Betty Broderick Juror

5 1989 and found the newlywed couple asleep in their bedroom.
Betty broderick juror. Broderick iii and his second wife linda broderick on november 5 1989. At a second trial on december 11 1991 she was convicted of two counts of second degree murder and later sentenced to 32 years to life in prison. In 1991 she was found guilty of the second degree murders of the couple and was. Prosecutors claim an angry and bitter betty killed the newlyweds in a jealous rage after she and dan s very public and brutal divorce in which he reportedly tried to leave her with nothing.
Betty snuck into dan s marston hills house on nov. Betty broderick smiles as the jury reads its verdict on dec. The case received extensive media attention and was extremely controversial. Following a second trial she was convicted on 11 december 1991 on two counts of second degree murder and subsequently sentenced to 32 years imprisonment.
When filming the courtroom scenes in dirty john much of the dialogue was lifted from the trial transcripts showrunner alexandra cunningham told the hollywood reporter. It took two trials the first ended in a hung jury to convict betty broderick of dan and linda s murder. But one juror who asked not to be identified said tuesday night. Betty broderick s first trial ended in a hung jury but according to an interview with oprah winfrey the troubled housewife was ultimately convicted of two second degree murders and could very.
Betty is still serving out her sentence in california. In court jurors did not disclose the details of the deadlock. Several books were written on the broderick case and a tv movie was televised in two parts. Macmillan san diego union tribune zuma betty broderick listening to the jury reading her verdict at her 1991 murder trial.
Elizabeth ann betty broderick was convicted of the 1989 murders of her ex husband daniel broderick and his wife linda colken. Standing in the dark over their bed betty fired her 38 caliber revolver five times in quick succession. The strategy worked and the jury convicted broderick of second degree murder for both deaths sending her to prison where she remains today. Three of the bullets hit the slumbering couple.
Broderick 1991 court tv. Her attorney jack earley reacts differently. Macmillan san diego union tribune.