LIVE: Karen Swift Murder Trial - TN v. David Swift - Opening Statements
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- čas přidán 27. 05. 2024
- David Swift is accused of murdering his wife, Karen Swift, in October 2011, after she was found dead in an old Tennessee cemetery. David was allegedly the last person to see her alive after she returned home from a Halloween party. When David was arrested, he had remarried and was living with another woman in Alabama. David has been charged with premeditated first-degree murder and could face life behind bars.
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Thank you Tennessee for allowing cameras in the courtroom. 💚💚💚
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57:29 actually starts
THANK YOU
Thank you
Thank you
Ty
You’re the REAL MVP!
What's wrong with these men? Just get a divorce and move on.
They are greedy. They don’t want to share assets.
It's not just Men that commit these despicable acts.
Women don't want nice loyal men anymore.
And men!
He’s a Classic Narcissist. They own their spouse
They need to fix the audio. The background buzzing sound and the speaking voices sound distant.
This is easily the worst defense opening I have ever heard.
Prosecutor wasn't much better. She was a great mom but out at a Halloween party but Dad is home with the young children. I'll make my final conclusion after closing statements
@user-rc8dk1eg9u my mind isn't made up either way but he was just hard to follow. Like you said state wasn't much better.
Yes, he just said "I'm not saying my client is innocent" in open court.
How does law&crime STILL not add chapters😭
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I don't get why they don't put the day # in the beginning of the title so I don't have to play every single video to find what I'm looking for. I don't typically watch in real time
@@bethlouden3333 that drives me WILD. They definitely are doing that on purpose and I hate it. I click on sooo many videos lol
OMG people! Let this be a cautionary tale to you! If you divorce someone, STAY that way! There's a reason why you divorced, & never forget that! 🙄😒
Most definitely..go forward not backwards!!!
Thank you for bringing the trial coverage to us🦋 we appreciate it
I’m just here until Karen Read trial resumes. 😏
Lol same lol
Me too.
Ditto 😂
There's a Playlist for this case on this site... it makes finding the segments so handy.
Thank you @Law and Crime Trials 🙌
Lol same
I wish Memphis would allow law and crime to cover the Tyre Nichols case.
I wish the microphones would pick up the voices a bit more
Hi from Yorkshire UK
Hello there!
Hello from the Deep South in 🇺🇸!
I was born in Harrogate - Hi From Queensland Australia 🙋🏼♀️ 🐸🌴🥭
Hi Yorkshire!
Hello across the pond , deep south here, too 🎉😂❤
Ladies, before you mess around on a guy who never deserved you in the first place, be aware that he might just be a nut burger.
Better to get far away from him!
Oh my. That was the worst opening statements Ive ever had the displeasure of suffering through. The states was disjointed enough, but pure gold next to the defense's....he might as well have said "just flip a coin...I don't know."
I disagree. I have never heard of this case, but the prosecution laid the opening out for a baby to understand.
Agree 💯
Yenetti's opening was stellar in Karen Read's case... if you want to see a "knock your socks off" opening... it is available by simply going to the Playlist section of this channel.
The defense attorney is not easy to listen to. Prosecutor much better.
😆😅😂😆
Sound is terrible
Ok immediately the defense Attorney goes to blaming the the victim. What year is this.
Pretty much blamed everyone in Dyer County.
The year is: Tennessee
@@Rae_777. I was born and raised in Tennessee and you are spot on.
😆😂😅😆
@Rae_777 😅that tickled the ish out of me😅
Listening to the defense attorney was so painful!!
This is intense
What time does court start
This defense attorney is terrible
@lisaschmidt3862. Sometimes they are court appointed and have heavy caseloads.
@@libbyworkman3459 David Swift probably made to much and had too many assets to qualify for a public defender because this guy is a hired defense attorney, Daniel Taylor.
@@libbyworkman3459if he was still working at tenaris he would not be using a court appointed lawyer.
Did I hear the def atty say David was picking up hay bales that weekend, but we’re to believe he couldn’t lift up his 120-lb wife? Oh. Okay. 🤦♀️
I'm already having a hard time listening to defense counsel. He has serious difficulty stringing a sentence together. This is going to be a rough trial 😭
not guilty 🎉🎉🎉
The part where the judge is like..I think we're on the same page..pmg yeah you best be on my page with me lmao
When court is late it is An inexcusable waste of taxpayer money.
@maxbang1813. Sometimes there are things going on that are important that relate to the case. As long as the judge knows what’s going on and sometimes it’s in the judges chambers.. most people hate to be kept waiting.
Is Thurston Howell III the judge?!😳😂
Hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂you’re right😂😂😂
Clearly 🤣🤭
😂😂😂😂
>luvey>😅he called his wife that, right?😅
Whew this opening was tough to get through.
The alleged victim? She was murdered
Victim blaming at its finest!
