evidence can be given great, great weight, but when a jury has to say who do i believe and another witness comes out and says he did it to me, too, it s almost game over. having said that, if there were two or three, never mind a dozen other similar fact evidence, this case would be over almost before it started. final question. about the celebrity piece, it s going to be hard for a lot of jurors to separate bill cosby from his image as america s dad. that is exactly what i wanted to end with. how, mark o mara, does the celebrity factor cut, areva thinks it benefits cosby, might it hurt him? it could because again he has presented himself out there. the reason we re at criminal trial is because the judge allowed deposition testimony because bill cosby put himself out there as america s dad after the deposition. he is held as america s dad, held to that high standard.
focus on the facts of this case, and that s correct, similar fact evidence can be given great, great weight, but when a jury has to say who do i believe and another witness comes out and says he did it to me, too, it s almost game over. having said that, if there were two or three, never mind a dozen other similar fact evidence, this case would be over almost before it started. final question. about the celebrity piece, it s going to be hard for a lot of jurors to separate bill cosby from his image as america s dad. that is exactly what i wanted to end with. how, mark o mara, does the celebrity factor cut, areva thinks it benefits cosby, might it hurt him? it could because again he has presented himself out there. the reason we re at criminal trial is because the judge allowed deposition testimony because bill cosby put himself out there as america s dad after the deposition. he is held as america s dad, held to that high standard. a jury may go back, how dare you, with everyth
the american dream, fixing education, don t miss it. fareed, many thanks. now this welcome back. let s begin hour two. three and a half hours for the jury deliberating the case against michael jackson s doctor. also there is a new jobs report out there if greece worries you, wait until you hear about italy. all of that plus, a civil rights legend has advice for the occupy wall street movement. let s play reporter roulette on this friday. i want to begin with ted rolands in los angeles, outside that courtroom. quite a little bit of a scene, i guess, behind you there, ted. any news? any other news from the jury room? reporter: well, the big breaking news, brooke, they have taken their lunch break. the jurors, they have deliberated now, as you mentioned, about three and a half hours and during the deliberation, they did ask for some evidence, so, a big box of evidence was brought back to the jury room, they are obviously doing something back there they are going over the
yeah. i mean, like we really want to hear what he has to say elevating him to that position. it never really happened, but it s mind boggling that they pick the killer over the hero to glorify in something like this. they ve been doing it for years. yeah. it seems like it will never go away. he was a commencement speaker for two different american colleges. two more than you. so inspiring. yes. i really i ve never really understood the celebrity piece of following people because they are good at acting or because whatever they have done and getting this huge following, it s totally foreign to me. i m sure it is to you. who listens to you? yeah that, is true. but i like that she wrote the book, the victim s wife wrote the book that she had a chance to say something and that we re giving a people chance for an alternative because i would bet you that 99% of his followers probably have no idea what he
yeah. i mean, like we really want to hear what he has to say elevating him to that position. it never really happened, but it s mind boggling that they pick the killer over the hero to glorify in something like this. they ve been doing it for years. yeah. it seems like it will never go away. he was a commencement speaker for two different american colleges. two more than you. so inspiring. yes. i really i ve never really understood the celebrity piece of following people because they are good at acting or because whatever they have done and getting this huge following, it s totally foreign to me. i m sure it is to you. who listens to you? yeah that, is true. but i like that she wrote the book, the victim s wife wrote the book that she had a chance to say something and that we re giving a people chance for an alternative because i would bet you that 99% of his followers probably have no idea what he