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Police officer Mitchell plot to kill his wife?
May 31, 2013 broadcast
ETTHIS is a hurried transcript at 19: 00.
This copy may not be in final form and may be updated. JANE VELEZ-
Host Mitchell: Tonight, he is a senior police officer who teaches crime scene investigation.
So he's an expert in crime.
But tonight he is being tried on charges of murdering his beautiful estranged wife.
But he claimed she was upset, she set the house on fire herself, and she shot herself in the head. (
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Did you kill her?
Brett SECAT, accused of murder: No.
Man: did you pull the trigger? SEACAT: No.
Did you kill her? SEACAT: No. (via phone)
There was a fire, my wife. -
She shot herself, but she was in the fire.
Smoke everywhere.
Unidentified male: All three testified that she is a doting, loving mother who is looking forward to a divorce and looking forward to a life without Brett.
Unidentified woman: Have everyone gone out?
Oh, my God.
Unidentified male: a week and a half before the incident, she told a friend that you threatened to kill her.
SEACAT: What? (END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-
Mitchell: "What?
"Yes, this is Brett SECAT.
He married his high school.
Sweetheart in school, but their fairy
The legendary marriage has secretly turned sour.
His wife, Vashti, filed for divorce.
Two days later, she died after he got the documents.
Her body was found in their burning house.
But she didn't die because she sucked in smoke.
She died from a gunshot wound to her head.
Prosecutors say police officer Brett shot and killed her while his wife was asleep, and then set fire to their house, while the couple's two young sons slept in the hall.
He denied everything from the beginning.
Look at this amazing interrogation. (
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Did you kill her? SEACAT: No.
Man: did you pull the trigger? SEACAT: No.
Did you kill her? SEACAT: No.
Unidentified male: Brett, it doesn't look good, and you have something to do with it.
We need to know why.
Why not, okay?
I did not. I love Vashti.
Unidentified male: a week and a half before the incident, she told a friend that you threatened to kill her.
SEACAT: What?
You threatened to burn the house.
You threatened to make it look like she did.
That is the bull (
Delete dirty words). (END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-
Mitchell: So, what's going on?
Why is their house on fire?
Did she commit suicide, as he said, or did she commit suicide?
Just days after his separated wife filed a divorce, CSI experts called together a well-planned plot to kill her?
Go straight to Justin Kraemer in KSN
TV reporter in Kansas City
You 've been in this court where the police are on trial.
Justin, what's the latest?
KSN-Justin KramerTV REPORTER (via phone)
Prosecutors continued to elaborate on their case in Kansas.
Each witness brought the other piece of the puzzle to the table.
Prosecutors have tried to prove that Brett SECAT had planned his wife's murder in a cold and planned way, all to make it look like suicide. VELEZ-
Mitchell: But you have to wonder, if he was a CSI investigator, wouldn't he know that you wouldn't do something like that two days after you were hit by a divorce file?
This is obvious if you do.
Don't he know?
I mean, I know that from watching CSI.
"I'm not a CSI expert myself.
The 911 call from Brett Seacat was for the jury.
In the panic, Brett managed to say his estranged wife committed suicide.
Listen carefully to his crazy cry for help. (
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There was a fire, my wife. -
She shot herself, but she was in the fire.
Smoke is everywhere. (UNINTELLIGIBLE)(END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-
Mitchell: Okay.
Let's have a debate.
He claimed that he was trying to get into the house on fire to save her.
However, the photos show that he was not injured and that there were only a few burnt hairs on his leg.
Starting with trial attorney Heather Hansen, can CSI police cover up the crime better than your regular Joe?
Heather Hansen, trial lawyer: Hi Jane.
You know, I think he would definitely do better if he tried to cover it up.
As you said, there was no serious wound on his leg and he claimed that he had crossed the fire.
He did a bunch of things before the murder, and if he was planning a murder like this ---
This will have to be set up carefully.
In order for him to do so, he must plan better.
He won't borrow a projector. The prosecution said the projector was used to fake her suicide note and would not burn his hard drive. The prosecution said he did it.
So I think it's up to the defense to highlight those points and say, as you said, a CSI investigator. . . VELEZ-
Mitchell: Wendy Murphy, former prosecutor?