Why so long before bringing charges? Something doesn't seem right.
Once the trust has gone, its gone.!
There are many people in this County that are divided in regard to this case. As the trial goes on, things are going to come out on both sides that will raise eyebrows. Lots of twists and turns.
Ready to hear that he’s too smug plus laughing there
Seems like a tough case to prove
The first couple sentences in the prosecutions opening statements already screams not guilty. No evidence at all.
Circuit Clerk’s suit!! 🥰
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The defense opening already has me thinking the plan is to blame the victim.
Uhhh, isn't that pretty much SOP?..🤷🏻♀️
I just hope the second time around, the jury gets it right. Just think about it. Have they found the murderer yet? No!! There’s no one else. It’s him!! He murdered his wife Karen. How the first jury didn’t get it right, is very sad. He was abusive, controlling. And he killed her. Please second jury, get it right!!🤞
Does anyone know why it took so long to get to trial if this happened in 2011?
He was not indicted and arrested for over 10 years. Some say it was because they were collecting evidence...those of us from the town this happened in know there is a lot of behind the scenes shenanigans going on...various "important" people including local businessmen, politicians, law enforcement are involved in the case. Lots of shadiness.
Of course people of higher power were covering things up and wanted this to happen!! It’s a lot of crooked evil people!!
@@melisarichardson6819is the stuff about him stalking the second wife true?
@@MelissaK1989You don't pay attention to any of the testimony do you?
@melisarichardson6819 Wow! Thanks for that. If anyone would know it would definitely be someone from there!
Gday peeps from Australia 🇦🇺 this trial worth the watch or what? Need to find a new one now the Christopher Gregor one is finishing
Is the Defense opening statement going to contain EVERYTHING they’re going to present? This is excruciating.
Maybe I missed a part but she moved with her daughter when she had filed for divorce. When did she return to their home again?
He sounds like pillow man, too. 😮
if you sneak out and you do something inappropriate, well according to the defense it's ok to kill your spouse, hmm, what a defense🙄
Always the spouse....that tells you everything you need to know about marriage 😂😂😂
Has nothing to do with marriage, it’s human relationships in general.
They both cheated.😮
Karen was my cousin.
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I'm sorry for your loss 😢
not guilty 🎉🎉🎉
Throwing a murder victim's normal lifestyle under the bus is NEVER a winning tactic! Sickening defense opening !
Adult hot tub parties are normally ok, when you don't have small children... what about the Halloween party, didn't even take her kids, normal, no...
@@IWillNvr4GetParents of small children are still human beings that are allowed to do things without their kids sometimes. You’re all over the comments trying to trash the victim. Does going to a party while your kids are at home WITH THEIR DAD mean you’re a bad person that deserves to be murdered? You seem to have a touch of misogyny and are mad this woman didn’t stay home barefoot in the kitchen 24/7.
isi this going to be the whole tiral or just bits and pieces like ari thanks
I hope david swift didnt pay for his lawyer cause this man was terrible..
not guilty 🎉🎉🎉
58:00 Starts ?
I really like this defense attorney
Having marriage problems, moving doesn't solve them, they just go with you.
Yep. Wherever you go… there you are.
So true
The neighbor's last name was "Hogshooter" ?! Only in Tennessee...
F.Y.I. I lived in Tennessee for over 20 years. Loved it. Cheap,Wide open, Friendly, and not crowded in East Tennessee.
Just wanted to add this. Great, beautiful country.
well in blue states the blax shoot ppl, in tennessee law abiding citizens shoot hogs
I am watching the Prosecutions opening statement. It’s hard to bring these accusations where there’s no DNA evidence, CTV cameras etc
Starting this now even though verdict will be coming soon. My gut says he’s guilty but mind is open. (20 min later….) Already, defence is throwing shade on Karen. “Inappropriate conduct” ?? OMG 🙄
NOT GUILTY WAY TOO MUCH REASONABLE DOUBT
I see Mr Pillow Man 😮 -defense attorney- at the defense table 😮
His second ex wife looks just like karen
😂😂
I really like this judge too
$20 says one of the jurors eventually comes here. I know i would. Just wanted to say i think you guys nailed it. I personally think he most likely did it. But not beyond a reasonable doubt. There was no evidence to make it beyond a reasonable doubt. Theres no way my mind would ever rest easy if i had to convict him on a hunch rather than beyond a reasonable doubt.
The prosecution’s opening was a disaster. They straight up admit that they have 0 evidence that the defendant committed the crime and present a narrative that requires much more evidence than they say they have. The defense’s opening was far and away better.
