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The state of georgia versus tonya craft, we the jury find the defendant count number one, not guilty. count number two, not guilty. count number five, six, seven, ten, 13, not guilty. count number 22, not guilty. this 11th day of may, 2010, signed dick prius, court person. >> larry: joining us scott king, one of toya craft's attorneys, in chattanooga, and in miami, stacy honowitz, specializes in child abuse and sex crimes cases and the author of "my privates are private." great title. scott, how long did this trial last? >> just into five weeks, although it lasted two years of hard work and re...

>> larry: why didn't her own daughter testifying against her cinch it for the prosecution? >> well, it was an interesting story with her daughter. actually, in the beginning, the first claim was her mommy put medicine on her, that everything was her mommy put medicine, 706 days later after not being, having any contact with my client, her story got progressively worse, and worse to the point where when she came in to trial, she didn't even remember saying that she had said my mom put medicine on me and had to, of course, be reminded. >> larry: stacy, isn't it weird to have 22 counts all not gu...

And the judge. >> stacy honowitz, what's your experience in cases like this with respect to the defense? i mean, do you bristle when you hear anybody blaming the victim and certainly in this case she is without blame. she paid the ultimate price. >> well, as a prosecutor and just as a person, of course you're going to feel like why is this person who battered this individual then blaming them. but this is the case. you do see it quite often because it's a way for them to justify their behavior. these cases are extremely difficult. mark will tell you. it's a terrible situation when you're invol...

Never expect something like this to happen. she's just truly a wonderful girl. >> tributes continuing to pour in for yeardley love. george huguely who stands accused of first-degree murder. the defense attorney's job is to protect their client and their interests. often in cases like this, won't they try to vilify or blame the victim in some way? >> well, i don't know if i would call it blame orvillefy. if there is something that you want to call provocation, that's your duty to bring that out. if there's some prior incident that you think is relevant, you try to bring it out. but remember, us...

Fixodent, and forget it. >> the extraordinary capital murder trial of jody areas taking a weird turn when the jury is allowed to ask their own questions of the 32-year-old accused of murder facing the death penalty for the savage crime her murder after a day of raunchy sex. before we analyze the jury's questions and answers with famed gloria allred and stacy honowitz. this jury has serious problems with the testimony they have been hearing for the last three weeks. >> how is it you remember so