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Were athletes. one a martial arts fighter, one a personal trainer. big, fit, strong young guys. they ended up murdered in particularly gruesome fashion on a quiet deadend sweet. it is a suburb of boston. the particularly in this place, its a very strange thing to have happened. these are the three young men who died. they were found with their throat slit in three different rooms of a single apartment in this house. reportedly they were all found in the same position. their bodies all facing dow...

Unit monday afternoon. >> it does look like the assailants and the decedents did know each other. we have no evidence of a break in the apartment, and we have other that the decedents and the assailants were known to each other. >> 24 hours later state and local police were looking for clues and a motive. all the victims were reportedly covered in blood and marijuana. their names have still not been released. >> we now know the names of the three young men who were killed that day. in the nearly...

Attorney for trayvon martins family after george zimmerman was found not guilty last night. i want to remind folks when he says emmett till and medgar evers, not because they were african-american men who were killed but also whose killers had jury trials and were found not guilty. i want to preserve a sense that there is justice in the justice system because i dont know how to go on if i dont preserve that. is either the civil courts or the justice department coming down and potentially bringin...

Satisfying that burden with facts in evidence. >> it is not his job! not his job! >> the proof will be in the pudding. >> saying that if theres confusion, the defense wins, deadlock, because the prosecution has a burden of proof and except for the one i have. >> i think he made that very, very, very clear and he said, go back and talk about self defense first. if you have a reasonable doubt about self defense, we win. they have to disprove it beyond a reasonable doubt. i thought he did a great j...

>> yet, he came so much closer to satisfying that burden with facts and evidence. >> its not his burden. >> the proof will be in the pudding. >> he wanted to say that if theres any confusion, the defense wins a deadlock because the prosecution has the burden of proof. except for the one i have. >> i think he made that very, very, very clear. he said, go back and talk about self-defense first. if you have a reasonable doubt about self-defense, we win. they have to disprove it beyond a reasonable ...

Lies east of i-5, where the five clinics remain after that bill gets passed, will be none of your consistencies west of i-35, so i guess the lives of their families just dont matter to you. >> and sarah, when i listened to you, it sounded like sitting there all day listening to the senators had a real effect on what you wanted to say once you got up there. >> yeah, basically after 12 hours of hearing not only bad expert witnesses from the authors of the bill, but anti-choice testimony after anti...

Gaining favor with the jury. the question is, is it effective? sometimes yes, and sometimes no. >> a lot of times jurors will simply disregard family testimony, because they simply believe theres so much bias involved, that they -- thats not an unusual witness or a truthful witness. >> that hasnt stopped attorneys from trying. sometimes the person testifying helps. after sentencing one of the killers to death, several jurors from a horrific triple murder case in cheshire, connecticut said they w...

The 911 call. >> is that screaming or yelling, do you recognize that? >> yes. >> and who do you recognize that to be? >> trayvon benjamin martin. >> who do you know whose voice that was screaming in the background? >> yes, sir. >> and whose was that? >> my son, george. >> family members are often star witnesses, put on the stand for their sometimes emotional and personal insight in hopes of gaining favor with the jury. the question is, is it effective? sometimes yes, and sometimes no. >> a lot o...

Truthful witness. >> but that hasnt stopped attorneys from trying. sometimes the person testifying helps. after sentencing one of the k killers to death, several jurors from a horrific triple murder case from cheshire, connecticut said they were amazed by the strength of the husband and father in court. >> seeing him there, seeing his courage and seeing his strength after everything hes been through, that transferred to us. >> reporter: but it can be risky and back fire. after michael jackson wa...

Was on that phone call. >> maam, that screaming or yelling. do you recognize that? >> yes. >> and who do you recognize that to be, maam? >> trayvon benjamin martin. >> do you know whose voice that was screaming in the background? >> yes, sir. >> and whose voice was that? >> my son george. >> families are often star witnesses, put on the stand for their sometimes emotional and insight in hopes of gaining favor with the jury. the question is is it effective? sometimes yes and sometimes no. >> a lo...