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An 80-year-old man accused of a deadly dispute over unpaid rent in east central Fresno took the stand on Friday.

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>> he was banging at the window. >> arguing he was acting in self defense and that the case should be dismissed because of the states stand your ground law. >> im so grateful. >> reporter: taking the stand emotionally describing how he feared for the lives of his wife and kids who were in the back seat. >> late today the judge refused to dismiss the man slaughter charge meaning the case will now head to trial. >> next tonight the dramatic body cam video released capturing the intensely emotional...

Provoke, to persuade and to defy. alan is author of "taking the stand." and rich lowrie is the editor of national review and a fox news contributor. alan -- >> let me start with you and applaud your statement. it was fantastic. its the paradigm of the way americans have to look at our freedoms. jefferson would have been proud of you. >> thank you so much. thats high praise. i think on this show last night we went through it. theres not a more respected scholar who made very clear this is free sp...

Like us more. as we do not require them to change their values before we fight a common enemy. otherwise egypts whole, we will kill you for leaving islam commitment might be a deal breaker. the bottom line is some in this country have been so busy how to figure out how to avoid any religion they have forgotten what is offensive to americans, namely those who would trample on our core ideals. in america we stand for liberty and freedom to offend to provoke, to persuade and to defy. alan is author...

"taking the stand." really this is the moment for youth of baltimore? >> if youre the prosecutor you have to be concerned about doing justice for everybody, not just for the victim, not just for the family of the victim not just for the youth of baltimore but also for the accused, for the policemen who have been accused and who may have been scapegoated. look i understand what she wanted to try to quell the riots. she did a good job doing that. you cant sacrifice individual defendants to the nee...

Justice on behalf of freddie gray. to those that are angry, hurt, or have their own experiences of injustice at the hands of police officers i urge you to channel the energy peacefully as we prosecute this case. to the youth of this city, i will seek justice on your behalf. this is a moment this is your moment. >> really? alan dershowitz is a harvard law professor emeritus and author of "taking the stand." really this is the moment for youth of baltimore? >> if youre the prosecutor you have to b...

My artists ever. >> i agree with that. >> we are a defender of artists rights. thats our sole mission as financers of independent feature film. >> a year ago i wrote in my book "taking the stand" the greatest danger to the first amendment will come frin the future from self-censorship. i worry about self-censorship from islamic extremists. this is only a coming attraction from what we will get from iran. this dictator managed to get what no american president can do, censor a film because of its...

Foxholes? >> i didnt pray. i discovered that for me the answer was not up there. i lad to figure out what to do on the airplane. i didnt want to be an agnostic. i just discovered that i was an agnostic on that airplane because it just didnt naturally come to me to pray. >> professor, we have a minute left between us. speak to me about the litigation thats soon to unfold relative to this flight. >> you know, as i write in my book, "taking the stand," sometimes tlb cases without legal ramification...

She has a reputation for that. the people of florida ought to get smart and get rid of her, get a decent prosecutor in there and then they can get convictions and appropriate charges in these case. she is also i think going to -- i think she may also lose her appeal on the attempted murder case. its interesting that the intent required for attempted murder is actually higher than the intent required for actual murder. in my book "taking the stand" i describe a case where one of my clients once s...