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Does it mean? >> it means they could potentially be dead locked. this could be premature. sometimes juries are concerned that they might not be able to reach a eugenio verdict. it is unclear whether they are at that point or headed that way. this is exactly what the defense was aiming for. the idea this jury would be swayed by the raw emotion in potter's testimony that made it worth while frankly for her to testify despite making bad admissions. this jury might be headed to a jury nullification, the idea that applying a lot of facts they find her guilty but just can't come up with a guilty ver...

And two, this whole emotional testimony that she gave, i think that the defense is hoping for what we know to be jury nullification where jurors say, yes, the facts are there. the law is there. there's enough there to find someone guilty, but we don't -- you know, we don't want to do it. we don't want to do it because maybe we feel sorry for her. maybe she's already expressed some remorse. jury nullification is a big issue in this case. then we heard the defense argue that daunte wright caused his own death. >> that was pretty unbelievable. >> unbelievable, but you know, i know, we see this so...

She was using deadly force. she thought she was using her taser. what does the law say on that defense? >> yeah. i think it's pretty problematic. good morning to you. i think the essence is the defense so going for jury nullification. if you look at the defense they're using, particularly when they put her on the witness stand, she admitted to all of the essential elements of the offense. she admitted it was a mistake. she admitted she didn't need to use deadly force. and so you're admitting to recklessness. guess what? that's manslaughter in the first degree, punishable by 15 years. you're ad...

I'm sorry. >> joey, kim potter tkroebg down multiple times, not just during cross-examination. she broke down as well with her own defense attorney. bottom line, did this help or hurt the defense, do you think, to put the defendant on the stand? >> reporter: yeah, erica. good to be with you. good morning. this was a devastating cross-examination. i understand where the defense is going here, for jury nullification. what does that mean? it means a jury has a right to get and understand that you committed the underlying elements of the offense and excuse you for doing so. why? because they feel ...

Believed in the testimony given by kim potter. she took the move of testifying. she cried a lot. i wonder if that invoked the sympathy of the jurors, even to the point of jury nullification, which means yeah, she did it, we feel bad for her and she couldn't go to prison. >> 26 years on the police force. the defense attorney said that daunte wright caused his own death. how shocking is that? >> it's not shocking. look, it's a common refrain by defense attorneys to say that the victim actually was complicit in his or her own death. the prosecution still has a very compelling point here is that t...