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Dalia Dippolito - Florida murder for hire retrial ends in deadlocked jury
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:38 am
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:38 am
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For the second time in five-years, a Florida jury was asked to decide the fate of Dalia Dippolito, who prosecutors charged with solicitation to commit first degree murder for attempting to hire a hitman to kill her then-husband back in 2009. However, unlike the jury in the first trial back in 2011, this time the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict and the judge was forced to declare a mistrial. The judge announced the jurors were evenly split: three voted guilty and three voted not guilty.
The murder-for-hire plot was featured on the television show “Cops,” and Dippolito was captured on camera offering $7,000 to an undercover officer posing as a hitman to have her husband killed.
Dippolito was convicted at her first trial in 2011 and sentenced to 20 years in prison for solicitation to commit first-degree murder with a firearm. However, an appeals court overturned her conviction in 2014 and granted her a new trial. She has been out of jail on bond since the first verdict was thrown out.
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Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:41 am to tigerpimpbot
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The murder-for-hire plot was featured on the television show “Cops,” and Dippolito was captured on camera offering $7,000 to an undercover officer posing as a hitman to have her husband killed.
I remember that one.
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However, an appeals court overturned her conviction in 2014 and granted her a new trial. She has been out of jail on bond since the first verdict was thrown out.
WTF?
How did they botch that one? Seemed like a slam dunk.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:43 am to upgrayedd
I saw a follow up story on this on dateline or a similar show where she claims that her husband was in on it the whole time and it was supposed to be just a way to make a name for themselves on TV. Seems pretty crazy.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:44 am to tigerpimpbot
What the actual frick??? That whore should be locked away for the rest of her life
There it is
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There it is
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:44 am to upgrayedd
They had to throw out the tape I believe
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:52 am to athenslife101
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They had to throw out the tape I believe
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During the retrial, prosecutors only called a few witnesses and mainly focused on secretly recorded audio and videos of Dippolito speaking to undercover cops and a confidential informant who played an important role in helping police obtain evidence that was used in the case.
In one key video, Dippolito was seen paying the confidential informant — who also happened to be her lover — $1,200 that prosecutors argued was meant as a down payment to help finance the hit. In another video, Dippolito was recorded allegedly discussing the hit with an undercover cop posing as a hitman.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 12:03 pm to tigerpimpbot
This is so absurd.
Americans are so stupid and it correlates to terrible jury decisions.
Americans are so stupid and it correlates to terrible jury decisions.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 12:34 pm to TheCaterpillar
She's guilty. But the husband is your prototypical meathead. Within days of the first trial I saw him in the Boca Hooters mashing on the 20 yr old waitresses.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 1:00 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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But the husband is your prototypical meathead. Within days of the first trial I saw him in the Boca Hooters mashing on the 20 yr old waitresses.
Not surprised one bit by that info.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 1:01 pm to tigerpimpbot
In case anyone else was wondering.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 1:02 pm to tigerpimpbot
Wow!! This was going on when I lived down in South Florida.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 1:11 pm to upgrayedd
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How did they botch that one? Seemed like a slam dunk.
Still cant figure this one out. Should have been a slam dunk case.
ETA: She has said repeatedly that she was "acting" for a reality tv show. So was the husband in on this supposed tv show? Seems like the answer here is no. If he said shes crazy and making this up then why are they not back to square 1 in assuming she is trying to plan a hit?
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Posted on 12/14/16 at 1:12 pm to tigerpimpbot
The jury system is failing in our country.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 1:18 pm to PearlJam
Was it murder for hire or attempted murder for hire? I mean was the guy actually killed or she just tried to kill him? If she spent time in jail and the guy is still alive, I don't have a huge deal with this frankly. She is an idiot and clearly wanted the guy dead.
Speaking of, why did she want him dead and not leave or divorce him? Life insurance?
Speaking of, why did she want him dead and not leave or divorce him? Life insurance?
Posted on 12/14/16 at 1:31 pm to Morecowbell
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In case anyone else was wondering.
I was, actually.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 1:35 pm to 4WHLN
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So was the husband in on this supposed tv show?
This is what she claims. If her claim is true than this is a boss way to get out of a marriage.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 1:52 pm to bigberg2000
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So was the husband in on this supposed tv show?
This is what she claims. If her claim is true than this is a boss way to get out of a marriage.
That was the defense at the first trial and she got 20 years in a 45 minute deliberation.
Her new attorneys argued that the cops that set up the video did so just so they could get it to go viral and use it on the Cops TV show. They failed to follow police protocols in setting up the sting and they failed to tape all of the interactions she had with the UC informant.
She's guilty as hell, but the cops were probably a bit overzealous. I think one of the cops had a bad disciplinary history as well. State attorney said they are absolutely going for trial #3 so they will get going again in a few months.
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