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Buckle freddie gray into the back of that transport van. he was handcuffed. placed face down on the floor of that van, moved around, eventually suffered a fatal injury to his spinal cord, almost severed his spine because his head hit the inside buckle on the back of the door. he was in distress. there were stops made by the van, but no assistance given to freddie gray. did not respond to his pleas for help, in which he said he couldn't breathe. and that porter failed to help freddie gray and turned the police van into a casket on wheels. that refers to this idea of a rough ride, that a prisone...

Sister. very powerful. in court she reminded the judge that since his death, both she and her sister have each had children children that odin lloyd will never know and she said i now have to go to his grave and look at his tomb stone to tell him i love him. joining me is cnn correspondent jean casarez, who's been following up on this case and jean what's fascinating is the defense tried to make it seem as if aaron hernandez was simply along for the ride he had no role in this but it seems the jury bought the prosecution argument not only was he a along for the ride he was the one who was the ...

S. the prosecutor felt there was enough there to test that doctor and bring it to trial shoes there is a possibly of conviction. >> sticking with you for a moment, if he were 21, would it be different? 17 year old is virtually a man. >> i think that is what it is it. the prosecutor said there is a possibility. it is an exchange student. he's here as a student and still in high school, i don't want to say a sympathy factor coming in to play, but enough for the prosecutor to say, i am not so comfortable about the death of the young man to let it go. >> there were two previous burglaries in his g...

Thoughts, but as the judge has validated, we don't put people in jail for their thoughts. we are not the thought police. >> i want to bring in ashleigh banfield, anchor of cnn's legal view. this guy was convicted because jurors believed the prosecution argument that it was more than just these incredibly bizarre strange, disturbing thoughts. >> those are euphemisms for creepy, awful, sickening. >> the jury and the judge, the jury thought one thing. this appeals judge, thinks another. >> you are allowed to be as freaky as you want in your head. she's right. you can't be the thought police, but ...

Presence of the jury, the lawyers argue about the specific language of the jury instructions. i'm not going to say it is routine but it is usually fairly low key. fireworks once again. largely that centered around whether a child abuse instruction should be given to the jury. an instruction that since trayvon martin was 17 years old at the time of his death legally a child, there should be an additional charge given to the jury about child abuse and the defense blew up over this. they said this is outrageous that we're being given notice of this at the last minute. we need more time to respond...