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Black man running down the street, but we know when it came to mr. bryan, he could have testified. he didnt take the stand, which is why this didnt come out, but at the time that travis mcmichael stood over after he killed ahmaud arbery, he stood over his body and called him the n-word. that evidence didnt come in in the state case because mr. bryan never took the stand so he was never cross examined. however, if im the prosecution, clearly this is the type of evidence where theres an explicit r...

It did. fortunately, bryans attorney didnt think to get a deal in writing, otherwise i think we could have been looking at a due process violation and he likely would have been pled to something lesser and received probation instead of the accurate punishment that he should. but this is step one. there still needs to be accountable for the prosecutors who refused to take the action they should have taken. >> one of the prosecutors had been charged. the other one you mentioned, georgia district a...

I expect that counsel for bryan will step up and make an argument to separate his client from the ore two defendants arguing for sentencing on a more lenient basis. >> for those who watched the trial there was a lot of conversation of citizens arrest, part of the defense for the mens actions. the fact is there are still a lot of citizens arrest laws on the books in the country. do you think that this verdict makes it harder to use that defense in other cases? do we need a wholesale review of tho...

How you prosecute hate crimes when there are underlying crimes and important for this justice department to get it right on this case. >> danielle, theres been speculation up until the verdict that it could be split, maybe william bryan would be acquitted. he was not. do you think theres a chance the judge uses something to distinguish between the actions of the mcmichaels and bryan and do the defense attorneys have an opportunity for any significant input at this point? >> the defense counsel f...

One is now facing charges of misconduct. i want to have you listen to what david henderson said tonight. >> this verdict doesnt simply convict the men that were on trial, it also convicts the analysis that went into dismissing this case previously. if you look at the letter that you are holding, the legal analysis in that letter is deeply flawed. so you are forced to pick between one of two choices. either the lawyers or that bad analyzing georgia lie and applying it to a set of facts, or they w...

Accountable for trying to obstruct the case. >> ck, we have the audio ficked. i want you to finish your thought. >> i just have to say this. the conduct is reprehencible. she obstructed the investigation. gregory mcmichael said my son killed someone. what should we do? she instructed them to go home and wash. get washed, showered and then go to the police station. she also told two police officers to stand down and not arrest the mcmichaels or mr. bryan. there was no investigation at the scene o...

Level it was a well prosecuted case and the defense was not that good and that was quite different -- there was quite a contrast between that and the rittenhouse trial in that respect. >> chris, thats true. i think, to be frank, i think the prosecutions heart was not in the rittenhouses trial. the prosecutions heart was in this trial. i dont think everything was perfect but im not one to talk about dieting on thanksgiving either. ultimately, they did their jobs. and i think it reflects back on h...

Schedule and see how that works with my schedule up in chatham county and the schedule here in glen county. ill get back to everybody about some dates and see what works with respect to dates. that should give everybody an opportunity to put together whatever evidence may be shown in aggravation from the state or mitigation from the defense. hopefully well get to that in the next couple weeks. again, ill make sure counsel knows what those dates are. that addresses the open matter, then, before t...

With malice. they may have been concluding that, hey, because only one person fired the gun, thats the person were going to get with malice murder and everybody else they committed felonies and the resulting conduct was that somebody died. thats about all you need for felony murder. >> break down what happened with william bryan. he was found not guilty on three of the counts. >> yeah. im still playing catchup. he was the only one that had a path to acquittal because he never possessed a gun and...

Loom in the jurors minds? how difficult is this case for them? nine counts for each of these three defendants. 27, right? they have to deliberate on. travis and greg mcmichael, william roddie bryan. also remember this. no matter what happens in this trial, the men are facing federal charges as well including hate crimes. so double jeopardy doesnt apply, even if they are acquitted. that federal case may go forward. now, the counsel with us tonight represents bryan, who helped trap arbery with his...