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Jon: the cleveland man accused of kidnapping three young women and holding them prisoner for years could get the ultimate punishment if convicted. prosecutors now say they might seek the death penalty for ariel castro for allegedly starving and beat withing one of his victims to force her to have several miscarriages. this means even more serious charges could be coming. >> i fully intend to seek charges for each and every act of sexual violence, rape, each day of kidnapping, every felon yous as...

Knew her secret she took her own life. now h planning a wrongful death lawsuit. fred tecce is a form prosecutor and joins us to provide a little more insight on this really, really horrible case here. we have a 15-year-old girl, you know, allegedly assaulted at this school party, allegedly raped by three 16-year-old football players at the school. her family claims the pictures were then posted online. there is now some dispute as to whether in fact that happened. eight days later this young, be...

The parents who have lost a child which is about the most unspeakable horror i can ever imagine, to make a statement like that i can understand why the parents reacted the way they did. as far as the wrongful death case is concerned, what it is is its a civil action, its a lawsuit aint basically says that what you did was the approximate cause or caused the death of my child. if the jury believes it then money damages will flow. thats what happens. heather: fred tecce thank you so much for joini...

Buying this womans testimony. >> rick, when youre sitting there defending this woman depends on your outlook on life, philosophy on life, are awe glass half-full or glass had empty. i will take the harder angle, glass half-full. jon: really? >> i got to make this interesting, right. >> good luck. >> the defense attorney may be saying maybe there is one or two. you dont know who is asking the question, how many jurors are asking the question. one or two before they dont give her the death penalty...

Are. you know what to identify. i like this system where the jurors are involved because you dont waste your time on certain issues and can focus on other issues. they have to take these questions through the whole try from the jurors. pick them apart and give the summation of a lifetime. put johnnie cochran to shame. that is how great this summation has to be. >> tell you right now, you, johnnie cochran and five other people come back from the dead, clarence darrow could not get this woman, i d...

Cant even think of that -- where something bad is happening that we are not make attention to because the north koreans are acting up so much. jenna: that seems to be the way, right something else pops up totally unexpected. the way of the world. jim its great to have your expertise on this as always. its good to have you back. >> take care, jenna. jon: more testimony expected today in the jodi arias murder trial from a domestic violence expert. arias is on trial for murdering her boy friend. sh...

Will be in the clear here? >> i think the judge will give him a little slap on the wrist. say, probably not even him specifically. it has come to my attention that there are things going on outside of the courthouse. i would remind everyone were all professionals and behave professionally, et cetera. jon, really this goes down to the mens room and ladies room. as lawyers a lot of time we share the bathrooms with the jurors. you really just need to be, youre not allowed to speak to the jurors at ...

Hostage takeover at the algerian gas plant linked to al qaeda in north africa. so what youre seeing is western, north american individuals now inside these events in north africa and now in syria, jenna. jenna: those are three profound bullet points if there ever were some to think about. the catherine, thanks very much as always. >> reporter: youre welcome. jon: well, the lead prosecutor in the jodi arias trial, juan martinez, is going after her but now he is coming under some fire himself. now...

Word speculation out there for no good reason. when martinez did this he undermines that. he undermines his credibility. only thing he has in the courtroom are control and credibility. i think this was a huge mistake for this guy. jon: does it threaten, does it threaten, arthur, the prospect of the prosecutions case in any way? >> no. i agree with everything that fred says. anybody who worked in a prosecutors office like i was blessed to have a father who is a mentor, will tell you, you know, yo...

So they actually put a reporter from a television network on the stand, fred, because she saw the prosecutor out in front of the courthouse, basically on the courthouse steps, posing for photos and signing autographs? >> you know, what john? i have to tell you may find this difficult to believe im a little bit of a smart aleck. so one of the most difficult for me to do in trial and check that leave it in my office. i tell my witnesses and my parties from the minute you leave my office until you ...