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>> well, i can understand why she would say that. shes his defense attorney, and it is her job to represent him to the fullest extent possible. and zealously. but her point about it being a case doesnt necessarily resonate because the statute of limitations exists for a reason. it means you have that entire period of time to file charges. and in this case, its 12 years. so the fact that a different district attorney looked at this and saw additional evidence which wasnt available to the prior pr...

Charges. so he had no interest in filing charges. and im surprised at that because, as a prosecutor, and reviewing the facts of this case, i think its very clear that at the very least, there was probable cause. that is the lowest legal standard in our system. so the suggestion somehow that there wasnt enough probable cause to file charges when you have a police officer get out of his car and in two seconds, two seconds, don, shoot a 12-year-old, thats ludicrous. >> and he wasnt on the job for l...

Excess of a hundred. >> reporter: mr. district attorney, when will be the first court appearance and -- >> well, shes scheduled for a 48-hour hearing tomorrow morning but that is not a courtroom hearing. that is a paper review where a judge reviews to determine whether theres probable cause to continue to hold her. then a 72-hour hearing perhaps on wednesday. however, i will tell you that in coordination with the police department, my office is working quickly so those dates may be moved up. she...

Officer van dyke with first-degree murder, did the prosecutor evaluate the potential for violence on the streets, if you will? in other words, if it would have been second-degree murder charge or negligent homicide, something along those line, potentially the anger could have been much more sbebs given the graphic nature of the dash cam video. >> prosecutors arent supposed to take that into consideration. prosecutors are seeking justice, theyre seeking the truth, theyre seeking to really find ou...

>> reportedly, the current d.a. who is about to retire and herself will probably be elected judge on tuesday, is considering filing charges against cosby before she leaves office. pennsylvanias 12-year statute of limitations on felony sex crimes will run out in january. and thats the same month that either castor or steele will take office. so, heres the thing, dont be surprised if one of these two men who are right now arguing over who should have charged bill cosby is actually prosecuting cosb...

Something because he was the prosecutor. now hes trying to blame me for his mistakes and incompetence. kevin steele had the power to help victims of cosby but he sat on his hands. >> reportedly the current d.a., about to retire, and herself about to be elected a judge soon, will be filing charges against cosby. californias statute on felony sex crimes will run out in january. heres the thing. dont be surprised if one of these two men who are right now arguing over who should have charged bill ...

And white answer though it appears from the video that he -- the officer himself was subjectively escalating this encounter inappropriately and that led to these tragic results. >> lets turn to the investigation for a moment. particularly of her death. police are saying shes committed suicide. her familys questioning that and has ordered an independent autopsy. could the police be culpable even if it turns out that it was suicide? >> absolutely. heres why. so, keep in mind there are two separate...

Talk to her she did not want to listen. thats the different side of walker. >> walker is taken to the magistrates office located in the booking department to be formally charged with assault. >> i didnt do nothing. i didnt touch this woman. >> are you walker, iesha? >> can you answer my question? >> you know exactly who i am. >> yeah, bitch. >> all right, miss walker you are held without bail on the charge and brought to the judge for arraignment tomorrow morning. thank you. >> thank you, magist...

Here single a series of threatening tweets to the 12-year-old including this one. i pray your fam is next to be killed. she has since apologized but the damage was already done. the pearsons are filing charges. how did we get here? this is a 12-year-old. and he says im not worried about being politically correct. this grown woman posting statements that you know most people would feel are pretty threatening. >> and she did apologize. she also complained on her twitter saying the conservative soc...

Alone. leave her make her decision go over all the evidence and i had full confidence that this brilliant, young woman that lives only a few blocks from what i live and a tuskegee graduate a lovely young lady with high integrity, she would make the right decision and i had no clue it would come today, and at the end of our discussion this morning, wolf i said whatever she decides, because i believe in her integrity, her honesty, her pursuit of excellence she would make the right decision and wha...