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At least five people charged in the riot at the U.S. Capitol have chosen to defend themselves in court.

Offense. if you're found guilty, you may lose your drivers license and a possibility of a jail sentence. you have a constitutional right to have a representation by an attorney who may waive his rights if they're not protected. you have a right to hire an attorney to represent you in every case. if you can't afford one, you may be available for a free attorney. to qualify for a free lawyers -- you may waive your right to have an attorney at a trial. you also have the right to represent yourself. however, self-representation can be dangerous. for example, there's certain facts that you're charg...

Handle his own case. military law allows defendants to represent themselves in court but the judge is likely to ask hasan's attorneys to stay throughout the trial just in case he has questions about how things should go. if hasan fails to follow the rules of evidence in court, also procedure and decorum that right to self-representation could actually be taken away to avoid a mistrial, and that is of course something that nobody wants. it is also worth mentioning that some military law experts we've spoken to who are not working on the case believe that hasan wants to do this as an act of defi...

It's a draw with respect any kind of analogy between that and a 17-year-old, purely the same age, a young, black, 17-year-old teenager, who is accused of shooting a baby dead in a stroller with a gun. >> right. >> trayvon martin was unarmed. >> i understand that's what you're going to continue -- >> there's not an analogy without people saying you're a racist. >> i learned you can't make that analogy because it's a visual analogy and you can't explain. it was the wrong thing to do and i've been clear about that. but the analogy is, these are two people who chose to represent themselves in this...

Match allegedly was made between a hair on the body of carmen smith the murder victim and mr. daker. >> and this murder victim, the mother was a roommate of the woman ha he had been stalking. is that, correct? >> that's ate woman he had been accused of stalking, yes. >> judge jeanine: and the idea of his cross examining the boy who was stabbed 18 times at the age of five, did -- how do you feel about that as an attorney who represented daker? >> that is one of the real pitfalls of self-representation. you make it too personal. it is you versus the person that believes is you stabbed him 18 tim...