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To do with black lives matter and criminal justice if you have guys like this planted throughout the country able to basically completely put their thumb on the scale of justice when it comes to a case? >> unfortunately, jason, this are many judges in this country who tip the scales of justice in favor of the cause or side they like. and when there is a verdict of not guilty, those concerns don't go away but not resolved in legal form. the verdict is final. the prosecution cannot appeal. i want to say, though, that the defense gets a lot of the credit or a lot of the blame. mr. rittenhouse had...

Had some reasonable doubt, then they were to return a not guilty verdict and that it appears is what they have done. finally, ana, one more important note. this is over. the prosecution cannot appeal. a not guilty verdict is final, so this will be the end of the state prosecution of kyle rittenhouse. >> okay. we also have charles coleman, a civil rights tone and bob bianchi, a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor as well with us. bob, your reaction to what we just witnessed and, again, the verdict being unanimous on all five counts, not guilty? >> honestly, it was not surprising to ...

Justice. one says she's's acquitted and ours says if she's acquitted you can't be retried. why is it not simple? >> the u.s. constitution provides double jeopardy applies throughout the united states. if acquitted in the u.s. the case is over, prosecution cannot appeal. look at o.j. simpson. once acquitted here, it's -- you're done. italy has a different system. it's a sovereign nation. they have their own system of laws and acquittal can be overturned. it's going to take a long time if ever for amanda knox to be returned to italy because she will fight extradition and bring up procedural irre...

To having this retried and to getting justice here. th question is whether or not it really does offend our notions of justice here in the united states because, remember, here in the united states, suzanne, once you're adjudicated to be not guilty, your acquitted, that's it. the prosecution cannot appeal where a defendant who is convicted can. based on that i hope the family does get justice. whether through this remains to be seen. >> all right. >> joey, thanks so much. it's interesting, too, that historical precedent in italy post mussolini after the war, kangaroo court trials, people found...