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Defenses in texas, and then also the issue of bringing some ptsd into trials like this? >> 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 i...

>> im sorry, you had a theory? >> i think that adnan and jay did it in concert. jay, perhaps, he paid or engaged to do it. adnan is in her car in the afternoon. he is there in lincoln park where her bodys being buried at the time her bodys being buried. it is very difficult to extract him from this if hes there. >> the cell phone towers -- >> very interesting. for those who havent been following this carefully, no witnesses. >> no forensics. >> jays the witness. >> maybe an unreliable witness. >...

Negotiate with the taliban. >> ann, senators john mccain and lindsay graham have claimed that these are the hardest of the hard core prisoners and they will be hell bent on getting revenge on america. should this deal have been done in your estimation? >> it doesnt seem like a very good deal me. im basing it on what has been on the news on cnn, cbs, abc, daily beast, not only are these five of the worst terrorists to release, i do agree that obama just wanted to get rid of them and give them a t...

>> it doesnt seem like a very good deal me. im basing it on what has been on the news on cnn, cbs, abc, daily beast, not only are these five of the worst terrorists to release, i do agree that obama just wanted to get rid of them and give them a trial. and either acquit them and let them go or shoot them or put them in prison for a long time. but i think he just wanted to get rid of them and i dont think the deal at the other end looks good to get out an american who was accused by the members o...

Based on one hand on the religious obligation to carry out fat wa and on the other hand based on his knowing the victim. an iranian acquit of the murder. the iranian government attacks the claim saying, quote, the story is another nasty and cal lated attempt by mek riding on recent news wave about ambassador using all media as their bugle. its just mockery of professional journalism to consider all these nonsense as evidence for fair and objecti i reporting. >> white house jay carney wont say if...

Than she did. it sounds as though they tried to use that knowledge to talk her out of what she really knew. the problem here is the jury instructions were so confusing that if they had been clearer, this jury which was initially half to convict and half to acquit could have come back with a conviction. if the prosecution in closing arguments had walked the jurors clearly through the manslaughter charge and showed that it really wasnt that high of a level of proof, showed how the evidence did fit...

Representing stove. and my client is dpelt and i committed malpractice. thats what he did. >> it is a totally different situation. this individual waived his right to have had adversarial process play out. he turned it into a nonadversarial process. it is in fact thorough. and there is nothing wrong or unconstitutional with that and no groupeds for appeal. >> one thing i was surprised to learn. if there is one person that wants to acquit, he is acquitted and there is no thing as a hung jury. tha...

A special three-judge panel concluded that the states prisons are so overcrowd, theyre not giving inmates adequate medical or mental health care. governor jerry brown says the move is going to be unsafe. those arent the only prisoners getting a reprieve in california. some there in southern california are getting a get out of jail free card, but with a catch. heres more. >> the programs nickname, spit and acquit, hand over your dna in orange county, california, and the prosecutor may drop char...

Other than identification, anything other than lack oferpr. no doubt in my mind that its keeping people safer. >> reporter: the da tells me that on top of keeping his community safe, the spit and acquit program actually comes at a bargain. for each one of these, the defendants pay roughly about $75, that ends up paying for the bulk of the program. alisyn: will, thanks so much. jon: theres in new violence to tell you about in the middle east because police and palestinian protesters clash in jeru...

But theres questions hes got to answer about his decision to run for public office again and well ask him about that. coming up, another civil war in the republican party, and its the hawks versus the doves. i love this fight. rand paul the partys front runner, the intellectual debate over privacy is dangerous. hes picking a fight in the republican party. is the republican party, however, still the hawk party it was under "w"? im not so sure. plus, what are we to make of the zimmerman case. sh...