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In florida you have to have a capital case to have a jury of 12. every other case has a jury of six. five of the six women are mothers. two of them are very new to the area. the lady from chicago has only been here for four months. another woman has only been here for seven months. before that she lived in iowa. so that is, i think, very interesting. the fact that many are mothers, some are children close to the age of trayvon, i don't think can be ignored. >> all right. jean casarez, thank you very much. stand by. we'll be talking about this throughout the hour. sunny hostin stand by as well....

Anthony case where it takes longer though belvin perry was efficient. it's moving fast. it could take days. i would say this week. but you only need six and a couple of alternates. >> this florida law and it's not a capital case, we thought six, that doesn't seem like a lot. >> six jurors. that's why in casey anthony you saw 12 and now you see six. 2-4 alternates. the judge could ask for more but i would be surprised. >> ryan smith will have much more legal analysis of the court cases of the day weekdays, 10:00 p.m. eastern time on our sister station hln. now to this, in his own words, the man...

Premeditation. that's now what they have to prove. the state's exist coming in saying jodi arias has a mental condition that would allow her to snap. undercuts premeditation, one of the key things they needed to prove to get a first-degree murder conviction here. >> this is a prosecution in which less would have been more? >> less would have been more. i think what is also very interesting is now the defense will call an expert witness, presumably to rebut what the state's expert said when the prosecution opened the door regarding the borderline perplt disorder. does the defense even want to r...

Does not have the death penalty in the state system. so this federal case would be the only capital case filed. the government obviously is a long way from deciding whether to seek the death penalty but it is a death eligible case. in term of the narrative that we get out of the criminal complaint, here are the main points, it seem to me. they first of all say that a video taken from a restaurant at the scene of bombing site number two. so here's the street at which people are going by. here is the sidewalk. here's this restaurant. and on the doorway of the restaurant is a camera looking back ...

This acted of terrorism which can -- this act of terrorism which can carry the death penalty in federal court. the massachusetts law, massachusetts does not have the death penalty. an issue that has never been settled is can the federal government obtain a death penalty and enforce the death penalty in a state that doesn't have the death penalty. that's -- that's a legal issue that may be -- may be raised by this case if federal government decides to proceed with a capital case. >> you know, erin, there's a certain irony in this case on the death penalty also. and that is the last imposition o...