The First Episode

Aurora and Angelina of MurderMurder.news have had one wild ride of a first year -- they built a comprehensive website, their weekly YouTube series 'This Week in True Crime,' and a dedicated social media following. The goal for 2021 is to break in to the podcast realm, and this is MMN's maiden voyage: The First Episode.

This is a deeper dive into the ladies' respective cases they described on This Week in True Crime. Aurora talks more about the death penalty and the record number of executions the Trump administration has overseen in comparison to any other presidency since the 1800s. Angelina discusses abuse of power and systemic issues in the police organization, particularly in Memphis where one officer recently carried out a kidnapping and murder while on duty.

These stories are some heavy-hitters for a first episode, but don't worry -- they're sandwiched between some more palatable bites like true crime TV talk, and of course getting acquainted with your new spooky BFFs (and learning about who they are outside of all this murdery stuff!)

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Sources:

Crime Stoppers 901-528-CASH.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/memphis-police-officer-kidnapping.html 

https://wreg.com/news/accused-accessory-in-alleged-murder-by-memphis-cop-says-he-was-caught-in-life-or-death-situation/amp/ 

https://wreg.com/news/its-sickening-memphis-top-cop-speaks-out-after-former-mpd-officer-is-accused-of-kidnapping-murdering-man/amp/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/2021/01/11/trump-last-days-marred-disregard-human-life-death-penalty-column/6602891002/

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/federal-death-penalty

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-government-has-executed-more-inmates-this-year-than-states-first-time/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_by_the_United_States_federal_government#:~:text=Capital%20punishment%20is%20a%20legal,court%20officer%20in%20certain%20cases.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-halts-execution-lisa-montgomery-only-woman-federal-death-row-n1253658

https://murdermurder.news/2021/01/11/an-eerily-rushed-execution-the-heartbreaking-story-of-lisa-montgomery/

https://murdermurder.news/2021/01/12/trump-to-end-his-presidency-with-3-death-row-executions/

https://murdermurder.news/2021/01/11/innocent-man-on-death-row-the-dustin-higgs-case/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/05/lisa-montgomery-death-row-execution-history

https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/federal-execution-date-set-for-former-richmond-gang-member-his-lawyers-say-hes-intellectually-disabled/article_8453f45e-273b-5ffa-8df4-53c3ae3c9691.html

https://www.amnestyusa.org/issues/death-penalty/death-penalty-facts/death-penalty-cost/#:~:text=Death%20penalty%20case%20costs%20were,incarceration%20(median%20cost%20%24740%2C000)

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