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Oct 2025
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The Alabama Murders - Part 3: A Peculiar...

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Colbert County. May 1989. One of the men charged with Elizabeth Sennett’s murder stands trial. But the prosecution’s case has  problematic inconsistencies. His fate comes down to the jury’s decision –– at least at first.


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