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Once again I have a few shows from MSNBC that you might be interested in flipping the channel over to see.

MSNBC Reports Anatomy of a Murder
THURSDAY, JULY 12th, 2007 , 10 PM, EST
Who killed Melva Niell, a quiet, respectable, sweet lady 82 years young? Police found her bed splattered with blood, a church newsletter and her favorite zucchini bread recipe scattered nearby. Then, in the bathtub, they found her tormented body and began a search for her killer. At first the evidence against prime suspect, Sterling Spann, a local teen, seemed overwhelming. In just 90 minutes a jury convicted him of murder and sentenced him to the electric chair. Justice was served.. or was it? When two more women were found murdered the same way while Sterling is in jail it looked like police got the wrong man. MSNBC's Anatomy of a Murder takes you along on this emotional race for justice, the search for a killer and one man's 20 year battle behind bars to clear his name and win his freedom. Is Sterling Spann a brutal killer or wrongfully accused? Who really killed Melva Niell? Watch this engaging documentary and judge for yourself.



To Catch a Predator: Flagler Beach
FRIDAY, JULY 13th, 2007, 11 PM EST
To Catch a Predator is coming to Flagler Beach, the serene, small spit of land on Florida's sunny east coast that attracts thousands of cheerful visitors every year. But some of those visitors aren't just coming to catch a tan by the shore; they've got their eyes set on underage teens for a sexual encounter, teens they've stalked on-line. But when these men take the giant step from chat room to living room their wildest fantasies will suddenly become their own worst nightmare. Get ready for an astonishing show as sex predators looking for young victims find instead an undercover camera crew, a dozen cops and NBC's Chris Hansen. MSNBC's To Catch a Predator: Flagler Beach 2.
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