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Can harm people, it's problematic. the larger issue are those products that emanate from elsewhere that we don't have jurisdiction over, and that's the major issue that's involved here, ashleigh. >> and if that is the issue, effectively, this young woman, think her product came from brazil. >> it was postmarked brazil, yes. >> no recourse, no civil action that she can launch that she can never collect upon anyway. criminally speaking, what's america going to do? >> she really has no remedy at all. this is the most horrific and tragic case. a staph infection supposedly caused her problem, which...

Be able to do that if they're going to face criminal penalties. in the 1960s, a case says any criminal defendant has to be competent to withstand trial. you never hear it discussed in juvenile hearings but they go to jail like everybody else -- >> why can't parents stand beside them to at least offer that guidance and say i'm here as the guide for this person? >> probably permitted. remember, most juvenile proceedings are done in secrecy and nobody knows what's going on in there. >> in front of a judge, not a jury. >> and their parents can be present. even a 12-year-old has to be able to under...

Ruling? this is always step one, it doesn't get much coverage, but if you're a defendant, you have to be able to understand the charges against you and you have to be able to assist your defense. that's a simple bar. how can a 12-year-old meet that bar at all? because they do it all the time. >> it's a fabulous point. you could look to all types of laws. there's a reason why minors are treated differently than adults, right, there's a reason why when you're a minor, you know, certain things may apply. there's a reason why you go to juvenile court. this may very well give the argument to the at...

In a juvenile proceeding. >> by the way, it comes u in other types of issues as well. i'm sure paul's had many cases where they're witnesses in proceedings and for them to be witnesses they have to know between right and wrong. >> i tried a murder case where the chief witness in the case was a 7-year-old. >> i have covered a 7-year-old who actually wound up putting his mother away in a drowning case -- >> and somebody went to prison base on the testimony -- >> the 7-year-old i cover had completely different stories from one to the next about what happened to his sister. >> much like many witne...

They are asking the courts to do their heavy lifting for them. a classic case of assuming the pose of meaningful action while doing nothing. mieblgle, let me start with you. you hears this is way too much from one end and whoa, this isn't far must have from the other end. my anti-depressant on the situation and i said it yesterday. my read is that john boehner and this is the story of his term as speaker of the house. he knowses he's at the mercy of the tea party right. at the same time he has decent little bitle call instincts. he understands impeaching the president in the mid le of a midter...