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>> arbery's family expressing outrage over comments yesterday by defense attorney for one of the defendants who compared a prayer rally led by a group of black pastors outside the kourtd courthouse to a public lynching of his client. he made the comments in a motion for mistrial, which was denied. joining me now, tim alexander, a civil rights attorney, a former 27-year police detective who was also running for congress as a democrat in new jersey. tim, always good to see you. so, one of the defense attorneys reportedly approaching the prosecution thursday wanting to make a plea deal. is that a...

Nearly all-white jury was selected for the trial of three men accused of killing ahmaud arbery. during opening statements on friday, the defense and the prosecution painted two dramatically different interpretations of the day arbery was killed. >> there was probable cause to believe a felony had been committed and that this man was attempting to escape or flee. arbery makes a left, not a right, makes a left and is on travis such that travis has no choice but to fire his weapon in self-defense. >> stop or i'll blow your head off. that's what he said to mr. arbery. mr. arbery was trapped like a...

Life was going to be taken away from him or he was going to have bodily harm, he had a right. >> i'm joined now by hillary shelton, senior vice president for polly and advocacy for the naacp and lisa graves, executive director for the center for media and democracy. when george zimmerman's lawyers relied on a self-defense strategy, his lawyers tenant talk about stand your ground but the jury was instructed, quote. if george zimmerman was not engaged in an unlawful activity and was attacked at anyplace where he had a right to be. he had no duty to retreat and had the right to stand his ground. ...

While zimmerman's father says it's his son. he is using a self-defense strategy here. the judge did open the door by allowing the tape to be played at the trial and let nonexperts, like family members testify to who may think heard screaming on that tape. >> arthel: new developments in another high profile murder case. police back on the scene today searching the massachusetts home of aaron hernandez. investigators linking him to a semi pro football player who was found dead nearby. meanwhile, hernandez is endorsing a deal with muscle milk, turning sour. the sports nutrition company dropping t...

Which appear certainly superficially to be almost insurmountable. first of all, we have the fact that jodi arias steals a weapon from her grandparents' home and the same weapon is used to murder travis alexander. now, does that not speak to intent? does that not suggest that this wasn't a woman immediately defending herself as a man was attacking her, but rather there was real planning that went on here? that was strategic. she went and stole the weapon. she brings it to the location. and she deploys it. >> right. what i can tell you is that when you employ a self-defense strategy or battered ...