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>> the fact that a lot of people are angry with mr. chapman and the fact that you're going to represent him, how do you feel about that? >> i am simply a lawyer representing a client. >> this wasn't a whodunit. the defendant remapd ined at th scene. there were witnesses who saw the shooting. he'd made no effort to flee the scene. it was clear from the initial investigation that the defendant was going to lodge an insanity defense. >> the first order of business was to have chapman's mental state evaluated. >> the only issue in this trial will be whether or not he was insane at the time of the ...

Trial in paris, people would know about it. the fact that a lot of people are angry with mr. chapman and the fact that you're going to represent him, how do you feel about that? >> i'm a lawyer representing a client. >> this is not a whodunit. the defendant remained at the scene. there were witnesses who saw him do the shooting. he made no effort to flee the scene. it was clear from the initial investigation that the defendant was going to lodge an insanity defense. >> the first order of business is to have chapman's mental state evaluated. >> the only issue in this trial really will be whethe...

Activity, strong arming the units, assaults, things of that kind of nature. in conjunction with their tattoos and that history, we can establish whether or not we think the guy is a gang member. >> raymond diaz is up front about his gang-related tattoos. >> the stuff i got on me, a lot of it is gang-related. they call them stamps. everything was done behind bars with a staple. we don't use fancy needles and all that the main part of my chest is the blast. that's for tango blast. it's probably one of the biggest prison gangs in texas. i chose to put it in big letters on my chest because when i ...

Units, group assaults, things of that kind of nature. in conjunction with their tattoos and that history we can go ahead and establish whether or not we think the guy's a gang member. >> raymond diaz is upfront about his gang-related tattoos. >> the stuff i got on me, a lot of it is gang-related. they call them like stamps, you know. everything was done behind bars with a staple. we don't use fancy needles and all that. the main part of my chest, it's blast, dongo blast. it's probably one of the biggest prison gangs in texas. i chose to put it in big letters on my chest because when i get to a...

To identify these and if they can't get the gang members to self-admit, we look at them. aside from the tattoos, we'll look at their history in the facility. do they have a history of gang-related activity? strong-arming in the units, group assaults, things of that kind of nature. in conjunction with their tattoos and that history, we can go ahead and establish whether or not we think the guy's a gang member. ♪ >> raymond diaz is up front about his gang-related tattoos. >> the stuff i've got on me, a lot of it's gang-related. they call them like stamps, you know. everything was done behind b...