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Buckle freddie gray into the back of that transport van. he was handcuffed. placed face down on the floor of that van, moved around, eventually suffered a fatal injury to his spinal cord, almost severed his spine because his head hit the inside buckle on the back of the door. he was in distress. there were stops made by the van, but no assistance given to freddie gray. did not respond to his pleas for help, in which he said he couldnt breathe. and that porter failed to help freddie gray and turn...

Sister. very powerful. in court she reminded the judge that since his death, both she and her sister have each had children children that odin lloyd will never know and she said i now have to go to his grave and look at his tomb stone to tell him i love him. joining me is cnn correspondent jean casarez, whos been following up on this case and jean whats fascinating is the defense tried to make it seem as if aaron hernandez was simply along for the ride he had no role in this but it seems the jur...

S. the prosecutor felt there was enough there to test that doctor and bring it to trial shoes there is a possibly of conviction. >> sticking with you for a moment, if he were 21, would it be different? 17 year old is virtually a man. >> i think that is what it is it. the prosecutor said there is a possibility. it is an exchange student. hes here as a student and still in high school, i dont want to say a sympathy factor coming in to play, but enough for the prosecutor to say, i am not so comfort...

Thoughts, but as the judge has validated, we dont put people in jail for their thoughts. we are not the thought police. >> i want to bring in ashleigh banfield, anchor of cnns legal view. this guy was convicted because jurors believed the prosecution argument that it was more than just these incredibly bizarre strange, disturbing thoughts. >> those are euphemisms for creepy, awful, sickening. >> the jury and the judge, the jury thought one thing. this appeals judge, thinks another. >> you are al...

Presence of the jury, the lawyers argue about the specific language of the jury instructions. im not going to say it is routine but it is usually fairly low key. fireworks once again. largely that centered around whether a child abuse instruction should be given to the jury. an instruction that since trayvon martin was 17 years old at the time of his death legally a child, there should be an additional charge given to the jury about child abuse and the defense blew up over this. they said this i...

Expertise and more importantly this case. i think its the fault of both lawyers. >> so lisa, is this a sign this has run out of gas, that all of the big witnesses weve heard from, weve seen, and that this should be moving rightfully so to closing arguments? >> you know, probably. what you see with expert witnesses is both sides arguing their entire case through the witness. so weve seen both attorneys now down on the dummy demonstrating the fight. interestingly, theyve both demonstrated with tra...

Violent confrontation, i wasnt looking for trouble and most importantly there is, alas, only one witness surviving to this contest because trayvon martin is not here to testify about what happened. >> jeffrey, what key evidence could lead to his conviction? >> skitles and a can of iced tea because thats all that trayvon martin had with him. here you have a 17-year-old kid walking along having bought candy and a drink and he gets killed for no good reason. and that is the prosecution argument is ...

Integrity section is allowing this case to go forward. theres no basis for prosecution here. there has never been a prosecution on facts remotely similar to these facts, and we know that the prosecution is just attempting to imflame the jury here by playing to the love people had for elizabeth edwards. their trying to persuade the jury that this guy deserves to go to jail. if that were true, a lot of politicians have a lot to worry about. >> well said, i you want you to take a minute, give the p...

Hunt live outside the court. jonathan, he has been formally charged. i take that to mean an unindictment by a grand jury. what going on right now, the arguments on bail? >>jonathan: the indictment has come down from the grand jury, seven counts filed. right now, both sides are arguing the issue of bail for dominique strauss-kahn. his lawyers have said he is not a flight risk. they say he will stay here. he will live in an apartment his wife owns here in manhattan. they also point out that unlike...

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