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Oct 2025
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The Alabama Murders - Part 6: The Porter...

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Manhattan, NY December. 2022. What do you do, after the state has tried to execute you, but failed? Kenny Smith’s legal team calls Kate Porterfield. A psychologist who specializes in trauma.


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