I cringed when I heard no dna😮
@@IWillNvr4Get Coming from later in the trial, it is even worse. The prosecution’s narrative has no forensics to back it up at all. They say he killed her in the garage and then transported her body in her car, but they brought up no detectives or forensic laboratory technicians to say that he did either of those. The fact is, the police found no evidence of her killing in the garage or being transported in the trunk of her car because there was no evidence of that found in the first place. Given that the prosecution’s story is that he stomped her head in the garage, threw her body in the trunk, drove out to the dump site, placed her car and popped a tire, walked back home, and within 15 minutes the car was seen, that leaves basically no time to even clean the car properly and as we have seen in much older cases, even a deep clean with plenty of time will leave some sort of trace evidence behind. The fact is, the prosecution has no evidence that the defendant committed the crime, in fact, the complete lack of evidence seems to completely discredit the prosecution’s narrative.
@@IWillNvr4GetIt’s pretty much impossible to get useful DNA evidence in a case like this where the defendant and the victim are married and live together. Because both of their DNA is going to be in the house, in the garage, in the car, on each other’s clothes… they’re constantly in close proximity so the fact that his DNA is on her or her DNA is on him is meaningless.
And, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and.................................
He looks genuinely confused!
Why is he just being tried? Murder was in 2011?
This judge is too wish-washy.
Dear Mr. Swift,
You're done for. Not a great idea going with Lawyers R Us.
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Soooo basically the prosecution has zero evidence...just a story? SO he is a liar and not a very nice guy. If they convict this guy on literally no physical or circumstantial evidence, I would suggest those in TN think about moving.
Opening statements are not evidence. The trial begins with the first sworn in witness.
People have been convicted on circumstantial evidence in many trials. If the pieces of the puzzle fit, they fit. Period.
@@2bcYT coming here after the prosecution rested, they brought up zero physical evidence that he did this crime, all the witness they had were her friends who said they didn’t like the defendant.
@@admiral_franz_von_hipper5436 People are convicted over circumstantial evidence often. Do you expect a cctv of every murder before conviction?
TN le really couldn’t find ANY physical evidence?
the murder weapon is a foot 🤪
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I shouldn’t laugh at this comment, but it’s too hilarious not to 😂😂😂😂
Did the defense attorney actually graduate law school . He’s awful
Yah he is trying to blame her. Everything he says is irrelevant. His voice is like nails on a chalkboard. How does he sleep at night ugh
Divorces do not cost 2k. Unless she needed $ to get out maybe? Like start up money? They’re married though. She just needed to file. No judgment just curious. Getting weird vibes about this one. Tennessee!
I was divorced back in 2012 it did cost me more than 2k to get divorced it's because of custody that cost so much on attorney fees
This case is very upsetting.
My divorce cost me $7500 thanks to my ex’s shenanigans during the process. My ex was ordered to pay it all. 😂
That’s a totally normal INITIAL retainer deposit where I practice. It’s not the total cost, almost no divorce attorneys work flat rate. The attorney would ask for David to pay interim attorneys fees as the higher income spouse
@@carolinagirl740 it depends I costed me 1300 bc we had custody issues business joint LLC issues property together debt together. In VA it absolutely costed me but it was hella worth the money.
Neither the Defense attorney or the prosecutor are comparable to Perry Mason or Matlock that’s for dang sure!!!
Who tf cares what others think about the appropriateness of your life? As long as you arent hurting anyone live yo life
i really wanted to watch this trial after the Sarge Joe spoke about it. the opening statement put me to sleep. sorry Karen i mean no disrespect.
Haha you best be on my page lol
It's always the husband. It's always the husband!
If a woman is murdered, it's always the husband? That's... not true. At all.
karen was sleeping with kathy and her husband 🤷🏻
You seem to know a bit about this...?
@@MaggieMay757 well i’m from dyersburg where it happened her husband didn’t do it
Danggg...no kiddin'😮
I sure hope the state has more proof against the Defendant especially, after not finding any evidence, where they claim a brutal murder took place !! Keeping tabs on a wife, who's committed adultery, isn't out of the ordinary & it certainly isn't sufficient to prove he's guilty!! Another politician who's willing to do anything to win!!
Um, you have heard zero evidence at all, so you know absolutely nothing yet. Opening statements are not fact, nor are they evidence.
Um, putting a tracking device on anyone’s car is certainly not ordinary.
@@removedremoved6702 True, and it's not okay, either. Doesn't matter if she cheated.
Omg 😢
Stalking someone, even your wife, is never normal behavior. If he doesn’t trust his wife, the solution is to divorce her. Not call and text her every 5 minutes, track her car, and watch her through a fence.
People, people. Wearing the American flag on clothing is unlawful. Check the code 4 U.S. code s8. “ The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding , or drapery.”
“Apparel”……a pin is not clothing 🤦♀️
Not to mention; it’s hideous.
@@citrusbloom7504 it was a jacket
So being patriotic and proud of your country is now unlawful…if you’re going to make clownish statements make sure you’re wearing a big red button on your nose!!😂 f
@@sgurule1437 Her post stated "wearing the American flag on clothing". Sounded like she was complaining about an item 'on clothing'.