jon: why put her on the stand, lis? well, they almost have to. they ve got to try to keep one juror to keep the death penalty off the table. that s what her lawyers are trying to do, to try to humanize her a little bit. i think it s a real stretch, jon. i think this is one of the weakest self-defense cases i have ever heard about. when have you last heard about a self-defense case where somebody slits the other person s throat 27 times and, by the way, then shoots them in the forehead? i don t think the jury s going to buy it, but they really had no other choice but to put her on. jon: doug? you never know how this is hurting the jury. they are undemonnizing her, my term, and theoretically the jury has to reach a unanimous verdict, so you just don t know. having said that, when you look at the case object ily, it would seem to me it s more of a heat of passion type of defense instead of self-defense. for example, you come in, your spouse is in bed with somebody else, you stab them