Wendy Murphy, former prosecutor: Look, if his best defense is "I'll do better if I'm guilty", he'll fall down because it's not only filled with overwhelming, strong evidence, to prove his guilt, the prosecutor will also make the most obvious point, if you try to prove suicide and you know that the ballistic experts know how to prove the difference between killing and suicide, this is who will know better than CSI, the only way to be sure is to burn the body.
No, this case is too much.
In fact, he said, "I'll do better if I'm going to do that," which I think is his own sense of guilt. VELEZ-
Jon Lieberman?
Jon reberman, HLN contributor: Well, there's a lot more.
As far as Wendy is concerned, investigators actually found a Power point demo at his home about how to commit suicide-
Or how to make the killing look like suicide by burning the house. He had a how-
Do handwork in his house
This is the first part.
The second part was the suspect Brett SECAT, who admitted to investigators that he had forged other documents but claimed that he had not filled out the suicide note.
He admitted bullying his wife the night before she was found dead.
I mean, just--
The evidence is almost insurmountable. VELEZ-
Mitchell: but if you're going to kill your wife, how stupid do you have to be two days after she says "hey dear, I want to get divorced?
It was there for me, it was there, it was like it was not very bright, Philip.
Lawyer Philip Snyder: Well, the thing is this: maybe he thinks he's David Copperfield.
Because it was obvious that she had a bullet wound in her head.
He has no blood.
He allegedly came across a fire to save her.
There was no burn on him, and there was no soot on him.
Maybe he thinks he's a magician because it's obvious that he's not good enough to plan a murder because he's done a bad job. VELEZ-
Mitchell: One more thing.
Justin Kraemer from KSN
Kansas City TV. you 've been in court.
Someone heard a gunshot wound long before the fire.
Justin, last time I checked, you can't make a fire if you die.
Kramer: that's--
This is what one of the neighbors here told police that she heard gunfire about 40 minutes before the fire started.
Now, the defense lawyers are trying to point out that this is a residential area, and only one or two people think that they have even heard the gunshots and they are trying to use this as evidence to say that she has apparently heard something else, when she said it was a gun, it was not a gun. VELEZ-
Mitchell: Oh, that old car is always against fire.
They will never backfire again.
Half of them are mixed blood.
Those cars, they are no longer against fire.
Let's go to Kristin in North Carolina.
Your question or idea, Christine?
Hey, Jane.
Well, I want to tell you first that you are great and you are doing a great job in Arizona. VELEZ-
Mitchell: Thank you.
Caller: You know, as a CSI, as a police officer going out to do a crime job and doing a crime scene investigation, this kind of thing is different for him.
But when you plan your own murder, you're not that smart. VELEZ-
Mitchell: 100% I agree with you.
It's a little easy--
It's almost like a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.
You think you know so much, so it makes you cheeky. If he did it.
Let the court system decide.
He said he was innocent.
His lawyer told the juror that his wife was upset because Brett threatened to expose something that she allegedly had an affair with a colleague. worker.
Oh, yes. listen to this. (
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Unidentified male: Vashti knows that her career is over if she doesn't accept Brett's request and they try to solve the problem. (END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-
Okay, Justin Kramer, you went to court.
Tell us about this so-called thing.
Is it for reals [? SIC]
Or is this something the defendant made up to defend himself? KRAEMER: Yes.
From all accounts, this is an unstable relationship from the very beginning.
And the two are not high.
School lovers
Intermittent during high school, intermittent during college, and later married.
Yes, marriage derailed.
But what they want to tell you is that she is very concerned about the human resources work of a local cable company and she would rather commit suicide and her two boys are sleeping in the lobby, it's harder than finding a job elsewhere. VELEZ-
Mitchell: Well, she also plans to go out for the night with her girlfriend.
Do you do this when you commit suicide?
She is still in the process of selling the treadmill.
Is selling a treadmill a priority when you commit suicide? I don`t know.
More on the other side. (
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Unidentified male: Brett, it doesn't look so good, they added that you have something to do with this and we need to know why.
Why not, okay?
I did not. I love Vashti. (END VIDEO CLIP)(
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Unidentified woman: when she was lying in bed sleeping, he approached her and shot at the right side of her head.
