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Of the morning, they were approached with a new deal, a plea bargain, saying they would drop the first degree murder charge, the lying to federal investigators charge, if she would agree to plead guilty to second degree murder, so she did. before the judge, before cody johnson ffs family, her groom of eight days, she told the judge what she said was finally the truth. they got into an argument on that cliff. that she did not walk away during that argument. that she pulled and then she pushed him...

And a judge okayed it. now, the teen who had faced up to 20 years in jail, will not be going to jail at all. lets begin with cnns randi kaye. >> he got drunk then jumped behind the wheel of his pickup truck and plowed down four people in a drunken haze. so why isnt ethan couch behind bars? keep in mind, hes just 16. too young to legally drive with any alcohol in his system, and in this case, his blood alcohol measured .24. three times the legal limit in texas. eric boyles wife and daughter were ...

I think what is so sad and jane will agree, this kid now has no consequences for his action. its not only a disservice to the child. its a disservice to our comubts because were saying if you have enough money, you can get away with murder. there are no consequences to your actions. and that flies against everything that i believe in and the judicial system, and its not what the judicial system is supposed to stand for. >> you say this happens time and time again. >> the entire criminal justice ...

>> and heres why i disagree. for 25 weeks, i have been going through a healing process. and so when the verdict came out, i mean, my immediate reaction is, im back to week one. okay, we have accomplished nothing here. my healing process is out the window. >> how can you not grieve for this man who lost two people so, so close to him? what about, though, if were talking money and power and how oftentimes in our justice system, it prevails, what are grounds for an appeal? >> i have been, i think, ...

Schizophrenic, this did not impact on his work. but everyone who understands sign language here in south africa says he was making no sense at all. >> something is not adding up here. david mckenzie, thank you so much. sknloo coming up next hour, well talk live to a former secret service agent. were pushing this forward. how could someone with this mental illness get so close to these world leaders, i.e. barack obama, what kind of security checks could have been done, should have been done. that...

Whether or not the prosecutor spoke to the families of the victims. because thats something i typically did before offering a plea, because its very much about how the victims will feel. we just saw when we were talking about the affluezna case, how will the victims respond to whatever sentence is given? how will the victims respond to a plea deal? i suspect that the prosecutor spoke to the families and said, you know, what do you think about this? >> when i look at a case, i often look at how w...

Government, the prosecutors are watching cnn and other outlets that are covering it and have the courage to stand up and challenge the sentence and say, this is too lenient. this is an inappropriate, bor r borderline illegal sentence. i think it could be successful. >> i think these victims will not have died in vein. if we use this as an opportunity to examine the criminal justice system. there are groups who have case after case of people who have done nothing and been sentenced to decades for...

Never compromised. >> we would have seen other secret service agents jump in at a moments notice if something went awry. but youre saying it is on the host government, south africa, to vet. do you always 100% trust the host country to do so? >> well, again, we have to respect that the host government is going to select whos going to be onstage and such, but the secret service is going to work with them to find -- >> clearly, things were missed in this case, though. >> the host government were pr...

Didnt know what she was doing. this was self defense. her name is jordan. did jordan say, hang on. im sitting in this courtroom listening to this side of the story, i dont feel great about this. let me plead guilty. >> correct me if im wrong. i think the defense put on a case, and the prosecutor hadnt put on a rebuttal case. oftentimes what happens when theres a plea deal after trial, which again is very rare, that defendant is thinking, man, this evidence looks really good. this evidence looks ...