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he wants. he wants to be the martyr and he wants to send that message crass the world. he has a platform and he's going to use it. >> okay. so i can only imagine, a really good criminal defense attorney in a death penalty case will more than likely keep his client off the stand. but he is representing himself, so if, in fact, this man decides to take the stand, steve, what is the protocol for questioning yourself and then answering your questions? >> well, it doesn't quite work that -- and he will be given the opportunity to really give his side of the story. he will, in essence, go into a narrative as to what happened. now, the judge will have some control over what he says, but she will give him a lot of latitude in what he does testify to, because, again, what the court is most interested in is avoiding a successful appeal. so they will let him speak, he

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