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Said. most defense attorneys avoid putting their clients on the stand. i just think there is almost no chance he will take the witness stand. i dont see what he has to gain by it, and i think he has a lot to lose. >> in terms of the bigger issues this case raises, are we seeing much evidence of race being a factor as many people feared or is it really coming down to a test of floridas self-defense laws? >> well, criminal trials are really always about individual cases. they are not examinations ...

Society and the state of race relations in florida or anywhere else, but it is an unmistakable theme of the trial. the 911 calls where zimmerman keeps saying there is a black kid walking around. there are these black kids that look suspicious. no one will miss the implication that zimmerman had some problem with black people. so yes, this is not really a big case about the state of race relations, but race remains at the heart of this case, and, you know, i think it will only be more present as ...

Interpretation it remains the law of that state. >> i must tell you your interpretation of what this decision was as far as proposition 8 is concerned, the practical implication of the decision is different from all the legal so scholars that we have been hearing from that saying gay marriage will go into effect in california perhaps as early as a month from now. what i hear you saying is gay couples could not be allowed to get married in california. is that what youre saying? >> whats clear her...

Said before. the only thing the defense can impeach her on was to inconsistencies with her going to the hospital and about her age. her story has remained consist and we didnt see the defense touch that today. >> that is key and an honest evaluation there. lets talk about the inconsistency. we talked about it before. rachael lied under oath about her whereabouts. she said she was in the hospital. she was not in the hospital. when they asked her why she lied she said she didnt want to see the bod...

Benefits to married people. for example, married people can file joint tax returns. that saves them. married people can receive social securitys survival benefits. thats an advantage. under the defense of marriage act gay people who were married in the 12 states did not or could not receive those benefits. this decision changes all that. in those 12 states those people who are married to people of the same sex receive the same federal benefits that straight people do. what is an interesting impl...

Way. it gives the impression, it doesnt say this, but any sort of discrimination that puts gay people in one category and straight people in another is unconstitutional. thats the implication of his decision. the implication of his decision is that same-sex marriage has to come to the whole country. he didnt say that. that has not yet been -- thats the law of the land but certainly there will be test cases brought in short order which may yet establish it. >> going to be a lot of loose ends to t...

Court to be taking on. you do have to wonder what you have the court decisions set to come out, which ruling do you think will have the biggest political implication for people across the country. >> it really depends in these cases. they could do sweeping rulings like throw out affirmative action. they could say we dont think this is necessary anymore. they could throw out the 1969 voting act. youve got some places in this country who still have discriminatory voting practices. they have to pre...

Relationship. >> the implication is that the u.s. issue rescues will suffer. >> shepard: critics from the g.o.p. say the white house has not handled this well. >> the president says the u.s. has been in contact withthe counterparts in russia and china and with other countries that snowden might conceivably want to flee to they wont say if the president has reached out personally to talk to other leaders, but the head of the homeland security commission says the obama administration really hasnt ...

When they do make busts the implication the police saved the prostitute. >> jail may be the safety place they have ever been. >> john: jail is the safest place? i doubt that. >> more importantly, where sex work is legal there is little danger. here in nevada, for example. brooke says sex work is like any other sales job. >> we are entrepreneurs and independent contractors just like any other business. >> she works at the bunny ranch, one of 28 legal brothels in america. >> john: you are pimp. yo...

When they do make busts the implication the police saved the prostitute. >> jail may be the safety place they have ever been. >> john: jail is the safest place? i doubt that. >> more importantly, where sex work is legal there is little danger. here in nevada, for example. brooke says sex work is like any other sales job. >> we are entrepreneurs and independent contractors just like any other business. >> she works at the bunny ranch, one of 28 legal brothels in america. >> john: you are pimp. yo...