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Said immediately after she shot daunte wright, im going to jail. to the extent she was emotional, we know she was emotional about the fear of going to jail, and i hope the jurors didnt discount the emotional testimony from daunte wrights mother, who we know was crying because her 20-year-old son was shot and killed in an unnecessary and in what should have been an avoidable situation. >> this is such a tragic set of circumstances, a life lost. i can only imagine what that family is going through...

Towards somebody for purportedly make a mistake and still meet the evidentiary burden of each element. and you mentioned second degree manslaughter, the idea of creating unreasonable risk and then acting in a way that does not essentially undermine it. youve been critical of the defense that potters team has actually put forth. whats your issue with their case? >> well, a couple of things. one, you know mistake is not a defense to the charges that have been brought by the prosecution, and two, t...

That jury deliberation room and that could mean a hung jury. >> now, as a defense attorney, of course, that is cause to think that there might be a seed of reasonable doubt, but this point here that omar mentioned, the idea of the jury wanting to take potters gun out of the evidence box, to hold it, remove the zip ties. this case has been about not whether or not she intended to kill this young man, 20-year-old daunte wright who was shot during the derek chauvin trial we might add but the idea o...

Shes a police officer who shot somebody. in order for you to understand kind of what the perspective is for her, she had to testify. and then in terms of maxwell, she would have been roasted on the witness stand if she had gotten up there. her lawyers made absolutely the right choice because in that case, the question is maxwell a predator or a victim, right? is she the girlfriend and the wing woman for that monster eps epstein? so is she mrs. monster, or is she just a victim too? so she absolut...

With that jury. thats why they call it jury duty. they got a really difficult job, and i really hope they are able to reach a decision. and laura, if theyre not, thats a decision too. it just means that a jury wasnt able to reach a verdict because this was a really close and a really difficult case. >> i wonder if the jury will agree with you that though those werent crocodile tears. the benefit of the doubt that is extended to police officers and the idea of the reason why theyre able to have t...

Youve got a big question for any defense team. the question they have normally is do you put your client on the stand? in these three trials between holmes and potter, they testified, maxwell had said she will not do so saying that the prosecution has not met their burden. theres no reason for her to do so, she said. is that the right call? to call them on the stand to have them there? >> yeah, all three made the right call, holmes had to testify to put her defense that she was being manipulated...

This case because heres a part of her cross examination. listen to this. >> you didnt make sure any officers knew what you had just done, right? >> no. >> you didnt run down the street and try to save daunte wrights life, did you? >> no. >> you were focused on what you had done because you had just killed somebody. >> im sorry it happened. im sorry. >> i mean, the prosecutor was able to point out her mistakes, but she also got very emotional and expressed remorse, the sorrow. and then is, again,...

And two, this whole emotional testimony that she gave, i think that the defense is hoping for what we know to be jury nullification where jurors say, yes, the facts are there. the law is there. theres enough there to find someone guilty, but we dont -- you know, we dont want to do it. we dont want to do it because maybe we feel sorry for her. maybe shes already expressed some remorse. jury nullification is a big issue in this case. then we heard the defense argue that daunte wright caused his ow...

Things that an officer, particularly one with 26 years of experience would be expected to do. i thought the prosecution had laid out a pretty effective case, at least for the second degree manslaughter, if not for the first degree, which is, you know, you talked about recklessness. but based on what were hearing, these jurors dont see it, at least some of them perhaps dont see it the way the prosecution thought they would. >> and of course we know that this is not a case where the prosecution is...

To reach a decision. and laura, if theyre not, thats a decision too. it just means that a jury wasnt able to reach a verdict because this was a really close and a really difficult case. >> i wonder if the jury will agree with you that though those werent crocodile tears. the benefit of the doubt that is extended to police officers and the idea of the reason why theyre able to have the weapons and the ability to arrest and stop is because there is an elevated expectation that they can rise to the...