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LIVE: Can The Jury Trust Juliana? FBI Agent Coffindaffer On The Banfield Star Witness
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The entire case against Brendan Banfield rests on one witness — and we're going LIVE with retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer to examine whether the jury should believe a word she says. Juliana Peres Magalhaes was arrested for murder. She sat in jail for a year. She told police the same story Brendan did. Then she flipped, took a plea deal for manslaughter with time served, and agreed to testify against him. She gets to go home to Brazil. Her sentencing happens after Banfield's trial to make sure she cooperates.
From jail, she wrote to her mother that she was "heartbroken for doing this to Brendan" and that she loved him — but she wanted to come home. Coffindaffer has spent her FBI career evaluating cooperating witnesses. She knows how to tell when someone is finally telling the truth versus saying whatever gets them out of a cell. Join us live as she breaks down Juliana's credibility, the corroborating evidence prosecutors need, and how the defense will attack her on cross. We're taking your questions and comments. The prosecution says Juliana was reluctant and pressured. The defense says she's a liar buying her freedom. Coffindaffer will tell you what to watch for when she takes the stand.
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