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Just sitting in that courtroom, it almost felt like the jury and jodi arias were having a one on one conversation even though the judge was asking the questions and they had been submitted anonymously, it was so strange because they were almost spending time with her answering the questions and some of the experts have said the more time she is on the stand the more they get to know her and talk to her personally like that, the less likely to give her the death penalty. >> that's what the defense is hoping. joining me now, nancy grace, jeffrey toobin and mark geragos. nancy, what did you make ...

Death penalty. >> that's what the defense is hoping. randi, appreciate it. joining me now, nancy grace, jeffrey toobin and mark geragos. coauthor of "mistrial, an inside look at how the criminal justice system works and sometimes doesn't." nancy, what do you make of the questions that the jurors themselves were asking today of arias? >> anderson, i've got to tell you that i was frankly very concerned when i realized the judge was not going to allow recross-examination which is, you know, discretionary to the judge in this jurisdiction. after the defense had redirect. but when i got a load of t...

Sides are shaking in their boots right now because the number one rule on questioning a witness is do not ask the question you don't know the answer to. i've done it a couple of times and had an 80% failure rate with the questions and so that's exactly what's happening right now. they don't know the answer to these questions and a very good one was, i'm going to throw this one at you, anderson. they just asked a couple of hours ago, if you didn't like the sex fantasy that travis came up with of tying you to a tree and ravishing you, why did you go scouting for just the right tree? now, that's ...

And what's concerning me along with barbara is, there is no evidence of battered woman syndrome in this case at all except for a few incidents that she's been caught in lies about. so, if she is faking this defense, that hurts all battered women because when they go to trial, people are going to go, hey, you remember jodi arias? that was a sack of lies and hurt them. >> i hate to agree with nancy, but she's right. there is a -- i can hear prosecutors all over this country in the future mocking defense lawyers on battered women defenses because of this case. there is a certain degree of irony -...

Defense. >> the other thing that's interesting is that -- >> did you hear -- you have to focus on the questions. >> frustrated by the limits of the rules of evidence. you know, they want to know the context. one of the questions i thought was so interesting from the jurors, describe, jodi, your relationship with your parents. now, that's a question that if you were sort of writing a short story or a journalistic account of her life, i don't really know why it's admissible evidence and why the judge allowed it but it shows how the jurors think. >> there were -- >> please call on me. >> i'm call...