question, there is a lot o news about clarence thomas and his dealings with harlan crow, a wealthy donor. a lot of people have ver negative opinions of thi court. against that backdrop, do yo think that - i mean, do you think tha clarence thomas scandal because that s what i think it is - will affect the way justic roberts chief justice roberts might vote here? because they are aware of th hit, reputation that the court has taken, the sort of tenuous standing it has right now with the american public. were they to not throw thi case out on standing it woul further erode public confidenc in the court, i think, from vast number of americans they are certainly aware of certain of the issue of sort of th institutional credibility bein at stake but you have to remember, this is a group of bodies as an institution that considers itself insulated from the rest of the - it sure is. whether that s a realisti
but i ve got to say, we v got to remind people, at the beginning of this block we wer talking about ron desantis o the verge of signing, into effect in florida, a six-wee abortion ban so, it s very clear that it optically, politically strategically bad fo republicans. but they are full steam ahea on, it right it has not had the intende chilling effect that it should if you care about the future o your party and - i mean, to say nothing of th freedoms of the american public i do wonder, on the scotus question, on the supreme court question, there is a lot o news about clarence thomas and his dealings with harlan crow, a wealthy donor. a lot of people have ver negative opinions of this court. against that backdrop, do yo think that - i mean, do you think tha clarence thomas scandal because that s what i think it is - will affect the way justic roberts chief justice roberts might vote here? because they are aware of th hit, reputation that the court has taken, the sort of tenuous
to believe it. he says he played along trying to see if she was serious. i told her that it was no something i do i could potentially get her in touch with the people that could do it. did you have any background in law enforcement no. just a regular guy? a regular guy who hangs out with cops. you pick up a few things her and there. his unofficial police training kicked in to make history more believable. he says he got specific abou the man he would used to do th hit. these guys are top black op washing interested? she was after she left, h immediately texted his frien on the force he got no response in the meantime, to keep her o the hook, he had arranged second meeting you can see them together on this gassed asian security footage. she brought me a picture in a ziplock bag. of the target along with the phone number for the target i came to realize that i d have something that is
says, are these going to b used for playboy right there. boom that was inappropriate then, the prosecution dropped a bombshell. they found a witness to testif that this was not the firs time julia had melvin s murder on her mind. a police informant name gu blinken ship, a man with a criminal past claim that a few years after melvin died, julia tried to hire him to do th hit. we had now an actual person who had heard her say that and even offered him money to kill mr. roberts. hodge built her case leadin to one question most juror wanted answered, what was th motive the granddaughter thought sh knew the answer to that. what did he leave her the building, and any car that she wanted from his car lot. the building was worth abou $150, 000, it housed her store julia s, in south carolina and a small community that would take you far yes the state believed julia wa
closer look, the clues at th crime scene told a different story. no money was taken, the money bag that julia had brought with her had roughly $80 in it. also melvin, i believe he ha in the neighborhood $400 this prosecutor believe tha this was a premeditated hit. we had to figure out wh would have any motive. we had to hone in on people wh knew melvin, and anybody who had a beef with him. that wouldn t be easy because melvin was no ordinary man. as detective started looking into mountains relationships with people around town, the learned that he had two sides, while he could be incredibly kind and generous, he also had an edge. he had no problem telling you what he thought of you o what you should do, or what yo could do better. he was known to have a bit of temper police wondered if that temper might have given someon