Judgment of Phil Spector

Today, we’re revisiting one of our most talked-about episodes from the Court TV Podcast archives. A quarter of a century ago a young immigrant bride and her Marine veteran husband found themselves in the center of media storm due to a night of domestic violence.  She claims he drunkenly raped her.  He claims that in an unprovoked rage, she took a kitchen knife and sliced off his “manhood.” Their names -- Lorena and John Bobbitt and their story captivated the nation, becoming fodder for late-night comedians, tabloids and cable news talking heads for years as both faced a jury of their peers for their part in the incident. Vinnie digs deep into the Court TV archives and takes us into the courtroom, discussing the issues of domestic violence as they existed in the mid-1990s.

Some say the idea of an evil twin is the stuff of soap operas and classic movies. But those people never met identical twins Jeena and Sunny Han, whose rivalry was so intense it led to a murder plot and trial filled with twists and turns that must be heard to believed. This week’s episode of the Court TV Podcast tells the story of these two feuding twins with an episode of the original series Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield. This is Judgment of “Evil Twin” Jeena Han.

Sitcom star Rebecca Shaeffer 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 claim his mental illness caused him to snap, but will the evidence prove otherwise? This week’s Court TV Podcast answers those questions with an audio edition of the original series Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield. This is Judgment of the Hollywood Stalker.

Aileen Wuornos sold her body to survive and generated a rage for those who would pay for her services. That rage resulted in the deaths of seven Florida men and the labeling of Wuornos as one of very few female serial killers. Her story would eventually be told in the award-winning 2003 film Monster. This week’s Court TV Podcast dives deeper into the case against Wuornos with an audio edition of the original series Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield. This is Judgment of Aileen Wuornos.

Julie Jensen suspected her husband and father of her children, Mark Jensen, wanted her dead so she put pen to paper telling the world just that. That letter, written just days before her death, would lead to his 2008 conviction of her murder, but would also be the reason for overturning that same conviction in 2017. Now, Jensen faces a jury once again, live on Court TV. This week’s Court TV Podcast examines his first trial with an audio edition of the original series Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield as his retrial gets underway. This is Judgment of the Antifreeze Murder.