in texas, killed four people while driving drunk in 2013. this is when he was 16. you ll remember, he was sentenced to probation, not jail, after a defense psychologist testified he was essentially spoiled so rotten and this was through no fault of his own. well, ethan remains in a government lockup in mexico. he s fighting extradition. that brings me to my lawyer, cnn legal analyst joey jackson and danny sev valess. how was it that this mom was returned back but ethan stayed in mexico? it may be a simple an issue as perhaps paperwork not getting to the right office in enough time. tonya couch stands in a slightly different position than does ethan. ethan is actually considered a fugiti fugitive. tonya couch at the time had not yet been charged with any crime. she will of course now be charged with a third degree felony in texas of harboring a
mapped out, including getting the guck from a grandfather. one was going to rape her and stab her, pay a third child to be quiet. this was the planning of criminals. i hate to say it but they were planning a horrible criminal act. mercedes, this is one of the reasons, we assume, why it wasn t just the state psychiatrist but the defense psychologist said, these children present a danger to the community. how rare is that? very rare they do that. but certainly you have to look at what were the circumstances under which they had this type of analysis. when i worked in the d.a. s office and we worked with children, a lot of what is presented to the children are imbedded within the question. so those are responses you have to this how are the questions
concerned about. one that leads to a cascading series of very negative events. shepard: feels like it s all teetering out there sometimes. it does. jodi arias murder trial, and today the defense called a domestic violence expert to the stand. he testimony could support the defendant s claim she was in an abusive relationship before prosecutors say she shot her ex-boyfriend, stabbed him and slit his throat. she testified it was in self-defense but she cooperate remember the stabbing and throat slitting. and yesterday jodi arias had a strong reaction to questioning. watch what helps when he asked the defense psychologist if jodi airash lashed out out her mother. the times they were together, they were sitting down for dinner, and isn t it true that the defendant got mad and kicked sandy for no reason? objection.
meredith kircher claims the judges should never have released amanda knox and her boyfriend arguing the aquintle was defective. jody diarias murder trial took another turn for the bizarre today. at one point the prosecutor asked the defense psychologist if he he had feelings for the defendant. the woman on trial for stabbing her ex-boyfriend 27 times shooting him and soliciting his throat. feelings for her? that psychologist had testified that based on his findings jody dia.o. arias tried to avoid thoughts and feelings and said that was one of the reasons why he diagnosed her with prost traumatic stress disorder. the prosecutor pointed out that the defendant had agreed to not one but two television interviews which aired on 48 hours. wait until you hear how that argument unfolded. isn t it true that she discussed feelings, conversations associated with the trauma in the 48 hours interview? yes. so, again, that speaks against what the number one, doesn t it? i m sorry, i don t
those two cases before the supreme court. meantime, join us in a moment. we ll talk about another legal case that has gripped the nation. we re talking about the jodi arias trial. it keeps going and going and going. and testimony from a defense psychologist this week has left some unanswered questions. we ll talk to both paul and or other legal expert after this. [ female announcer ] nothing gets you going quite like the power of quaker oats. today is going to be epic. quaker up.