Unidentified man: who pulled the trigger and who played the game?
Ladies and gentlemen, as I stand before you in the final debate, I will ask you to find Brett SECAT innocent. (END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-
Mitchell: the whole seven
Brett denies, strongly denies, that he has anything to do with his wife's death, but is his answer to the detective question normal or is it a bit strange? Listen. (
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Did you hurt her? SEACAT: No.
Man: did you pull the trigger? SEACAT: No.
Did you kill her? SEACAT: No. (END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-MITCHELL: No. That no.
I mean, let's have a debate.
Guys, let's face it. he's kind of like a movie.
The star is handsome, but is he credible or a bad actor?
From Wendy Murphy.
Murphy: Wow, you know, he's not a good actor anymore and I'm almost sorry for him.
You will think that someone with experience in law enforcement who tries to cover up murder will know how to behave like an innocent person.
But he apparently did not study the page.
Do you know what's interesting?
There is also an article that we haven't reported yet, and he admits that when he tries to save his child from the fire, he walks into the bedroom, etc.
He saw her.
He went and pulled her out of the fire, and he saw a bullet on her head, and he said, "Oh, she's dead," plop.
He left her there.
He left her there. Oh, my God. VELEZ-
Mitchell: Heather Hansen, trial lawyer.
Look, Jane, he did this to save the children. Listen, if he. . .
Oh, please. HANSEN: . . .
Right to be found--
But he went. -
To save the children.
Look, he's a terrible actor. The man was shocked.
If you believe his wife actually committed suicide and set the house on fire, it may be normal to be surprised and shout "no" this way.
The case is based on indirect evidence.
The fact is, the autopsy can't say--
Autopsy can't say what caused this death.
She did have a history of depression and a suicide record.
So we need to wait and get the defense involved in their case. VELEZ-
Mitchell: There's Lisa Bloom somewhere outside.
I want Lisa Bloom to be involved.
Man: OK.
Yes, Jane, this case reminds me of it. . .
Snyder: indirect evidence, there can be no more evidence in this case. BLOOM: . . .
One suspect was murdered, another missing.
Just because someone is a police officer, just because they are smart, knowing that the field does not mean that they will always do the right thing or get away with it.
This guy has a lot of signs that he's guilty. VELEZ-
Mitchell: just not--
This is what confused me.
I 've only seen four episodes of CSI, and if I'm going to kill, I'll never ---
Thank God I have no violence-
Two days after they gave me the divorce papers, I wouldn't have done that.
It is said that I will not do so after I threaten to kill them.
I won't do this when the only person who really has a reason to want her to die is me Jon reberman.
Yes, you will.
If you are so sad, you will.
Lieberman: That's right.
Anger is a blind spot.
For violent people, anger makes them turn a blind eye to common sense.
If you are sad and he is sad, you will do so.
Leiberman :--exactly.
The difference is that this is one thing. . .
Ryan: Rageful, guilty of murder.
Leiberman: theory in a textbook or lecture.
The pain of being threatened by divorce is another matter.
According to the testimony, this guy threatened to take 4-and 2-year-
If his separated wife gets divorced, take them to Mexico. So clearly. . .
Hansen: this is the reason for suicide. VELEZ-
Mitchell: Well, Philip Snyder, a criminal defense lawyer in Miami, was involved.
Snyder: I mean, this is the case.
When you look at his voice, and when you evaluate the witness and assess if you would have someone appear in court, would you say that would be a good person in front of the jury? "No! No! No!
He sounds like an idiot.
He is guilty to me.
So it will be very difficult.
Because in this case, the main thing you want to do as a defense lawyer is to have him appear in court, hopefully God bless and the jury likes him. (CROSSTALK)VELEZ-
Mitchell: Wait a minute.
It's not "no, no, no! " It was this. It was this. It was "No! No! " Yes.
As if he thought the power of his voice would make people listen to him.
It sounds like a person who is used to having people listen to him and believe what he says, that is, working overtime.
Jon reberman, it doesn't work in this case, like he's trying to get his--his colleagues.
Let's face it. his colleagues are questioning him. He`s a cop.
Snyder: It's just inconsistent.
