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Just sitting in that courtroom, it almost felt like the jury and jodi arias were having a one on one conversation even though the judge was asking the questions and they had been submitted anonymously, it was so strange because they were almost spending time with her answering the questions and some of the experts have said the more time she is on the stand the more they get to know her and talk to her personally like that, the less likely to give her the death penalty. >> thats what the defense...

Death penalty. >> thats what the defense is hoping. randi, appreciate it. joining me now, nancy grace, jeffrey toobin and mark geragos. coauthor of "mistrial, an inside look at how the criminal justice system works and sometimes doesnt." nancy, what do you make of the questions that the jurors themselves were asking today of arias? >> anderson, ive got to tell you that i was frankly very concerned when i realized the judge was not going to allow recross-examination which is, you know, discretion...

Sides are shaking in their boots right now because the number one rule on questioning a witness is do not ask the question you dont know the answer to. ive done it a couple of times and had an 80% failure rate with the questions and so thats exactly whats happening right now. they dont know the answer to these questions and a very good one was, im going to throw this one at you, anderson. they just asked a couple of hours ago, if you didnt like the sex fantasy that travis came up with of tying y...

And whats concerning me along with barbara is, there is no evidence of battered woman syndrome in this case at all except for a few incidents that shes been caught in lies about. so, if she is faking this defense, that hurts all battered women because when they go to trial, people are going to go, hey, you remember jodi arias? that was a sack of lies and hurt them. >> i hate to agree with nancy, but shes right. there is a -- i can hear prosecutors all over this country in the future mocking defe...

Defense. >> the other thing thats interesting is that -- >> did you hear -- you have to focus on the questions. >> frustrated by the limits of the rules of evidence. you know, they want to know the context. one of the questions i thought was so interesting from the jurors, describe, jodi, your relationship with your parents. now, thats a question that if you were sort of writing a short story or a journalistic account of her life, i dont really know why its admissible evidence and why the judge ...

>> and i only play an ophthalmologist on tv maybe someone can tweet to nancy -- >> i put on the glasses to include me in the smart category of people that wear glasses. >> brainy. >> we have a digital dashboard question for you. barbara asked, says i think they have lost sight of what the trial is about. didnt jodi arias kill travis? it is insulting for her to use that as a defense. where is there any proof of that? has there been any proof of that? of an abusive relationship. >> well, im very s...