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But he still presented this evidence to grand jury for potential homicide charges. >> as a head prosecutor that ultimately has to make policy decisions, i've had numerous, death in police custody cases. it's a tricky area. you want to make sure the community thinks you dotted i's and crossed t's. the grand jury can evaluate the credibility of witnesses, the strength of the evidence. it's a vetting process to say, it wasn't me making a singular decision. it was 23 grand jurors making that decision. >> is it a vetting process, or is it a way to cover a decision? because here hearing from louis w...

The power to charge. there are six officers who are currently suspended. can you walk me through the process? she has all this information from the police department. obviously this is the police department's findings of its own officers. how does she keep that objectivity in looking into all of this? >> you know there are always questions about whether state prosecutors can be objective in these cases because frankly, they work with police officers every day. so it's not so much that they're biased but they might give people the benefit of the doubt. this is a prosecutor who's the youngest he...

Long line of police officers xi married to a councilman. is she ready for the spotlight, paul? >> you know she's the youngest head prosecutor in the country, so this is a big deal for her. she's in the public spotlight, probably, in a way that she never imagined. she's only been in office since november. you know, it's ironic but it's one thing that baltimore prosecutors are good at it's homicide prosecutions. because, unfortunately, they do more than most prosecutors. so they know how to do an investigation. these experienced prosecutors in her office they can do the hard work you know, the q...

Yesterday. he probably got the firing letter today. smacks of political manipulation does it not? >> certainly seems that way. however, you would like to think that somebody in a position of seeking justice. a head prosecutor, a state attorney would not intentionally withhold information. >> geraldo: i know we would like to think that. come on, judge. >> i'm coming over. >> however, i can't tell you how many times i have been involved this a case where something shows up on the last day as we are preparing to pick a jury and all of a sudden there it is. it absolutely warrants an investigation....

Somebody leaked this information to the, to the reporter. gregg: right. >> the judge may want to impose sane shuns who leaked it. say it was the head prosecutor. she testified. she says i'm not going to jail, i will tell you. lead prosecutor told me. the judge could come down with all the weight of his gavel and sanction that prosecutor and preclude certain evidence from coming before the jury. gregg: arthur, the person's identity, the defense says, is jeopardizing my client's right to a fair trial. holmes can't get a fair trial because of this leak. isn't that also equally absurd? what you wa...