You heard that he was almost frustrating on the 911 call, but the sheriff testified that he spoke to him after they responded and that the suspect had no feelings.
Look, as Philip said just now, he will have to stand up, but he will be eaten on the Crossexamination. Absolutely. VELEZ-
Mitchell: he has a headache. I think he --
I know why he had a headache.
More on the other side.
We just started. (
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SEACAT: there's fire.
My wife is. -
She shot herself, but she was in the fire.
Smoke is everywhere.
Unidentified men: Are everyone out?
Oh, my God. (END VIDEO CLIP)(
Business break)(
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Unidentified male: a week and a half before the incident, she told a friend that you threatened to kill her.
SEACAT: What?
Unidentified male: You threatened to burn the house and you threatened to make it look like she did.
SEACAT: Yes--that is bull (
Delete dirty words). (END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-
Mitchell: The victim's brother spoke to Nancy Grace of HLN and told her wife, Vashti, that she was a great mom and that she only wanted her children, her two sons(
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Unidentified male: she will go out of her way to do things for them.
I mean, I'll never forget one time she went to the movies with some of her friends who were almost late for the movies because it was late at night and she had to find organic bananas, so she can make organic baby food by hand.
She won't buy baby food from the jar.
She must do it, and it must be organic. (END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-
Mitchell: The woman behind my own heart.
I also eat organic bananas and organic fruits.
Lisa Bloom, why would such a doting mother commit suicide, then set fire to the house and leave her two younger sons, the little boy, in the house?
What does this mean to you?
Bloom: No.
To be frank, I have never heard of anyone setting fire to suicide.
Absolutely not.
There is no point in this story.
I feel sorry for this young woman.
You know, the most dangerous time for a woman in an abusive relationship is when she decides to leave. VELEZ-MITCHELL: Yes.
The woman made the decision very clearly.
The man cannot lose control of her.
After what happened here, I know very well. VELEZ-MITCHELL: Yes.
Heather Hansen, listen, she was going out with her girlfriend that night.
She's selling gadgets, treadmills, etc.
That's not a person who committed suicide with depression.
They didn't plan to go out dancing and drinking with their girlfriend.
Look, Jane, I agree with you.
I think the evidence against him is very heavy.
Seacat, but the problem is that he was innocent before he was proved guilty.
At the very least, it is possible that she plans to commit suicide, and plans to frame him up for him as the last stab, because he threatens to take the child away and not let her divorce?
Isn't that possible at least?
It was not until then that he was entitled to a presumption of innocence. . . VELEZ-MITCHELL: OK.
I understand what you mean, but very simple, ten seconds, Jon reberman, how do you commit suicide while lighting up your house, especially if they hear gunfire an hour ago?
Jane, not to mention that the gun was found under her torso.
I mean, the gun was obviously there. There`s just --
After you shoot the bullet into your own head, it is impossible for the gun to simply land there, which forensic experts will prove. VELEZ-
Mitchell: Maybe he thought the police would give him a pass.
Well, that was wrong.
Next, Jody--Jodi Arias.
New information
New developments. Blackmail, OK?
That's what we're talking about.
Did Jody blackmail Travis with sex video?
A juror of Jody Arias has now revealed her theory and whether she thinks Jody is a victim of domestic violence. That`s next. (
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Unidentified woman: Justice of Travis!
Justice of Travis!
Justice of Travis!
Unidentified woman: Justice of Travis!
Justice of Travis!
Justice of Travis!
Unidentified woman: Justice of Travis!
Justice of Travis!
Justice of Travis! (END VIDEO CLIP)
Unidentified women: two have committed these crimes.
One is a person who has emotional problems and behavioral problems.
The other is someone who is inherently evil, and I think the second is Jodi. (END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-
Mitchell: Tonight, it's an arms race to see if Jody Arias will live or die.
Did Jody plan the whole murder so she wouldn't have sex with Travis?
If another jury decides that Jody is born or dead, will the dirty and explosive sex tape come back to haunt her?
As we all know now, Jody Arias was convicted of premeditated murder for the brutal murder of her predecessor.
My boyfriend Travis Alexander.
But her fate is still a mystery.
Is she born or dead?
Okay, right now, there's no juror.
