before goes into the background, and really the burden shifts. in a criminal case it's the government's burden to prove someone guilty yard. -- beyond a reasonable doubt. when the defendant take the stand it really becomes, did the jury believe him? is he credible? i think that's the high mountain that blagojevich has to slime here. the jury has heard over a hundred tapes of him talking to pay to play, talking about selling the senate seat, how he could personally enrich himself and he's got to juxtapose that to this idea that he was governor paoeuting -- fighting for people. a and that is a hard needle to thread. jenna: not an easy hill to crime. -- climb. a hard needle to thread works as well. on this, if rod blagojevich takes the stand what questions do you want him to answer, just from your own experience as an attorney? >> looking at it from a defense perspective he's got to really have some humble pie. he's got to say that i was a guy that was obsessed with the way i
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