was incompetent.

Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 31m31 minutes ago
Gypsy says she thought about not killing her mom, but thought it was her only option to be free from her. Gypsy says no one would believe that she was being abused so they went through with the murder plan.

Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 31m31 minutes ago
Gypsy says she wanted Godejohn to get her pregnant so they could start a family and live together. Gypsy says she even stole baby clothes from Walmart while she was in her wheelchair as part of her and Godejohn’s plan.

Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 30m30 minutes ago
Breaking from the trial while a weird smell is being investigated in the courtroom.

Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 26m26 minutes ago
Court still on a break, but beforehand Gypsy said she met Nicholas for the first time at a movie theatre in Springfield. She wanted her mom to like him, but she says her mom hated Godejohn from the moment she met him at the movies.

Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 3m3 minutes ago
Court is back in session. Fan is blowing to get rid of smell. Correction to earlier tweet.....Gypsy is not wearing shackles.

Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 2m2 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - We're still waiting. A fan has been turned on in the courtroom

Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 9m9 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - We're back in session. Watch Live: https://lawandcrime.com/live-trials/live-trials-current/nicholas-godejohn/watch-live-dee-dee-blanchard-nicholas-godejohn-murder-trial-day-3/ …

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Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 5m5 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - Gypsy is back on the stand. Jury is coming in

Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 4m4 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - The judge offered to move a mic closer to Gypsy so she wouldn't have to hold it. She said she likes to hold it

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Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 8m8 minutes ago
Should be starting back up soon. The maintenance staff brought in an oscillating fan. It's cold in the courtroom now.

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Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 3m3 minutes ago
Gypsy says she had a "Plan A" (Meet at the movie, act like we never met, start our relationship from there with mom's permission) a "Plan B" (Get pregnant) and a "Plan C" (murder Dee Dee).

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 1m1 minute ago
Gypsy says she stole the knife used to kill her mom from Wal-Mart

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 1m1 minute ago
Defense: "Who planned this murder?"
Gypsy: "I did."
D: "Did Nick do any of the planning in this murder?"
G: "He decided what the weapon would be."

Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 4m4 minutes ago
Gypsy says she had other plans besides killing her mom.
Plan A: Get her mom to like Godejohn.
Plan B: Get pregnant by Godejohn.
Plan C: Murder

Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 1m1 minute ago
Defense asks Gypsy why she didn’t kill her mother. Gypsy says she didn’t think she could do it because she doesn’t like blood.

Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 4m4 minutes ago
#GypsyBlanchard says she had 3 plans. 1. meet at the movie theater, act like that just met hoping to get Dee Dee's approval 2. Get pregnant 3. Murder #GodejohnTrial

Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 4m4 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - Godejohn just started feverishly writing on his notepad.

 

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Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 1m1 minute ago
#GypsyBlanchard tells the jury she made the below Facebook post pretending to be Nick #GodejohnTrial

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Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 3m3 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - Direct examination over. The prosecutor brings out the big screen for cross examination

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 7m7 minutes ago
Gypsy: "I thought I would just remain a missing person."

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 2m2 minutes ago
The state has stepped up to the plate for cross-examination.
Prosecutor: "He told you about alter-egos?"
Gypsy: "Yes sir."
Prosecutor: "You also started to consider yourselves, master and slave?"
Gypsy: "Yes sir."

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 1m1 minute ago
Prosecutor: "You weren't crazy about" the idea of rape fantasies? Gypsy agrees she went along with those fantasies to please Godejohn. Gypsy says Godejohn insisted she capitalize his name.

Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 7m7 minutes ago
Gypsy says they also considered poison, arson, and guns as a way to kill her mother. Gypsy says it was her idea to mail the knife to Godejohn’s house.

Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 5m5 minutes ago
Gypsy says she posted on Facebook that her mother was dead so that Dee Dee would be found. Defense is finished with questioning her. Prosecutor is questioning her now.

 

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Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 3m3 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - Prosecutor Nathan Chapman asks Gypsy if she knew Godejohn was autistic. She said she did.

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Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 4m4 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - Gypsy says it was Godejohn's decision on how to kill Dee Dee. He wanted to stab her. He asked for a machete but Gypsy was worried it was too big to get it out of Walmart. She sent him a picture of THE knife and he approved that

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Dee Dee Blanchard's daughter Gypsy Rose has taken the stand in the #GodejohnTrial. She testifies the plot to kill her mom was her boyfriend's.

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Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 9m9 minutes ago
Prosecutor is asking Gypsy about her alter egos including her and Godejohn playing master and slave. Godejohn was the master and she was the slave. Gypsy also says Godejohn had ideas about rape fantasies. She says she didn’t like the idea.

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Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 6m6 minutes ago
Gypsy says murder was always a last resort because she and Godejohn knew it was serious. Gypsy says she rather have gotten pregnant instead of killing her mom, but says Godejohn didn’t seem to want to do that.

