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Trial, and the drama it just keeps on coming. a juror has been thrown off the case, leaving the courthouse in tears. and the judge denying a defense request for a mistrial. areas' defense had argued the dismissed juror, a female in their 30s, jeopardized the case by gossiping and exhibiting bias in front of other jurors. the mountain man is behind bars this morning. fugitive troy james knapp on the run for seven years, finally tracked down by law enforcement teams in a remote area of utah. authorities say knapp fired shots at a helicopter that was tracking him, finally gave himself up after ...

Crash. day 40, 40 days of the jodi arias murder trial. the judge denying a defense request for a mistrial, but a juror was thrown off the case and left the courthouse sobbing. arias' defense had argued juror number five, a female in her 30s, jeopardized this case by gossiping and exhibiting bias in front of other jurors. that juror is now gone. former south carolina governor mark sanford continues his somewhat improbable political comeback. sanford beat charleston city councilman curtis bostick in a congressional runoff. he'll face elizabeth colbert bush. she's the sister to comedian steph...

>> your buddy drew peterson is not getting a new trial. the infamiliarous former cop who keeps losing his wives gets nothing. a judge shot down a defense request. we're expecting him to finally sentence drew peterson for murder at any moment now. in september. a jury convicted him of killing this woman, his third wife, kathleen savio. the former police sergeant is suspected in the disappearance of this woman, his fourth wife, stacy peterson. drew peterson faces 60 years in prison on the murder conviction. his attorneys claim the previous attorney botched the case, an argument the judge did n...

Course of this week are how secret -- how skresy rules are prevent says defense lawyers from doing their job from being able to communicate with each other and with their clients, and whether or not the judge will grant a defense request to preserve the cia black sites at which the defendants were tortured overseas. the government says it's not necessary. the reasons the government thinks that's not necessary are secret. they're claiming it's classified, and it's withheld from the public. >> i want to bring in our panel here. sam. the president is obviously at a constitutional law professor, a...

Error that the defense wasn't ready. >> the district attorney's office started contacting victims and their family members last night when the bound over for trial. under the bill of rights, the prosecution can get their holmes arraignment today or not. the judge granted the defense request to arraign. have to wait for march. >> shepard: sounds like it's not going to be easier for many of them. >> next thursday the theater where many of their loved ones or were killed or brutally injured will open to the public. they have been invited to the movies. the company who owns the theater where the s...