pattern. you want to let the jury come up with an unjust acquittal. you don t want an unjust acquittal. you know, in the michael jackson trial, the prosecution was allowed to bring in evidence that five other young men were abused and i argued in my closing argument that that was a sign of weakness. the prosecution knew they didn t have a strong case, so they brought in these other people who were not part of the charged conduct to basically try and sway the jury. frankly, my arguments worked. he was acquitted on every single count. to that end, you bring up the celebrity nature, having mentioned michael jackson. all three of you are familiar with celebrity and very high-profile cases. how much did that play into this case? bill cosby to many is still dr. cliff huxtable, much-beloved figure to people. john, i ll let you go at that first. i think that s important. i haven t been involved with a celebrity person before. it is extraordinarily difficult. the fact that he did not test
over the trial period it emerged that pistorius was paying restitution to the steencamp family. of course the victim s family here has repeatedly said that ten months, not 12 months, is too long in prison, too short in prison, excuse me, for someone who killed a person. but his release is in line with the law here in south africa for a sentence five years or less, you can be released under these sort of conditions under house arrest after a sixth of the term. john? and with that in mind, david, this trial was to visit at the time, what about how that he has been released from prison, what is the reaction been there in south africa? well, john, you know, i wasn t here during the most of the trial. i watched it from afar like you and everyone else and was amazed by their level of attention. there were even channels here domestically that only played oscar pistorius trial. almost like reality tv. and the celebrity nature and the
after a fair consideration of all the evidence that mr. hernandez would be convicted. reporter: do you feel the judge treated the prosecution fairly in this case in terms of during every trial there are decisions from a judge that we agree with and that we disagree with. i think that occurred in this case like it does in every case. reporter: are you surprised by the length of the deliberation? i was not. reporter: can you comment on the whole celebrity nature of this case? this wasn t a normal case. it was a big football celebrity, and how do you think that impacted this trial? well it impacted it significantly based on what we re doing here now. certainly it was a major case the case gained national attention. i think in the end a fair trial was provided to the defendant. in the end, he s a celebrity, he s a patriots football player. that attracts everybody, but in the end he was a man who
anybody that committed this crime? is that person being arrested for narcotics, and how much was it? i don t have that information. that is being processed. let s go back to john burress and talk about this, as i mentioned, john, you have representeded a number of celebrities including michael jackson including is this just for show. you re talking about it s a felony case, it s a felony one, i even feel silly saying it, regarding eggs, it s $30,000 allegedly caused here. i m still perplexed by the cocaine found in the home and the individual arrested, not justin bieber who owns that home. nevertheless, you believe this is all about celebrity. what s going on here? i don t think it s about celebrity at all. i mean, obviously, there s a lot of damage here. and the celebrity nature of it, i think the sheriff is probably right in terms of the extent that he has to make a decision
despite that, i would like to say it is what is happening over there? he feels bad about his answer. i failed a test of some kind. he doesn t understand the story. where am i. focus, everybody. i am going to joe. say something not stupid for once. the article was noting that when ever they were writing about the romney fundraiser they obsessed over the cars. when they would write about the obama fundraiser they obsessed moreover the celebrity nature and not so much the wealth even though they are just as wealthy. when a rock star buys a $20,000 plate to an obama dinner it is admirable. but when somebody does the same for a romney event it is disgraceful and indulgent. i am sick of hearing how rich this guy is. we established this a year ago. stop telling me you are surprised this is the company he keeps. this reporter problem bly sits