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Please join us and vote for Beth Harrison for Position 1 of the Pendleton School District. I observed Beth in our Altrusa Club of Pendleton. She was a leader in Days for Girls, an international project. She always assists where needed in Altrusa. She was an advisor with me in the ASTRA Club. ASTRA is a student leadership group from our area high schools. She is prompt, organized and bright. She has served on other educational committees in our community and serves very well. She has "skin in the game" as she is raising her family in the Pendleton School District. Her husband Russ practices fa...

Could impact? >> it could have an impact based on the fact he has now been ab solved of criminal liability. he can use that and go into court and argue, look at how the narrative and media exposure almost impacted the outcome of this case. that's the argument he's going to make, to see if he can succeed in that lawsuit. beth is right about this stand your ground immunity. if he wins a stand your ground hearing he's ab solved of civil liability and that's what mark omayor, a was alluding to last night. >> earlier this morning on cnn, state of the union, urged attorney general eric holder to fil...

Specific intent to do the crime with the requisite state of mind. >> beth, sounds like an even higher standard than the one the prosecution faced with this trial which the jury said they did not meet. can you give us a sense of how likely these charge will be to be filed. >> when lou at the statute, a fairly new statute, acted after james birders matthew shepard's death. he was a gay man left to die in wyoming. james byrd, a black man, tied to a vehicle and dragged to his death, disgusting case. that is what motivated this law. the question in those cases that the victims were picked out becau...

not been served. >> for them to use the sidewalk as a weapon now, saying your kid can walk down the street now, not doing anything, just go to the store and somebody can get in a fight with them. a grown man can get in a fight with your kid. they can have a gun. now your defense is you picked up a sidewalk and beat this head in. that's not right. it's open season on all our kids now. it was a travesty of justice this time. i really believe we should change these laws. >> i think this was a mistake. i don't know if it was prosecution or if it was jury but it was a mistake. >> i don't ...