 

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Jackie Salo on Twitter
Jackie Salo‏Verified account @jackiesalo 56s57 seconds ago
Gypsy testifies she was in the bathroom when Godejohn stabbed her mom. She heard her mom scream her name from the bathroom #GodejohnTrial

Jackie Salo on Twitter
Jackie Salo‏Verified account @jackiesalo 1m1 minute ago
Gypsy testifies that Godejohn wanted her to clean up her mom's blood naked because it turned him on #GodejohnTrial

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 15m15 minutes ago
Prosecutor: "You weren't crazy about" the idea of rape fantasies? Gypsy agrees she went along with those fantasies to please Godejohn. Gypsy says Godejohn insisted she capitalize his name.

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 13m13 minutes ago
Prosecutor: "The defendant once told you he was an assassin in another life and that as an assassin he could take care of you?"
G: "Yes sir."
P: "You discussed that murdering your mom was a last resort... because you both knew that was a serious thing?"
G: "Yes sir."

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 13m13 minutes ago
Gypsy says a few weeks before Dee Dee's murder she suggested they just try to get pregnant and not kill Dee Dee. She says Godejohn didn't respond to that plan. She says she just wanted murder to be the very last resort.

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Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 4m4 minutes ago
Prosecutor: "While you were in the bathroom you could hear your mom?"
Gypsy: "Yes sir."
Prosecutor: "You heard her scream?"
Gypsy: "Yes sir."
Prosecutor: "She screamed your name?"
Gypsy: "Yes sir."
Prosecutor: "He wanted you to clean naked...because that kind of turned him on?" Gypsy: "Yes sir."

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 4m4 minutes ago
Gypsy is crying.

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 4m4 minutes ago
Prosecutor: "You never told him to stab her 17 different times?"
Gypsy: "No sir."
P: "You never told him to cut her neck down to the bone?
G: "No sir."
Gypsy says she offered herself to be raped by Godejohn instead of letting Godejohn rape Dee Dee.

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 3m3 minutes ago
Defense returns and asks Gypsy if Godejohn ever raped her. Gypsy says post-murder sex started consensually but she asked him to stop. Defense: "But you agreed to it consensually?"

Brea Douglas on Twitter
Brea Douglas‏ @BdouglasTV 7m7 minutes ago
Gypsy says she hid in the bathroom while Godejohn killed her mom. Gypsy says she could hear her mom calling her name while she was being stabbed. She says after Godejohn killed her, he asked her to clean the blood naked because that turned him on.

Jackie Salo on Twitter
Jackie Salo‏Verified account @jackiesalo 3m3 minutes ago
Gypsy says the defendant wanted to rape her mother but she talked about it by telling him that he could rape her instead #GodejohnTrial

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Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 3m3 minutes ago
The defense continues to paint a picture of collaboration between Gypsy and Godejohn.

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 57s57 seconds ago
Prosecution is back.
Prosecutor: "The defendant had warned you about you coming into the bedroom because he was worried his 'evil side' might hurt you too?"
Gypsy: "Yes sir."

 

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Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 4m4 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - We've had direct, cross, redirect, recross now back to the defense.

Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 3m3 minutes ago
#GodejohnTrial - Questioning is over. Before Gypsy is excused the attorneys want to make a record with the judge They are in the conference room.

 

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Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 4m4 minutes ago
Gypsy's time on the stand is just about over. The lawyers are meeting privately with Judge Jones before releasing her.

Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 3m3 minutes ago
You know how you duck your head when you see someone you went to high school within the grocery store? Gypsy and Godejohn are doing that right now to each other.

 

[Tssiemer]

Now I’m kind of sad for them. To be “so in love” to kill someone to now not even making eye contact with each other.

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

Yes, I am also very sad for Gypsy. Sad for him too, in a different way... I hope at some point, they both can experience goodness.

 

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Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 2h2 hours ago
#GodejohnTrial - Gypsy is excused. Lunch break

Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 2h2 hours ago
#GodejohnTrial - Lunch break until 1:30. The defense does have more witnesses.

Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 17s18 seconds ago
#GodejohnTrial - Defense calls Dr. Kent Franks, clinical psychologist


Collin Lingo on Twitter
Collin Lingo‏ @CollingoTV 2m2 minutes ago
Defense calls a clinical psychologist, Dr. Kent Franks, to the stand.

 

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Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 44s44 seconds ago
#GodejohnTrial - Dr. Franks conducts examinations to determine if someone is competent to stand trial, insanity, determine if defendants are likely to re-offend and more

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Cathy Russon on Twitter
Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 1m1 minute ago
#GodejohnTrial - Dr. Franks is now explaining what Autism is and some characteristics of an Autistic person