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Right now for the attorney general nominee senator jeff sessions. lets go back to the senate judiciary committee. >> the alabama republican party vice chairman, even though youre from the same party. so, it seems to me that your history shows that you can make those kinds of judgment calls and do what the job demands. i already know the answer to this question because ive seen it in your record and because ive known and worked with you for a number of years, but i ask anyway. again, if you are c...

Panel, so it is going to be a strong indication that avoiding the panel altogether is the best way to go. but of course, you have to look at that judge. >> we will have you back. i have an update from the supreme court, because the big nine have handed down a major ruling on the capital punishment in this country. by 8 to 1, the high court struck down the sentencing protocol where the judges make the definitive end decision of what happens to the defendant in the death case. the jury makes a rec...

Are you terribly disappointed that it is not a death penalty resolution? >> a couple things. i am disappointed it wasnt death. i thought it was a death case. i thought if any case in my experience, in our states history, cried out for that ultimate sanction it was this ultimate crime. but having said, that im also a true supporter of the limitations placed on government and i want it to be difficult for the government to take the life of a citizen. i dont know about this difficult but i do appre...

Vote no. thats almost impossible to get. are these side deals a game-changer? does the existence of the secret deal that obama withheld the existence of from congress put enormous on pressure on congress to vote no until they find out what is in it. >> mark good to see you. >> thank megyn. >> abc news anchor george stephanopoulos stepped in it again. this time with republicans and race. plus, breaking news in the sandra bland death case. as you aautopsy results are released a enthey may not ne...

Cheating because it turns out the prosecutors knew exactly who john ropa was. >> the state had found the guy and it basically hid him from us. >> as the jury began deliberating, richardson told the judge what he discovered about the prosecutions conduct. >> deputy sheriff went to john ropa, and they brought him in, and they had him bring his jacket and his hat and they took it from him and put it in the trunk of one of the detectives cars. and they returned it to john ropa after tim hennis was o...

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A family who lost somebody? >> do it the same way the judges and juries and courts do it in every court throughout the country. what would the victim, death or catastrophic injury or even moderate injury, what would the victim have earned but for the fact over a work life? how much economic loss as a result of the accident. add to that in a death case, for example, additional, additional at least $1 million in pain and suffering minimum. add those two numbers together and in some of these cases,...

Attorney dennis riordan. >> i was immediately very reluctant to get involved in a death penalty case. prosecutors generally will not pursue the death penalty unless they feel the evidence of guilt is overwhelming, and i was stunned to find out that there was not, in my opinion, a single piece of credible evidence in the death case of this mans guilt. >> damien echols, jason baldwin and jessie misskelley, now known as the west memphis three, have all found supporters from all over the world, incl...

Death penalty case. prosecutors generally will not pursue the death penalty unless they feel the evidence of guilt is overwhelming, and i was stunned to find out that there was not, in my opinion, a single piece of credible evidence in the death case of this mans guilt. >> damien echols, jason baldwin and jessie misskelley, now known as the west memphis three, have all found supporters from all over the world, including celebrities like actor johnny depp and rock musician eddie vedder. do you kn...