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Odin lloyd. and an important point is, carlos ortiz came forward and said that he saw aaron hernandez with a larger gun after the murder tock place and odin lloyd was killed with a globing 45 which is a larger gun. and so that is another piece of evidence that i think will help the prosecution and obviate the need for deals. >> there are reports that odin, that aaron hernandez was involved with drugs. may have been a drug addict. is that a mitigating factor and does the judge have symptthough if someone said they are a drug a direct. >> it is not an issue with criminal liability. but the defen...

There are three ways to withdraw. if he moves out of state, dies or gets convicted of a felony. >> thanks very much. hearing is under way to decide how much time an army private will serve for the biggest leak in u.s. history. the sentencing phase follows the judge's verdict only 24 hours ago. she acquitted him of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy but was found guilty on 20 other charges. manning avoided a life sentence but could still face many, many years in prison, maybe even decades. tell our viewers how we got to this point. >> wolf, bradley manning had a troubled history long...

Situation for the travis alexander family. what if they don't want to go through more testimony, go through this again? what's the likelihood that a deal that could be brokered that could spare her the death sentence and simply get life in prison? >> wolf, if the family doesn't want to go through this anymore, that will have a significant impact on the prosecution's decision. i don't see the prosecutors picking a new jury, and essentially retrying the case. i know other people are saying most of this evidence won't come in. i don't believe that. the prosecutor, in a re-hearing, is going to wan...

Turn into a violent anything, but i do say from the people who i have interviewed, you know, on death row or in prisons around the country, most of them will have some type of violence, psychological, physical violence, sexual violence in their background. however, i'm kind of tough on this because i still don't believe it should be a mitigating factor. they still have the ability to make choices and it's free will and they're making these choices and it's the wrong choices. >> let's just turn to the boston bombing suspect. this confession apparently has been found in the boat where he was hid...

Turn into a violent anything, but i do say from the people who i have interviewed, you know, on death row or in prisons around the country, most of them will have some type of violence, psychological, physical violence, sexual violence in their background. however, i'm kind of tough on this because i still don't believe it should be a mitigating factor. they still have the ability to make choices and it's free will and they're making these choices and it's the wrong choices. >> let's just turn to the boston bombing suspect. this confession apparently has been found in the boat where he was hid...