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Developments happened whilee was running away from the police officer? >> when viewing the video, you can't help but notice the shots are fired in a rapid succession, within a second of antwon taking his first steps. the officer is poised by vehicle with his gun out, in no risk of harm, not in harm's way, stands poised and fired his weapon directly into back of antwon. >> do you know how many shots the officer fired? >> he fired three shots in success. he did not give any verbal warning. without hesitation, he fired three shots in the direction of mr. rose. >> so fred, what kind of punishment,...

Defense yesterday they must justify the need for more scans. it's notable that no information has been released on exactly which experts looked at and concluded that collegiate mohammed's suffering brain damage. the pentagon also won't comment on proof of him having brain damage would cause the government to drop the death penalty. in a military decision to abandon a capital case, it can be made by the prosecutor, the judge or a jury made up of u.s. military officers. martha. >> martha: fascinating background. thank you very much. my next guest, dr. james mitchell interrogated ks and for the c...

Uniform lawyer, navy seal lawyer and orders that navy lieutenant to file legal proceedings to proceed with defending nashiri even though it's death penalty case and he's not death qualified, never worked on capital case before. nevertheless the judge orders him to file legal proceedings and the navy seal stands up in court and says no. he says to the judge, what i'm not going to do is make any more pleadings. end quote. so now what? today the judge put the general in jail. the judge ordered the marine general, brigadier general, second ranking lawyer in entire united states marine corps, order...

May matter when it comes to court of law. >> yes, and it probably will matter. it probably will not wreck the option for prosecutors but it will complicate it. because what happens is that they are going to have to make a case to the judge in the situation to say we want the death penalty if indeed prosecutors decide to do that. and part of making their case is to show that it arose from a deliberative thought process that involved in particular defendant in these particular circumstances. and the last thing that any judge wants in a capital case with ultimate penalty is knee jerk response. so...

But he is not a death-qualified lawyer. so judge yesterday orders the marine corps general to take an oath and rescind his orders. general tells him judge i'm definitely not doing that. then the judge turned to the uniform lawyer, navy s.e.a.l. lawyer and orders that navy lieutenant to file legal proceedings to proceed with defending nashiri even though it's death penalty case and he's not death qualified, never worked on capital case before. nevertheless the judge orders him to file legal proceedings and the navy seal stands up in court and says no. he says to the judge, what i'm not going to...