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To it as well. you need to have overwhelming evidence for this defense to succeed. it usually cannot just be on the words of the defendant. if it is only her words and nothing else corroborating that. 27 stab wounds. throat cut end to end. and a bullet wound to the head. that is a high -- that a s very high hurdle. >> geraldo: take it a different direction. the 27 stab wounds, the slit throat, the gunshot, doesnt that indicate a woman totally without of control, a woman who was insane? >> but th...

>> even the parents didnt believe them. >> the cops, the university. >> parents. >> and one of the most searing moments, unlike most cases of sexual assault, there was a corroborating eyewitness to one of these assaults and i think that is part of what is so nauseating here. this idea that there was, the institution, people who had very strong reasons to believe this was going on. >> this is just the tip of the iceberg because going forward, there are still others who are going to come forward. ...

The "today" show about how they weighed the testimony. >> we were focused on the facts and determining credibility. >> you heard eight victims back to back. did any one stand out or was there a collective sense of the stories being the same that really sent you in the direction towards conviction? >> yeah, i would say both. i think there were a couple that i felt very credible. its hard to judge character on the stand because we dont know these kids but most were you know, very credible. i would...

stories. hello everyone. im don lemon. youre in the cnn newsroom. were going to get you up to speed on todays headlines. former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky is under suicide watch this hour in pennsylvanias center county jail. sandusky will be sentenced in about 90 days. he had no reaction and kept a blank expression after last nights conviction on 45 counts of child sex abuse. a full update on todays developments just minutes away. and this is just in to cnn to...

forcing colorado residents from their homes. fire crews are warning of extreme fire conditions and the potential for the hyde park fire to rapidly grow. the number of acres burned has just jumped to 75,000. in utah, fast-moving flames and falling ash surrounded homes. cnn affiliate ktvx reports families barely made it out alive. and flood waters are swamping a town in minnesota. people are finally getting a look at the scope of the damage. roads and bridges are washed out and the flo...

this all adds up to the most detailed account yet of zimmermans side of the story. >> when i got to right about here, he yelled from behind me, to the side of me. he said, "yo, you got a problem?" >> i said, hey, man, i dont have a problem. and he says, now you have a problem, and he punched me in the nose. at that point, i fell down. he ended up on top of me, and he just kept punching my face and my head. and i was screaming for help. he put his hand on his nose -- on my nose, and the...

Collaboration, tayloring -- tailoring of testimony and the existence of the civil suit does not damage the testimony at all. >>shepard: we know that authorities at penn state and with the ncaa and with college boards are waiting in this is over before the sandusky trial is over above they decide what to do about penn state and their institutional control. >>judge napolitano: they will pay out a lot of money right away for humanitarian reasons. they do not want the kids to testify. it will do it ...

You note all of the graphic and horrific -- but there is one problem. it is not corroborated. where is the janitor who saw this? he didnt testify. where is the underwear? no underwear? are is the child victim? the mother? at some level you have to give a jury credit. we saw it in the john edwards case, they said, wait, he didnt get the money. dont be surprised if you have one on the jury thinking the same thing. horrific allegations in -- well i need evidence. >>shepard: the subpoena was just is...

>> not necessarily a personal vendetta he would have to prove that the commissioner actually knew these statements were false which is going to be tough to prove considering the fact, the following things. he had nfl security conduct, from what i understand an extensive investigation that showed that this, you know, payment for injury, this bounty, did actually occur. there are you know, corroborating evidence from several other sources that havent been released publicly yet which is part of the...

>> at his house when david woods and tony french were discussing the details of how they were going to carry out this murder. >> several times. hes the one that introduced them. everything he was telling us was accurate. we can prove that through corroborating witnesses, statements, evidence from the scene. >> why kill her in the garage? >> tony insisted upon it. he told david that i do not want you to kill her in the house because im going to get that house back. when shes dead, want that house...