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Testimony, hundreds of exhibits, more than 260 days isolated in a hotel, jurors are finally sent to determine o.j. simpsons fate. >> thanks for joining us on a day that many of you probably thought would never arrive. >> and everybody had an opinion. >> i think its going to be a conviction. >> i would say probably a hung jury. >> i believe absolutely theres sufficient evidence to acquit. >> why were you so confident he was going to be found guilty? >> i just couldnt possibly

Police charged officer kendrick with voluntary manslaughter two years ago in charlotte. they say he shot jonathan farrell ten times. he was seen on dashcam video running up to police, then running out of view on the camera. police say he was in a car accident that same night and was looking for help. carrick testified that he repeatedly firedfarrell kept charging at him. how hard would it have been a get a conviction in a second trial? >> according to the prosecutors, rev, they said that the det...

Do not belief that they enpaneled another jury that that jury would come back with a conviction. >> the count was like 8-4? >> it was 8-4, 8 voted to acquit. they spoke with those jurors, the eight that voted to acquit, and had a discussion with them about the case and the evidence. and then they made the decision going forward that, if they were to retry the case, they do not believe they could get a guilty verdict. going in, they knew this case would be a challenge. this took two grand jurors ...

Have to be approve by the feds. another nfl player facing domestic violence allegations. former chicago bears defensive end ray mcdonald free on bail after allegedly assaulting a woman, apparently his former fiancee, who was holding their baby. mcdonalds attorneys said there was no physical contact between the two the bears released mcdonald saying quote, he was not able to meet the standard. i iranian-american journalist goes on trial charged with espionage and other crimes. "the washington p...

>> reasonable excuse for those crimes. >> reporter: with those words a cleveland judge acquits police officer michael brelow touches off a round of protests where 71 people are arrested. and sparks concerns over what may happen next. >> my concern is there is a spike in violence. that there is a group that steals the discussion and it bends into violence and not a civil discussion about proper engagement between the police and community. >> reporter: he was found not guilty in the deaths of timo...

But thats not why he decided to acquit. >> right. >> he focused on the cause of death. take a listen to the judge. >> the state did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he caused the death because it was not proved for both counts. i therefore find the defendant not guilty of counts 1 and 2 as indicted. >> basically, david, the judge is saying the victims were shot so many times we cant tell who killed them so i cannot legally find brelo guilty of killing them. >> not only that, in a crimina...

Did not establish to him, was the cause of the death and that was not the straw that broke the camels back and therefore he opted to acquit. >> im hearing you walter and i have avery with your audible noises as to the judges finder of fact i want to get your comments on that in a moment. but first, just moments ago, brelos attorney spoke outside the courtroom. patrick dangelo this is what he had to say. >> having said that, i would like to state that it was my privilege to have represented offic...

Important. and quoting justice felix frankfurter, he said justice must match the perception of justice for the people. what you see, people do not perceive that theyre receiving justice. so much so that our governor has signed executive order developing a commission to bridge the gap between african-americans and law enforcement. and its necessary because we just dont perceive that were getting the benefit of the doubt or a full justice. now you take this situation. what people dont understand a...

Motive. that is not something they have to bring evidence for. >> we at the top of this hour, we were getting the final resolution of the jodi arias case. this is about the most brutal killing i had seen and yet going to prison for life without parole because the jury couldnt decide on the death penalty. it takes a couple of questions to leave a juror hung up or acquit somebody. >> the defense raises self defense motive comes in to play because they have to disprove the self defense. normally th...

>> well, i think, lawrence, in the cake of the now famous john hinckley acquittal 25, 30 years ago, really those chickens are still coming home to roost in courtrooms across america, certainly across the great state of texas. it is exceedingly difficult in the wake of what happened with hinckley for any criminal defense attorney to successfully advance an insanity defense. we have a narrow statute. the test is difficult. when we look back over the last decade or so here in texas, the only real h...