CNN Erin Burnett OutFront May 31, 2013 06:18:00
Front of the jury. >> well, if there were all these mitigating factors, and if there was some dereliction of duty on the part of the army having somebody in a war zone on his -- on a multiple deployment who had tbi, who had ptsd, why plead guilty at all? >> well, because, you know, i'm a trial lawyer. the best trial and the best cases in the world you can still lose. and i don't take lightly death penalty cases by any stretch of the imagination. and i think that when i got this case the army was on a fast road to use this case as the first time to execute a soldier since 1961. and i think they...