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>> oh, the grandmother in law? >> we're not aware of that at this time. >> earlier you said the suspect called his father. can you expand on that conversation a little bit. >> they have been cooperative, and i really can't expand on that, because of that cooperation and communications. and out of respect for them. >> one of the victims was reportedly pregnant. will that change the murder count charge? >> that number was included. one of the victims was pregnant. >> was there intended to be a revenge shooting? >> i can't comment further on that. we know there was conflict between the families a...

They asked for several clarifications and definitions. late in the trial the judge allowed the jury to consider manslaughter in addition to the murder count and slager had testified in his own defense saying he feared for his life after he says scott wrestled away his taser during a scrum and pointed it at him. solicitor scarlett wilson says she plans to try the officer again. >> he will get his just reward. and we have the federal trial and another trial to go. i don't care how it looks. it's not over. y'all hear me? it's not over! >> in my heart, i will find the peace to forgive michael slag...

Seems so shocking and so out of the blue, this woman driving this car up and hitting people, innocent people, children, killing people. as for the law, as you say, clearly they are pursuing murder charges. nevada has a first degree murder charge that can include the death penalty as punishment. so they reserve the possibility of going all the way there with the ultimate punishment depending on a lot of details as they just come in. as to the second part of the question, there could be other charges here. there could be second degree murder as a lesser included offense, there could be child abu...

Life. if he is convicted, you are never getting out of jail. >> how do you mitigate it? >> reporter: here's what you can do, if you establish as a defense attorney it was based upon provocation, sudden passion the kwashlgs they were in a dispute, road rage, he couldn't control himself, he was angry. the law does not excuse that conduct, christy, but it goes to the mental state and it reduces a murder count to a manslaughter count because you are acting out of a heat of passion and a sudden quarrel. what's the difference in the difference between three-to-ten years if jail, the rest of your lif...

>> i don't think it should be reduced to manslaughter. if i were the prosecutor on the case i've been a homicide prosecutor when you fire that many shots, that's demonstrating an intent to kill. i think it's a legitimate murder count. i think it should be left up to a jury to decide whether they can convict of a lesser account, manslaughter or they can acquit which by the way they usually do in cases involving police officers. i think this case might be a different animal because of the video. >> evan i think one of the most disturbing aspects of this video, and there are many is that after th...