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You have the whole country against this guy at this point. does he have anything in his favor. >> the arguments against death penalty in a case where there are multiple participants would be the role in the offense of this defendant. typically, if a defendant has more of a minor role in the offense than other coperpetrators that is a mitigating factor. i think that one is unlikely to persuade many jurors given especially the note that he wrote in the boat while he was hiding. it seems as though he was on board as to the -- the purpose of the crimes as he laid them out in the note and he was a ...

Cross examination t. other this eng is he could wreck his own defense. does he say i want to die? please put me to death. that certainly, if the jury believes he wants to do i, maybe they don't put him to death. there is an interesting psychology and die namic you will play out and obviously we're presuming the jury will find him guilty. i think at a good presumption to be making. >> there is no doubt about his guilt that he was involved. talk to us what we can expect. because the might be knew. >> interestingly enough mikaela, what you will expect is the why he did it. i think you will learn ...

Want to argue a mitigating factor and he had was not mature and she was not mature and you want to get away from first-degree murder and you want to argue the aggravating and mitigating factors to get away from the killing which voluntary manslaughter that is the heat of passion. they were in the vehicle at the time. and the mother is telling the boyfriend that i don't want you to see my daughter and things heat up and the daughter is in the back saying take her out and it is all impulsive. in the end of the day she should be be tried as a juvenile and not adult because she is only 14 years ol...

Like. obviously the facts are tragic. apparently she told varying versions on the stand. any time you testify as a defendant you are looking at a dangerous play. then to be caught in lies. three and a half hours is fast to decide to convict someone of murder. >> as you say, you talk about the criminal intent. you would think she did not mean for her granddaughter to die. is that the mitigating factor. >> one of them. and apparently the hospital where the girl was treated there might have been some issues there with how they tried to save her and whether or not they did everything they could do...

Steven sotloff video. analysts say he may not have done it on his own but mohammad emwazi's videos played a huge role in escalating america's war against isis. >> let's put it this way. had it not been for these videos we probably wouldn't be bombing syria today. >> reporter: has jihadi john's propaganda value diminished now that he has been named? the analysts we spoke to don't think so. they say as long as he keeps menacing the west on camera he will have propaganda value to isis. the one mitigating factor of course is whether he will go further underground now that western intelligence and ...