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This week we heard for the first time casey anthony may have been abused by her parents. is the defense going to blame the murder of her 2-year-old turned 3 during the investigation caylee on her grandparents? >> i dont know if they are going to do the murder of it they are clear in court they are going to use it in the guilt phase as well. your thoughts? >> during questioning this week they were gauging the jurys reaction to possibly bringing that in as a mitigating factor. its not the first ...

Were joined by former faa chief of staff michael goldberg. thank you for being with us. this has gone from the sublime to the ridiculous with one mitigating factor in between, when we heard transport secretary ray lahood say in some cases these air traffic controllers get off work and have to be back on the next shift within eight hours. that seemed short. what is going on out there? >> i think we need dr. sanjay gupta to do a medical evaluation. the controllers are exhibiting all the symptoms o...

Terms of the death penalty. if anyone can prove an insanity defense, it would be this dream team attorney. >> if he is proven insane, if they go for that, does he avoid jail time? >> he does not automatically avoid jail time. you know, he would, perhaps be placed, if found guilty and convicted placed in a mental institution. if he is still found guilty and not legally insane at the time it happened, it could affect his sentence. he could be not given the death penalty and life in prison. its a m...

Jury in that area, i can assume theyre going move for a new venue? >> i think there is almost no doubt. i think there is a chance trial try somewhere outside of the tucson area. i think also, too, the prosecution youve got to think there is such a powerful case here, why would we want to subject a verdict to being challenged on this issue so youre taking a potential argument that could be made down the road away from the defendant by saying lets transfer this trial to a story city which isnt as ...

Appeals ross agreed to accept that sentence and forego further litigation the judge intervened and diagnosed ross with sexual sad disism. >> he should never had been convicted or if convicted he should have been sentenced to death because sexual sadish is clearly a mitigating factor. can you cite any authority in which sexual sadism has been defined as a mitigating factor? >> no. >> sean: oath calls on judges to administer faithfully and impartially. did the judge have an ax to grind? documents ...

Death row and several failed appeals ross agreed to accept that sentence and forego further litigation the judge intervened and diagnosed ross with sexual sad disism. >> he should never had been convicted or if convicted he should have been sentenced to death because sexual sadish is clearly a mitigating factor. can you cite any authority in which sexual sadism has been defined as a mitigating factor? >> no. >> sean: oath calls on judges to administer faithfully and impartially. did the judge ha...

>> is that a computer-generated thing? >> some people suspect this youtube hit has been doctored in some way. looks good to me. is that good enough for you, mika? >> he is too close to the edge of the table! oh! all right. coming up -- >> that is a mitigating factor. good job, willie. >> thank you, once again, bringing to us the hard-hitting world cup news that other networks are afraid to show. >> next up is jim cramer. speaking of billions, warren buffett teams up with the gates to push bill...

I then end up with a second man, who is a deputy. >> thats a portion of the "times" interview. i spoke to maggie haberman about what the president told her about james comey. >> he was very clear that he believes that mueller has a number of conflicts of interest, one of which trump aides talked about for quite some time, which was that they say bob mueller interviewed for interim fbi director the say before he was appointed special counsel. they consider that to be a mitigating factor, to put i...

Fbi director james comey. >> he was very clear that he believes that mueller has a number of conflicts of interest, one of which is something that trumps aides have talked about for quite some time, although im not sure they have on the record, which is that they say that bob mueller interviewed for interim fbi director the day before he was appointed special counsel. they consider that to be a mitigating factor, to put it mildly. the president refused to say, despite us asking him repeatedly wh...

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