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Said immediately after she shot daunte wright, i'm going to jail. to the extent she was emotional, we know she was emotional about the fear of going to jail, and i hope the jurors didn't discount the emotional testimony from daunte wright's mother, who we know was crying because her 20-year-old son was shot and killed in an unnecessary and in what should have been an avoidable situation. >> this is such a tragic set of circumstances, a life lost. i can only imagine what that family is going through. frankly, it's unbelievable to think that this happened even during that derek chauvin trial. bu...

Towards somebody for purportedly make a mistake and still meet the evidentiary burden of each element. and you mentioned second degree manslaughter, the idea of creating unreasonable risk and then acting in a way that does not essentially undermine it. you've been critical of the defense that potter's team has actually put forth. what's your issue with their case? >> well, a couple of things. one, you know mistake is not a defense to the charges that have been brought by the prosecution, and two, this whole emotional testimony that she gave, i think that the defense is hoping for what we know ...

That jury deliberation room and that could mean a hung jury. >> now, as a defense attorney, of course, that is cause to think that there might be a seed of reasonable doubt, but this point here that omar mentioned, the idea of the jury wanting to take potter's gun out of the evidence box, to hold it, remove the zip ties. this case has been about not whether or not she intended to kill this young man, 20-year-old daunte wright who was shot during the derek chauvin trial we might add but the idea of was it reasonable? was it culpable negligence? was it reckless for her to mistake this one weapon...

She's a police officer who shot somebody. in order for you to understand kind of what the perspective is for her, she had to testify. and then in terms of maxwell, she would have been roasted on the witness stand if she had gotten up there. her lawyers made absolutely the right choice because in that case, the question is maxwell a predator or a victim, right? is she the girlfriend and the wing woman for that monster eps epstein? so is she mrs. monster, or is she just a victim too? so she absolutely made the right call. the lawyers totally made the right call in the maxwell case by her not tes...

With that jury. that's why they call it jury duty. they got a really difficult job, and i really hope they are able to reach a decision. and laura, if they're not, that's a decision too. it just means that a jury wasn't able to reach a verdict because this was a really close and a really difficult case. >> i wonder if the jury will agree with you that though those weren't crocodile tears. the benefit of the doubt that is extended to police officers and the idea of the reason why they're able to have the weapons and the ability to arrest and stop is because there is an elevated expectation that...