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Illinois ill. he put ear plugs in to protect himself from the shots. where do you go with that? its hard for the defense to go anywhere. yes, he did plan and i think thats why he doesnt have a good insanity defense. but on the other hand juries are heb hes tanlt to put people to death when they think mental illness is part of the crime. i dont think anyone can look at the guy and say hes not mentally ill. he goes beyond the pale. hes clearly someone whos disturbed. do you want to put someone lik...

Fulsom statements which quickly led, by the way, to blagojevichs impeachment as governor. aen so you basically destroyed the guys-- >> sent him out of the job. >> destroyed his reputation, i have no love for rod blagojevich. >> paul: he isnt abraham lincoln in case theres any doubt. >> but this is the message and precisely the same method as kem points out that was pioneered by people eliot spitzer. you destroy their reputation and by the way, failed to obtain meaningful convictions. >> any mean...

Fulsom statements which quickly led, by the way, to blagojevichs impeachment as governor. aen so you basically destroyed the guys-- >> sent him out of the job. >> destroyed his reputation, i have no love for rod blagojevich. >> paul: he isnt abraham lincoln in case theres any doubt. >> but this is the message and precisely the same method as kem points out that was pioneered by people eliot spitzer. you destroy their reputation and by the way, failed to obtain meaningful convictions. >> any mean...

Intended to commit crimes or i intended to do any of these things and hell look the jurors in the eyes and say, are you really going to convict me because, if you convict me you convict the entire political system. that is called jury nullification, it doesnt matter what they do, if you like him you will be persuaded. you need one guy. >> they will not like him. juliet: thats what i was going to say, you have seen him in action and he gladhands and is focused on everybody who comes up to him and...

Memo. they address each of the claims that would be made and that is why this wouldnt have to go to a jury. even though they have some kind of immunity from liability in certain instances it doesnt matter. a jury would have engaged in jury nullification and given this young woman the money that she deserves for what happened to her and her two daughters. >> geraldo: carl, step dad, i return to your particular situation. it is one thing when the cops suspect you but why is your ex-wife terri keep...

>> it is right here in the memo. they address each of the claims that would be made and that is why this wouldnt have to go to a jury. even though they have some kind of immunity from liability in certain instances it doesnt matter. a jury would have engaged in jury nullification and given this young woman the money that she deserves for what happened to her and her two daughters. >> geraldo: carl, step dad, i return to your particular situation. it is one thing when the cops suspect you but why...

Memo. they address each of the claims that would be made and that is why this wouldnt have to go to a jury. even though they have some kind of immunity from liability in certain instances it doesnt matter. a jury would have engaged in jury nullification and given this young woman the money that she deserves for what happened to her and her two daughters. >> geraldo: carl, step dad, i return to your particular situation. it is one thing when the cops suspect you but why is your ex-wife terri keep...

Would simply give him amnesty for the killing of kate steinle. he killed kate steinle, entry person is innocent and proven guilty, there is an appearance person in america who doesnt think he didnt kill her. they found him guilty of a gun charge. their antigun, but not anti-murder is what it looks like. >> melissa: is it fair to characterize the jury that way? some say the prosecutors didnt do a good job, that the charges brought against them are wrong, the way they built their case, are you sur...

>> there are a host of my colleagues that are not just going to sit around and mope and cry because this president the overreaches. were going to respond, and were going to respond in the appropriations process. >> we do have standing to sue, under a theory of jury nullification, its very tough for the legislative branch to sue the executive branch. think about it this way, judge. the president has the power of veto. the framers gave him that. so once a bill passes, he doesnt have a send veto wh...

Send this mother of trayvon martin home with, you know, nothing they will say lets compromise and convict him on the lesser count not realizing he can do the same amount of prison time. >> its called jury nullification. youre asking the jurors to ignore the law. the ironic part usually its the defense attorneys asking, when i say usually 97.5% of the time defense attorneys are saying yes this is the law but youre justice, you do what you believe is right. here its the prosecutor saying that. whe...