New Jersey State Trial of Melanie McGuire for First Degree Murder

Melanie McGuire was charged with first-degree murder in the death of her husband, Bill. A FedEx package arrived during a grand jury hearing and contained items believed to have been part of an assassination plot. FBI forensic linguist James Fitzgerald determined that Melanie's handwriting shared stylistic commonalities with letters sent by anonymous letter writer. She hired hotshot Madison Avenue lawyer Joseph Tackapena described as "Donald Trump of the New York Defense Bar"