17 just stood up and said she thought Jodi, quote, "wanted to make sure she was the last person he had sex. " Wow.
She wanted to know that she was the last one for him.
The same juror also thought Jody was trying to extort Travis with the vulgar sex video we heard in court.
We all remember that, of course. (
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Murder victim Travis Alexandervia phone)
The way you groan sounds like 12year-
The first climax of the old girlIt`s so hot.
Jodi arias, convicted of murder (via phone)
What does it sound like?
Alexander: 12-year-
The first climax of the old girlI (
Delete dirty words)
Rest every day, sometimes two or three times a day.
Are you serious?
Alexander: You have been in pain many times and I raped you.
You can't say I won't fight that trophy.
Arias: You know how to deal with loot. (END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-
Mitchell: Let's discuss it with our panel of experts.
Is Jody going to blackmail Travis with sex video?
Or people can think about it. -
Could it be worse?
Perhaps our imagination is not big enough to appreciate another series of lies.
She wanted to kill him.
I will start with Wendy Murphy.
Murphy: Yes, I agree with the juror 100%.
Jane, it's interesting that last week, I had a conversation with Travis Alexander's lawyer. -
Family lawyer.
I sent him an email.
The email said, I think he wrote her a particularly mean letter and the juror heard it, which means he abused her after she threatened to play the sex video, if she dared, it might be the elders of the church. -
If he dares to break up with her, then he says, "Oh, you're a monster. I hate you.
You're this, that, and everything else.
"Well, that doesn't work," she said . "
I have to kill him.
"I think she's a sexual abuser, not just sexual manipulation, she uses sex to control Travis and other men, and when sex doesn't work, when he's tired of sex, even if it gets a little funky, she says "that's it.
He won't leave me.
I can't have him.
I'm going to kill him. " VELEZ-
Mitchell: Let me say that, though, and I think it's possible that she's threatening to say that if she's really threatening to play that tape, it's not the church elders, it's Mimi Hall.
Because remember, Travis Alexander brought another woman named Mimi Hall, a very clean woman.
And he went to the Mormon lady who was on vacation in Cancun.
I think Jodi may be very, very upset about this because she was initially considered a candidate to travel.
So I thought, Jon reberman, she might have played it and said I would play this for Mimi Hall.
Then she couldn't get through with you.
Jon reberman, HLN contributor: Well, it's really interesting.
This is a small part of the case, and in fact the prosecutor left it to the juror to explain it.
We know that things really get worse and worse, from Travis's message to Jody, and we know that this sex tape plays some sort of role, but as Juror 17, in an interview with crazy trial, I believe, it's her theory, a possible theory, about blackmail, and why Travis attacked so much in Jodi during this time. VELEZ-
Mitchell: Okay.
Let's continue our debate.
Remember the scathing juror question of Jodi Arias, it is.
"After you told so many lies, why should we believe you now?
"This is the classic line of the trial.
Now, we can face the problem of that juror. Check her out. She asked it. (
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Unidentified women: hear everything they go through and see that Judy does more than just kill Travis. DR.
Drew Pinsky, HLN host: you asked some sharp questions.
Let us know.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Why should we believe you after you tell so many lies? (END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-
Mitchell: Okay.
Let's have a debate.
If Jody Arias is born or dead, and if they do not accept life, say, no, we will try her again and try to give her the death penalty, will it be worse this time with Jodi Arias and these jurors?
I'm throwing this to Heather Hansen.
Heather Hansen, Trial Attorney: Jane, I don't think the situation will get worse.
I mean, it's really blood. (CROSSTALK)VELEZ-
Mitchell: Heather, she's still alive and the situation could be worse because they could have sentenced her to death and she hasn't been sentenced to death yet.
So to keep it all-
To clarify, yes, Jodi Arias could get worse.
But continue.
Hansen: but as far as the end result is concerned, the situation may get worse.
But as evidence, it's there.
What mitigation measures did they provide?
She is a good artist and she has good hair.
You know, now all these interviews with jurors are meant to provide the defense with a roadmap on how to work to reduce stress and how to improve their case.
They can use some evidence of bipolar disorder to prove that she doesn't know what she's doing.
They can use some of her history.
They can try to influence some people to testify on her behalf.
