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Urgency went away and its really quite disappointing and quite tragic. >> sam, give us the cliffs note version anecdotedly of something youve seen in your reporting thus far that people who havent read your work would understand. >> oh, god, theres so much of it. public defenders, for instances are one of these things no one really knows about. public defenders play a huge role. public defenders are going without investigators are for their defense work. can you imagine a lawyer without an inves...

The client, establishing rapport so that he trusts her, so she can get the information that she needs from him, and so that ultimately he respects and listens to her legal advice. >> reporter: legal experts say a big strategy is too delay until the american public is not paying as much attention. and now want to bring in my own high powered legal team. alan dershowitz, a world renownrenown ed lit gay tor. im thankful to both of you. there are so many questions i have for you. let me start with...

Defendant here, the suspect, i guess hes a defendant now, has been given his miranda rights. >> this is truly something of an urban legend. people like to watch shows where a criminal goes free because he wasnt given miranda rights. thats extremely rare. i do criminal defense work. i can tell you, the most you can hope for in a miranda case is one or two statements will not make it into court. its rare the whole case falls out unless everything -- >> so its not the poison fruit thing? >> there i...

Guess hes a defendant now, has been given his miranda rights. >> this is truly something of an urban legend. people like to watch shows where a criminal goes free because he wasnt given miranda rights. thats extremely rare. i do criminal defense work. i can tell you, the most you can hope for in a miranda case is one or two statements will not make it into court. its rare the whole case falls out unless everything -- >> so its not the poison fruit thing? >> there is a poison fruit provision, sta...

Not everybody, but some. miranda rights. weve watched enough detective shows no know, police shows, they give miranda rights almost like blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. its done. why do you think thats an issue? now we just got the word as we went on the air tonight the defendant here, the suspect, i guess hes a defendant now, has been given his miranda rights. >> this is truly something of an urban legend. people like to watch shows where a criminal goes free because he wasnt given miranda rights...

From bellefonte, pennsylvania, thanks so much. joining me from boston, former prosecutor wendy murphy and the founder of the victim advocacy and research group. wendy, great to have you here. according to the national institutes for health, because i want more of the personality disorder and what theyre talking about as john reports will come up in court, so this disorder is a condition where people react in a very emotional or dramatic way that draws attention to themselves. in your attention, ...

over same-sex marriage is heating up this weekend. about an hour ago republican presidential candidate mitt romney defended that position on the issue during a commencement speech at liberty university of evangelical christian college in virginia. >> culture, what you believe, how you value, how you live matters. now, as fundamental as these principles are, they may become topics of democratic debate from time to time, so it is today with the enduring institution of marriage, marriage ...

Political cover purposes, she probably should have gone with the grand jury. im not offend that had she hasnt done so. it is not just probable cause here. if youre the prosecutor, you have to know that you can make more than probable cause and make the arrest. once you make that decision, youre on the line. so she needs to make sure, she wants to make sure she has more than probable cause but enough to get a conviction for whatever charge it will be. so making this decision was i think appropria...

Confrontation. we will talk about this right now. now benjamin crump, lawyer for the martin family, says new evidence provide bade teened by a teen age girl closes flaws in zimmermans defense. lets listen to that. >> he had no intention of getting back in his truck, doing what the police instructed him to do. he kept pursuing trayvon martin. how do we know? because this young lady connects the dots. she connects the dots. she completely blows zimmermans absurd self-defense claim out of the water...

Its been three weeks since the shooting of trayvon martin by george zimmerman. pressure is mounting for zimmerman to be arrested but a self-defense law in florida known as stand your ground, allows the person perceived threat to use deadly force without retreating from confrontation. we will talk about this right now. now benjamin crump, lawyer for the martin family, says new evidence provide bade teened by a teen age girl closes flaws in zimmermans defense. lets listen to that. >> he had no int...