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Just wash your hands of the responsibility. >> that's one way to look at it. it's all, at this point, speculation. as natalie just pointed out, only if it was a capital case would it go before a grand jury. no one, not the attorneys for trayvon martin, or for george zimmerman, are suggesting there was premeditation in this case. it wouldn't even make sense, actually, that he would call the cops, then stalk, wanting to kill right before the. cops arrived, and then, you know, try to get his way out of it. so that doesn't even make sense. no one is even suggesting that. that just takes that off t...

Marched 40 miles to sanford, florida, calling for justice for trayvon martin. when they temporarily shut down the sanford police department, angela corey wouldn't meet with them. she arranged to speak with them by phone, presumably in the hopes of diffuing tensions. a few of the students were invited into the police station to speak to the prosecutor on the phone. >> i'm sure, as many of you have tried to talk to her, she didn't give us much details, but sort of seemed to hint that something will be coming very shortly. so we are very excited by that and very bolstered by that. >> joining me n...

Not a case for a grand jury. and the only reason this would have goen to a grand jury is if there was a passing of the buck, where you didn't want to be involved in something for publicity. it's courageous of her to do this. she's going to make the decision. she has the power and she's going to own that decision. >> charles, the prosecutor's office warned us today to not use this as a factor in any way trying to figure out where this is going, but all the pros i talked to, they see it as an increasing likelihood that she will bring charges since the grand jury is the easier way to just wash yo...

Emblow, "new york times" columnist, and natalie jackson, co-counsel for the martin family. natalie, what do you make of the prosecutor's announcement that she will not convene a grand jury? >> well, we think that this is the right thing to do. this is not a capital case, it's not a case for a grand jury. and the only reason this would have goen to a grand jury is if there was a passing of the buck, where you didn't want to be involved in something for publicity. it's courageous of her to do this. she's going to make the decision. she has the power and she's going to own that decision. >> charl...

Jenna: new developments in the case against an american soldier accused of a massacre in afghanistan. word that staff sergeant robert bales could be charged today. bales has not confessed to the march 11th killing of 16 afghan civilians, most of them women and children. so will he face the death penalty? and what do we know about a possible defense strategy? joining me now, neil puckett, military criminal defense attorney. he has been in the seat before for several high-profile cases. neil, where does this case go from here? will the death penalty be on the table? >> where it goes from here, j...