Everything these jurors say affects their decision and they can keep working on it.
I think it will only help. (CROSSTALK)
But the prosecutor will use all of this.
She was interviewed on trial in the media, where she did not show any remorse.
The prosecutor can now acknowledge that, and I think the situation at Jody will get worse. VELEZ-
Mitchell: Jody's entire defense depends on whether the jury will believe her story, but one juror said she never thought Jody was honest.
Listen to this. (
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Jody Arias trial juror Kugan: I don't believe what she has to say.
I don't think she's ever been honest with us.
I know, for me, I don't see any remorse or any problems with what happened that day, what Travis went through.
I saw nothing. (END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-
Mitchell: Okay.
Let's get the call.
James, North Carolina, your question or idea-James?
James, North Carolina: Yes, my problem is that everyone says that Jody Arias has done a lot of things to Travis, you know, this is--
I agree, right?
But a lot of times it takes two people to really build a relationship, I mean, that's what I think so far. VELEZ-
Mitchell: What do you think?
Sorry James, I just wanted to clarify your question.
James: Yes, my question is, everyone is talking about the jury, and it was God who made that decision, you know?
I posted something about Jodi and the like on HLN. VELEZ-
Mitchell: Okay.
Are you saying that God made a decision to find her guilty through a juror? All right.
You know, me. -
I think this is an interesting comment.
I really don't know what to say. Now, Jodi`s ex-
Boyfriend Daryl Brewer testified at the trial that he had been in love with Jody for four years, but he said that the person attending the witness stand was a completely different woman.
Listen to this from KTNX. (
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Ex-factory price of Daryl Brewer, Judith Arias
Boyfriend: for her former Jodi, she is now unrecognizable to me.
She never spoke like this.
She never lied or respected others.
She's not manipulating people.
She is not evil. (END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-
People are confused, Lisa Bloom.
How about a successful woman with half a child?
In another relationship, the normal relationship with this guy suddenly becomes a mental illness of all intentions and purposes?
Law lawyer Lisa Bloom
You know, people are different in different relationships, Jane.
But I think the juror has a theory that Judy is going to extort Travis and that's why he's so angry and that's why they fight and eventually she kills him, I think this is a very clever theory.
The money is right.
I posted this on my Twitter page today.
Everyone agrees on this.
I think this would combine the whole trial, because that's exactly what we talked about in the previous section.
When someone tries to run away, try to break up at the most dangerous time.
This is when people are angry. VELEZ-
Mitchell: Also, Philip Snyder, I think she probably played the tape for him on the phone and said listen to this.
Listen, I recorded it for you.
And guess what;
If you don't change tickets and take me to Cancun then I will play this for more people, Mimi Hall, and maybe others.
Then she went there for the last time to have sex with him.
That's when he said no.
Criminal defense lawyer Philip Snyder: I think--VELEZ-
Mitchell: Philip?
Snyder: I think this is a very credible explanation.
This is something that happens to the accused sometimes.
They were stuck in the corner like cats, they backed back and fought back.
Looks like Jodi is her last card. -VELEZ-
Oh, let's not take the cat in. (CROSSTALK)VELEZ-Mitchell: Oh, my God. Every time --
Whenever someone wants to say something negative, they bring an animal in. Cats don`t --(CROSSTALK)
SNYDER: The Cat in the corner. VELEZ-MITCHELL: --
Because they don't--
They want to bring them. -
They are not on vacation.
Exclude them.
We put my dog in the corner.
She's catching and she's doing what she can.
This is her last chip.
This is actually a credible explanation.
The juror's vision of Jordi Arias's legal thinking left a deep impression on me. VELEZ-
Mitchell: I think we all have the same impression.
You know, if he wants to record sex videos, he will record them himself on his own phone.
When someone else is 1,000 miles away, you won't let them record sex videos for you.
You can record it yourself if you want.
OK, next, I hope you have a good time because I will be arrested.
Yes, I spent the night in prison.
Another victim of Jody Arias-
I learned a lot, guys.
Check this out.
You have to stay on the other side. I`m arrested. (
Business break)VELEZ-
Mitchell: due to a huge interest in the Jordi Arias case, I was asked to stay overnight in prison, and that's it, hey, what's the feeling?
