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Here. the mother of ahmaud arbery. it is quiet and tense. any words have been kept to a whisper. the room is jam packed. people are squeezing in. folks are switching places and nervously clasping their hands together. the family have been waiting for this for so long. we talked about this as a 13-day trial. some of these jurors were part of this jury selection a month ago. this has been a long process for so many people. i think a lot of people will be eager to get on with this, katy. >> we have danny savalos. there you are, danny. nice to have you here. this is some relatively quick deliberat...

Were these your verdicts then, and are these your verdicts now? >> yes, your honor. >> juror number 10, you have heard the verdicts read. were these your verdicts then, and are these your verdicts now? >> yes, your honor. >> juror number 11, you have heard the verdicts read. were these your verdicts then, and are these your verdicts now? >> yes, your honor. >> juror number 12, you have heard the verdicts read. were these your verdicts then, and are these your verdicts now? >> yes, your honor. >> and juror 16, you have heard the verdicts read. were these your verdicts then, and are these your v...

Evidence so compelling, and the federal interest in the case not fully vindicated because the state case was a murder case. the federal case will be predicated on hate crimes, on a civil rights violation. and so, completely appropriate here for the federal government to proceed even though they already have a conviction in state court. whatever happens in the federal system, these men are going to jail, very likely, for the rest of their lives. >> so what happens if they are found guilty federally? does that add time to their prison sentence? >> not practically. i mean, yes, and calculation wi...

Juries. tell us what we should know looking in from the outside. >> i think what is important, very important to note is that the citizens arrest law is something that's not -- was not well known at the time of ahmaud arbery's killing. and, so, that citizen's arrest law is being tried in this case. i think it is very interesting that the jury asked to look at the videos and asked to listen to the 911 call as well as the audio. all of those three pieces of evidence, if you will, point to the citizens arrest law, whether it is valid, and also point to the defense of self-defense under georgia la...

On this high profile case? >> well, you know, i accept jury verdicts. we are a nation of laws and they have to be accepted. as someone who followed this a little bit and watched the video. the video steamed match the verdict. i was not in the courtroom. the jury heard the facts and they rendered a vempleted the matter is now in the past. i do hope that we are as a nation try to heal from this and understand as much as there were two decisions this week, they were both jury verdicts, they both listened to the facts and americans rendered verdicts. i think we should accept them. >> jason, your t...