now. they re moving forward. shepard: clancy talbot. a friend of the victim with the word the family does not want to quit. thank you so much. all the best. thank you. context and perspective now. the criminal defense attorney monica lind strom is live with us. good afternoon. hi, shep. shepard: before they em panel the next jury they ll have a conference where lawyers get together with the judge. that s going to happen in june. what happens there and what are the possibilities? it s a status conference and basically everybody gets together and looks at the status of what needs to be done. are there any defense motions such as change of venue they need to look at, discuss, argue and rule upon? are there issues regarding jury questionnaire. when the jury was chosen in december last year, they had to fill out with jury questionnaire so it s likely that will be done again for the new jury. then they ll look at dates and times.
to an interview and to make statements. all that bottled together led to the judge s decision. shepard: criminal defense attorney monica lind strom. good to see you. we re getting a troubling new report, hackers in iran broke into computers that control our power and pipelines. the possible consequences and what the iranians have to say. the very first sign syria s president might be willing to sit down with his opposition, this man who was said to have murdered 70,000 of his own now may want to talk? oh really.
0 condition. what s the latest on the investigation? well, police say no doubt it was caused by the collapse was caused by an 18-wheeler hauling an oversized metal container. the problem appears to be he was in the far right lane where the steal cross support curves, lowering the clearance. normally high, wide loads get as close to the middle of the bridge as possible because clearance is always higher in the center. they re supposed to check the routes, have a pilot car in front of them and they re supposed to know if they need to take two lanes or drive down the center. reporter: the ntsb is on the scene and will start the investigation soon. we can see dot folks up on the bridge. the investigation has really begun but this is a major throughfare. 76,000 cars per day travel this road, many to and from the table but they plan to try again with new jurors. clancy talbot was a friend of travis alexander. this must be awful on that family. it s devastating. it s heartbreaking
did ask for a lot of repeat evidence or different things the judge might have given them while deliberating. the jury was not sequestered. they began deliberations friday. they went home for the weekend and started on monday, working banker s hours, deciding their hours as they went. today by my clock, 2 hours 35 minutes and they had a verdict. so some say it was longer than anticipated. you know, you look back at these different juries, michael jackson, some cases we ve done. 16 hours seems to be for the length of testimony, and the trial s duration, it seems to be a fairly moderate amount of time. shepard: trace, let s get to monica lind strom, a criminal defense attorney who has been in the courtroom watching the trial. she s in line to be let into the courtroom for the verdict and is on the live line witus. what s is like there?
either of which either of those two decisions would result in a sentencing which would happen at a later date. if the jury decides she s guilty of murder in the first degree, in other words, murder with malice and forethought or planning, then they would begin a sentencing phase right away. the jury would go back and decide whether they want to have a mini-death penalty trial. that would be during the sentencing phase. sentencing does not happen today under any circumstance. but the verdict, we ll know that in less than an hour and a half. let s get to dan springer live at the courthouse. they ve deliberated 16.5 hours which makes it more than o.j. and more than florida and more than them combined. reporter: more than anybody around here thought. so many people thought that was a clear case of first-degree murder, that the jury would come back quickly but 15.5, 16.5 hours. let me make one quick adjustment. if they find her guilty of first-degree murder they go into an agg