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I dont have to explain to someone of your stature that is something very unusual. typically the civil issues are settled after the criminal issues so as not to affect that the process, and you have to be concerned that the statistic that the every one of the prospective jurors knows that the city thought something was enough wrong to pay freddies family? >> on the other hand the burden of proof in a criminal case is proof beyond a reasonable doubt, and in a civil case it is a preponderance of th...

And the questioning is rather straight forward and standard and it is up to the judge to decide the extent to which the voir dire has revealed any evidence that the jury might be, the juror might be unfair in assess i assessing the case. so i dont see anything radically unusual about this. i am sure that the voir dire is going to be successfully arrived at by a voir dire vetted by the judge to be fair and impartial. >> well, you an open invitation to be on the program any day, and i value your t...

The judge has the ability to determine the credibility of each one of the jurors in their answers. and likewise in the chambers, there is a limited amount of examination by the lawyers so they can have an attempt to ferret out any bias that is implicit or explicit. under these circumstances, i dont believe it is particularly unusual in terms of the potential impact that anything can have on a jury in a case as serious as this. as far as a fair and impartial jury can be selected. >> and there is ...

Either side, and tell me what that would say to you today. >> it says to me that this case should absolutely be moved. it is actually as alarming as the recent assaults and murders of young men of color across this country, as alarming as that is, what should be just as alarming is the e erosion of the presumption of innocence across this country and as made manifest by the judges denial of a change of venue. there couldnt be a more perfect case, a more perfect candidate than a case like this th...

Morning and a process that is due to be repeat and no fewer than five different times as the fellow officers will all go on trial in succession after him. my colleague jean casarez is live in baltimore and joining us live. i cant wait to hear what some of the questions in voir dire are going to be like, and you are there to see who the prospective jurors are who are as semabled. give me a feel for the situation and the process. >> such an important day today, ashleigh, because the trial has begu...

Into to a seat belt which might have prevented further injury. i am joined by some help in this jury selection process. an drew, it is often said that the cases are won and lost in jury selection, and this is the day that the jury for the very first defendant are chosen, but it is an extraordinary process in an extraordinary case. what do you think the odds are that they are going to be able to find a proper jury with all of the right appearances, and a fair and impartial look to the community i...

Thinking of the similarities of the age and living in a shack, but also, people will be thinking of the aurora shooting case james holmes who tried to bring an insanity defense in colorado, and colorado is interestin interesting, because it is with one of the few states where the prosecution has the burden of proving that he is sane, and legally sane and knew right from wrong at the moment that the crime was committed, and so he is going to be, i am certain, bringing the defense based on the san...

>> this was the perfect soap opera, the o.j. simpson murder case was the first true reality show for the country. this was the first wall-to-wall televised trial. >> july 22, 1994, a month after the murders, the legal proceedings against o.j. simpson begins when he enters this defiant plea. >> absolutely, 100%, not guilty. >> and to help him prove that, simpson assembles a legal dream team. >> each one of them was famous. >> jeffrey toobin covered the trial for "the new yorker." >> there has nev...

Opera, the o.j. simpson murder case was the first true reality show for the country. this was the first wall-to-wall trial. >> a month after the murders, the legal proceedings against o.j. simpson begins when he enters this defiant plea. >> absolutely, 100%, not guilty. >> and to help him prove that, simpson assembles a legal dream team. >> each one of them was famous. >> jeffrey toobin covered the trial for "the new yorker." >> there has never been, in american history, more prominent defense l...

Opera, the o.j. simpson murder case was the first true reality show for the country. this was the first wall-to-wall televised trial. >> july 22, 1994, a month after the murders, the legal proceedings against o.j. simpson begins when he enters this defiant plea. >> absolutely, 100%, not guilty. >> and to help him prove that, simpson assembles a legal dream team. >> each one of them was famous. >> jeffrey toobin covered the trial for "the new yorker." >> there has never been, in american history,...