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Some sort of independent investigation but you have dealt with legal trials all your professional life and would it not perhaps be more interesting to viewers if you had, let's say, a prosecution and a defense presentation of sorts during a hearing like this so people could debate it among themselves? it might actually draw more interest. >> if that is what you were really interested in, which is drawing people in, obviously the tension of a confrontation between different perspectives is what is interesting. the more important thing, i think about our system, is that we believe our adversaria...

Their job to see which witness tay feel is more credible. you mention kim potter will take the stand am some point. it is not clear the timing which that will happen. but the judge did ask her earlier this morning if she stands by her decision to take the stand. kim potter said she did. kim potter and the defense presentation could come at any moment, andrea. >> thank you, shaq brewster. and paul henderson, is that the right move? what a good defense lawyer would do? police officers generally are very credible to juries. >> they are credible to juries, and there is really no choice in a case l...

And how these jurors should come to a decision in justifying that penalty. so obviously they were weighing and evaluating the factors in 17 of the 30 charges that he was convicted in where they analyze that there were multiple people that were harmed. that they presented evidence talking about the substantial planning and the intent that went into this crime, and the heinous nature of this crime. and so this verdict really was that jury rejecting the defense presentation that was made to them, that he was pushed into this by his older brother. or that he had not a big criminal history in this ...

Contention that he acted in self-defense. that includes, of course, the most recent witness, mr. root. it includes dr. di maio and his expert testimony in regard to the gunshot. also other injuries my client suffered. we also have a number of voice witnesses, if you will, those witnesses who have come back and testified before this court that they had no issue whatsoever of affirming their pgs and belief and testimony under oath that it was my client who was screaming for help. again, i don't want to belabor the point of the previous case law, but i think that you would need to decide at this ...

Developing news right now. jerry sandusky, will he or won't he take the stand in his own defense during the sexual abuse trial against him? well, on the way to court, and into court today, sandusky's defense attorney was asked if he would call his client to the stand and all he would say is, stay tuned. inside that courtroom, the defense calmed two of the state's witnesses. state troopers and grilled them about one of the accusers. nbc's john yang joins me now from bellefonte, pennsylvania. explain what we're seeing from inside that courtroom today. >> reporter: well, right now, thomas, as you...