She spent nearly five years in prison.
Let me tell you, when that door slammed, oh my God, it was a terrible experience.
Did you see me?
I will tell you what it feels like on the other side. (
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Man: Jane weisresMitchell? VELEZ-MITCHELL: Yes.
Man: do me a favor.
Please take your hand out of your pocket. VELEZ-
Are you kidding?
No, I'm not, madam.
Are you Jane verres? Mitchell? VELEZ-MITCHELL: Yes.
I don't understand.
What's going on?
Unidentified male: I have your arrest warrant. VELEZ-
Are you kidding?
I'm not kidding you.
I'll explain it to you when you get back to the station, okay? (END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-
Mitchell: that's for the reel.
Jody Arias was sentenced to five years in prison.
We have been working on her trial for five months.
With regard to all the discussions on death row and being held in prison, I would like to know directly what life is like in prison?
So I spent a night in prison, just like Jodi Arias was waiting for fate.
I have to say that as a prisoner, this close personal experience has opened my eyes. Check it out.
It starts to hit what you like. -
Like a slow-moving car accident.
You begin to realize that your life is over. (
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Mitchell: Do you really need to do that?
M: Yes, this is my policy, madam. VELEZ-
Mitchell: that's not what everyone thinks.
I didn`t do it.
I have to tell you that when I go in and whenever they say face the wall I have to face the wall and then they start to get me through these machines, see if the metal is hidden in my body. What`s beeping?
Check my cheeks, put my face on one side and my face on the other.
Why is there metal in my mouth?
Unidentified women: you will be surprised by what people have. VELEZ-
Mitchell: I mean, I'm the number.
I am not a man with any voice.
Search me?
Wait a second.
That's not true, are you?
Woman: Yes, I am. VELEZ-
Mitchell: really?
Woman: OK.
Jane, I need you to look at the camera.
You're talking about lack of freedom.
But I think what's worse than the lack of freedom is the lack of privacy.
This is like the display animals in the zoo. I don't agree with the zoo.
Are you kidding?
Can't I get out?
Should I stay here for 23 hours a day alone? (END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-
Mitchell: unbelievable. And I did it.
The police treated me like a prisoner.
I really experienced the emotional destruction of millions of Americans. (
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Unidentified women
Okay Jane, I'm back like I promised. Here you go.
There's something for you, okay? VELEZ-
Mitchell: I don't--
I don't want this. I`m vegan. I don`t eat --
I don't drink milk.
Woman: Don't you drink milk? VELEZ-
Mitchell: the animals living in the zoo must feel this way.
I think one of the worst things a person can experience is losing freedom and isolation.
This is the case with the prison--
Lost freedom and isolation.
Lack of strength.
There's nothing you can do. (END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-
Mitchell: next week, we will show you more from my night as a prisoner, and all the secrets are prisoners trying to be conservative.
You won't believe that some of these contraband are trying to sneak into the prison.
Also, our own Nancy Grace will take you to jail, just as Jody Arias has spent years and is still waiting for her fate.
Next Wednesday and Thursday night at 8. m.
Just east of HLN.
Next, a story you don't want to miss. (
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Mitchell: It's pet time today.
Send photos of your pet to hlntv. com/Jane. Molly --
Look at the pictures in the camera.
I'm a little shy, but I'm a little flirty too, isn't it?
Yes, cutie pie.
Corey said I like swimming and don't try to stop me. I`m going in.
Barney and Zoe said we were just hanging out at the pool. What of it? (
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Mitchell: Hey, Little Rico, there's breaking news tonight from our animal research team. The U. S.
The government acknowledged a huge failure at a live pig slaughterhouse.
It's blaming itself.
This is a worse news for pigs on factory farms and should worry all Americans.
So thank you for your witness.
A shocking report from the United States tonightS.
The Ministry of Agriculture has condemned the government's failure to stop another violation at a live pig slaughterhouse. This jaw-
Our food safety inspection system has been broken.
It is reported that over the past four years, 44,000 violations have occurred in 616 slaughter houses. What happened?
Mostly nothing.
The slaughterhouse was suspended only 28 times and then only briefly.
