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Were on lockdown but could you give a fair hearing? now to your point of view, amadou diallo, 1999 in the bronx was moved to albany. you remember the sniper case involved mohamed. >> and lee boyd malvo. >> exactly. it was moved outside. >> and casey anthony had to pull jurors from another jurisdiction. >> 100% correct. and the oklahoma city bombing case, another case, that was moved to denver, colorado. theres peres dont recedent to im not sure its a slam dunk. >> and maybe theyll have a they br...

No pictures have been released at least so far. jason, stand by. tom fuentes, our law enforcement analyst, former assistant director of the fbi, hes in ferguson. you were listening very closely to what the police chief had to say. what jumped out at you, tom? >> well i think just the fact that it reminded me when he talked about going to the home and taking the three people downtown for questioning, of the d.c. sniper case when shots were fired, people look up see a car speeding away and call th...

Her client from the death penalty, treating even -- >> so is that why the defense didnt ask any questions today? i mean, whats the strategy behind that? >> well thats exactly right. you cant challenge this horrible tragic appalling truth. you certainly dont want to quick about it and lose the jury completely so shell shut down and not hear another word youre saying form the defense is standing back let the jury hear it and hope that down the road the jury will at least listen when they try to ex...

Mentally ill to the point of not knowing right from wrong but act in a way that they do? honestly, why is this such a difficult defense to mount in a day and age when mental illness has bled through every aspect of our society, brutal mental illness, not just a little bit of it? >> but there are cases there are called out for that. this is not one of them. >> why not? >> because the guy knew right from wrong and in texas -- >> youre so sure? >> yeah, i am. im convinced of it. so was the jury. >>...

Our justice correspondent who broke this news with our producer. just give me some foundation on this. >> ashleigh, whats really fascinating about this case is that in talking to fbi and intelligence officials in the last couple of years, as weve seen this phenomenon grow of americans and people from the united states being recruited to join isis and other terrorist groups, this is a really interesting case because were seeing here the allegation from the government is that there was a network t...

Safe to say that the initial appearances of these three are scheduled for later today. it will be before a u.s. magistrate in brooklyn. and the initial appearance for one of them will be held later today in jacksonville, florida. in the meantime, quickly if you could, tom, what sort of material would they need to reach the bar of probable cause, let alone actually set those charges in motion and the time begins, your ticking clock begins that youve got to get these guys to trial? how much goods ...

Reading the complaint, whats interesting here is that the fbi got their eyes on at least two of these guys beginning last summer, the national security division of the justice department has been working this case as well. and it looks like what happened is they introduced, according to the complaint, they introduced confidential informants, somebody under cover working for the government who was able to draw out the plans these guys were making. and if you read what the -- according to this, on...

Is it that its the crimes or its ugly, we just dont want to sentence a woman to death? >> women are less violent than men. youre dealing with a much smaller pool. and i think also juries are much less likely to give the death penalty to a woman than to a man. >> does that extend all the way to that midnight phone call -- its not a midnight one in this respect, shes sentenced -- shes scheduled for 7:00 p.m., i think, six hours and ten minutes by my clock. is it possible that that last-minute clem...

For the other guys. >> thats what the fbi director was talking about. his speech today that you just played a little part of, he was speaking to a group of attorneys general from around the country and what the fbi is facing is they can monitor -- in this case, they were monitoring websites where people are propagating isis ideology and propaganda. so theyre doing that. theyre also sending informants out to try to ferret out these guys. theyre not going to get everybody. thats what they know. th...

Was dead and they took off. its called acting in concert murder. >> but its interesting the dichotomy. one actually engaged in the act itself but our law treats both the same for purposes of punishment. >> and you dont think they were treated the same because shes about to guy and that other guy is cooling his heels in a cell, shes a dumb-dumb because she didnt take the plea. >> hindsight is always 20/20. and im sure you can tell stories and i can tell stories. you meet with a client and theres ...