was overwhelming, and the evidence pointing to congressman condit didn t exist. jon: well and, apparently, this jury was presented with a lot of evidence that her death fit a pattern of attacks in which he was implicated or convicted, attacks on other women who were jogging alone in that park. the courts in the district of columbia follow the federal rules, and the federal rules that govern federal courts permit you, jon, to introduce evidence of pattern behavior in order to show that the defendant s behavior in this case fits a pattern of what he did or is likely to have done in other cases. so it s an acceptable way to present evidence in a federal court against a criminal defendant. jenna: judge, we re going to get more information about what happened inside the courtroom. just want to bring in claudia cowan who s with us from california. obviously, congressman condit from a region of california, claudia, and you were covering this case very closely when it broke. the family, the