At a slaughterhouse, food safety inspectors issued more than 800 violations, 14 of which were shocking, citing "contamination of feces on pigs after final pruning.
There are nearly a hundred kinds of violations in the same factory, "exposed or potentially adulterated products have grease applied or black liquid substances on processed meat.
Go straight to Bruce Fridrich at the Farm Reserve
Now look at these happy pigs.
These are one of the pigs saved from the plant farming conditions in the farm reserve.
The farm reserve is a fast one.
More and more people speak for silent pigs who are very smart and smarter than many dogs like Little Puerto Rico.
Bruce, this report tells you how millions of pigs are being slaughtered as food in the United States?
Bruce Fried, Farm Sanctuary: You know, Jane, it's hundreds of millions of pigs.
In addition to discovering that the examples you provided broke the food safety system, they also found that when farm animals were slaughtered, the only insignificant law that should protect them, this is their only federal legal protection and the inspectors do not know what it says they are not enforced.
Again and again, even if the inspector general's office is observing the slaughter line, they will see violations at the felony level, and the inspector general will not even write them down.
They interviewed inspectors from 30 factories and found that the third of them did not even write a report when they witnessed a felony.
Cruelty to Animals.
What is truly shocking is that you will think it will be a wake-up call.
You think it's news.
Reaffirming that the inspector general and the Government Accountability Office's secret investigations following the secret investigations of 2004, 2008, 2010 and the American humanitarian society, PETA's sympathy for the killings and similar reports conducted independently by the Institute for Animal Welfare.
So the message that this is communicated to us is that no abuse is too serious at the slaughterhouse in our country.
For the US Department of Agriculture, which should be law enforcement, they absolutely have no law enforcement. VELEZ-
Mitchell: they don't care. (CROSSTALK)
Fridrich: you heard this again from the inspector general's office. VELEZ-
Mitchell: The report concludes that the situation of these pigs lacks care;
Smarter than a dog.
If you do, these are not slaughterhouse.
These are pig pregnancy crates, which will be stored at the factory farm before the pig goes to the slaughterhouse.
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If you do this to a dog for a week, you will be charged with animal abuse.
This is the standard operating procedure. (CROSSTALK)VELEZ-
Mitchell: go ahead.
Fridrich: Yes, the issue of pig pregnancy crates focuses on the fact that federal law does not have any protection for farm animals.
So, like you said, if you cram a dog or cat into a crate and she can't turn around for the rest of her life, it would be a felony level of cruelty.
However, this is the country's regular practice of using hundreds of millions of animals for food every year. (CROSSTALK)VELEZ-
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Fridrich: when you arrive at the slaughterhouse, you have a trivial law, and what the inspector general's office says is that it is not enforced. VELEZ-
Mitchell: Thank you for watching this show.
I know our audience cares about animals.
In Arizona, people came to me in groups and said thank you for making these stories.
Thank you again for your testimony.
More on the other side.
This is important.
This is a consumer problem.
It involves all of us.
Stay there. (
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Wayne pacelle: We should not close the curtain because the agricultural enterprises are trying to deal with these AG gag laws.
We should put the sun in so that the public can see how these animals are being raised to produce food that 0. 3 billion Americans consume. (END VIDEO CLIP)VELEZ-
Mitchell: Again, the report condemned the government for not really fighting where there were problems and violations.
Millions of pigs, hundreds of millions of pigs, passed through the slaughterhouse in the United States.
The USDA report details the tragic and disturbing fate of these poor creatures.
Please have the courage to witness the story because the pig is silent and cannot speak for himself.
According to our own government, a pig was hit in the head with a captive bolt at a slaughterhouse.
When the gun is fired incorrectly, the bolt is stuck in the skull of the pig.
Quoting this sentence, the poor pig stayed awake and awake for a few minutes while the worker was looking for another gun.
The gun also seemed to be on the wrong fire, and the pig remained awake until an electric creature finally knocked it off.
The poor, defenseless animal suffered so much before it was finally slaughtered.
Ten seconds Bruce, what can people do?
Fridrich: Well, we found that these violations occurred from time to time after the investigation.
If people want to take personal responsibility for this, the best thing they can do is stop eating animals, stop eating meat, and withdraw support for this terrible abuse.
Next is Nancy Grace.