the defendant, 17 days? and unsophisticated, nonlawyer on the stand for 17 days, bad news for the defense. >> what about this -- we were just hearing about the jury asking questions, the town hall portion of the trial, i guess. >> oh my -- >> you are getting the read in the middle of the trial about where the jury could be coming from and maybe questions otherwise not -- is this a good thing? >> no. no. >> bad thing? sorry. okay. >> generally more states -- i don't really like it as a lawyer because we lawyers are what? control freaks. >> but the system, take a step back for a second. is it a good thing for the system? no. you are paid to be a -- okay. >> here's the problem with it. there's a lack of control for the judge. the judge cannot step in and 150 questions. i mean, look at the delay to the process if every courtroom in the country and we're overburdened now and this interposition by the jury.