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Do the right thing and move or euthanize him. either way, were all better off. im not making it up. theres so much in between those two lines thats so cruel. it just defies logic. it may be illegal. police are looking into this. well talk about what your rights are if youre a neighbor and if you have this kind of harassment and this kind of treatment from neighbors. albeit unanimous once. heres a tip, carol. youre not always as unanimous as you think you are. surprise. >> i think neighborhoods a...

Say premeditated murder. they say intentional murder. according to south african law, prosecutors can proceed on a number of theories. premeditated murder is life in prison -- >> does life mean life there? >> life means life. yes, yes, it does. >> a lot of countries life doesnt mean life. life means maybe you might get out in 15. that the case there? >> right. this is premeditated murder. life is life. when you look at this case, we now see the witness list, over 100 witnesses. they may not call...

And this is in addition to the lawyers are telling me, listen, tenuous pushing for a premeditated murder charge. but then you have a look at the witness list. more than 100 witnesses to be called and a number of lawyers say this is extraordinary. two of them have said to me, it looks like theyre clutching at straws. so, the question is, are they trying to bring all these witnesses to prove some sort of circumstantial evidence trying to paint pistorius as trigger happy rather than relying on the ...

We will read the death warrant and offer an opportunity to have any last words. most guys dont say a whole lot. after that, walk back into the control room and prepare to carry out the duties. we communicate with the commissioners room to ensure there are no last-minute stays and then we move forward. we start the process of administering the drugs. it takes approximately 20 to 25 minutes from administering the drugs, bringing the doctors into the room, having them perform an examination and the...

All of the sore details of the continual abuse that she had. >> the attorney described out in the hall, what do you guys think about -- i mean, you can -- >> we happen to have a forensic scientist here so we dont have to pretent to be one here. [ inaudible ] >> correct. mental illness has one meaning to psychiatrists who treat people and another meaning in forensics where it leads towards diminished responsibility, mitigation, exculpability. he doesnt have the kind of mental illness that takes a...

Run it in 20 seconds. i figured he could run it in 15. >> absolutely. but theres nothing that says that he had to run home. he could have ran back and punched zimmerman for all we know. >> it defeated the explanation that he was fearful and ran home. instead it led to the reasonable thought and bernie, i go back to you quickly. he instead was more aggressive and perhaps the aggressor. bernie? >> good point. everyone knows this. jim brought it up about three weeks ago. there were two witnesses to...

Run it in 20 seconds. i figured he could run it in 15. >> absolutely. but theres nothing that says that he had to run home. he could have ran back and punched zimmerman for all we know. >> it defeated the explanation that he was fearful and ran home. instead it led to the reasonable thought and bernie, i go back to you quickly. he instead was more aggressive and perhaps the aggressor. bernie? >> good point. everyone knows this. jim brought it up about three weeks ago. there were two witnesses to...

Circumstance. but the possibility of a manslaughter. they went ahead and -- you know, two days before this trial ended, they switched their theory of prosecution. remember that dummy illustration, that hypothetical where the prosecutor got on top of the dummy and pretended he was trayvon martin? never did you see the reverse where it was, in fact, trayvon martin on the bottom and george zimmerman on top, which is what the opening argument claimed, what all the first witness were about, to show t...

Was, in fact, trayvon martin who they were claiming was on the bottom being pummelled by george zimmerman. you never saw that hypothetical situation displayed when they had the actual dummies there. they surrendered it. the only time they showed what was going on is when, in fact, they had the george zimmerman being pummelled by the prosecutor representing trayvon martin. they surrendered it at that moment. that shows why they should have never -- because they knew from the start, they knew well...

They went ahead and -- you know, two days before this trial ended, they switched their theory of prosecution. remember that dummy illustration, that hypothetical where the prosecutor got on top of the dummy and pretended he was trayvon martin? never did you see the reverse where it was, in fact, trayvon martin on the bottom and george zimmerman on top, which is what the opening argument claimed, what all the first witnesses were about, to show that. the state knew that. they had the forensics fr...