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Even if you are not the one behind the wheel? a new jersey court has ruled that anyone who knowingly texts a driver could be held liable if that driver crashes. is that fair? lets bring in our legal panel today, esther panich, fred tecce is a former federal prosecutor. all right, let me wrap my mind around the this, fred, if i can. this applies, this ruling comes out of a new jersey case. a couple was on a motorcycle -- its fairly well known case -- they were on a motorcycle. a teenage driver wh...

Two west memphis police officers during a routine traffic stop. >> the other one were in the ditch. >> these guys shot a police officer. jon: monica lindstrom, is a criminal defense attorney. fred tecce, a former federal prosecutor. talk about the case. the las vegas case in particular. it almost sounds like a comedy until you see that footage from memphis, for instance. thats awful. >> it extremely sad. not even close to being a comedy. this is so incredibly sad. the first thing i would do is l...

Police officers with 30 taped conversations. they were under surveillance by undercover. jon: the under cover officer is taping everything because they think, this is going to be part of the plot. >> having said that, this group, this, basically domestic terrorist group is very dangerous and they are a fringe part of society. they have got to be dealt with. that is very frightening. jon: they apparently wanted attention for their group. that is why they were supposedly going to kidnap these poli...

Their case is over. move on. im more worried about this organization they tried to join or alleged to be a member of. jon: lets hope more under cover officers with more videotape from inside of this organization. speaking of moving on, lets talk about the aaron hernandez case. he was in court yesterday. we heard some of the evidence against him, perhaps most, damning, fred, they have surveillance video that shows him in the car that rolled into that industrial park along with three other guys, w...

>> youre absolutely right. he is innocent until proven guilty, the day after that he goes to jail for a long time. remember arraignment, this guy is a bad guy. he is a scary guy. jon: we will continue to follow that case obviously. going to be in the news for quite a while to come. >> thanks for having me. jon: monica, fred, thanks very much. heather? heather: well, a crucial meeting at the u.n. this week. the security council discussing a suspected chemical weapons attack in syria but the u.s. ...

Now hes out of the race of the doesnt that have something to do with it? >> i think this is political. i think this case is totally politically motivated, whether or not he sued, what the states were, i think this is all something having to do with politics probably better dealt with in the political arena instead of in a civil lawsuit. >> you know what, they say politics makes strange bedfellows. the bottom line the sheriff, i think his actions were out of line and arguably defamtory. and he di...

Happened to her husband is not to call her mama, not to call her daddy. not to call rusty. not to call rustys daddy. it is to call her sexual a hasser. really? jon: ashley merchant is a criminal defense attorney. fred tecce, a former federal prosecutor. its an interesting case. basically was charged with lying in this case, with perjury. authorities originally wanted to bring charges against her in the murder case apparently fred, they just didnt have the evidence. >> no, no. jon: the prosecutor...

Mob hit or something, and i guess we can only speculate, and that probably doesnt do anybody any good until the cause of death is officially announced. but the fact is this guy was on the witness list and then was told, no, we dont need your testimony. >> i was a fellow prosecutor, but i wasnt a doctor. i can tell you people who testify against the mob suffer from lead poisoning and the other was a disease which means they had more holes in them than they were supposeed to. they dont know why th...

His business, basically stole his, extorted his liquor store out from under him so that whitey bulger could use it as a money laundering operation. >> right. and freds right. this could be some sour folks from his group that still have something against this guy and just want to send a message that if youre a rat, this is whats going to happen to you. i think it might be something where someone has something against whitey bulger and theyre trying to make it look like hes still in the business. ...

Option they could reach a deal that spares taxpayers the expense of another trial by taking the death sentence off the table. what is the most likely outcome in the pursuit of justice, fred tecce is a former presented ra federal prosecutor. and ashley is also with us. you said the judge should grant the defenses request, why? >> you have to think about the attorneys they have given their life over to the case for the last six months. their practices are probably in shambles, they have families t...