decide what s relevant and when it should come in. that s got to be a dynamic decision that s made only as the evidence unfolds. one of the crucial things i guess for you guys is going to be the jury selection. because i would imagine this is going to be a hugely emotive case. we know that already. and those members of this jury are going to have huge burden on them, i think, right across america to make the right decision. how are you viewing that process? well, that s why i asked for an anonymous jury. i m very concerned that the jury is in fact going to be impacted by the social pressures that have been placed on the case. i m very concerned about that. benny crump has suggested this is the civil rights case of the century. i just have to disagree with him fully. this is a self-defense case that happened in a few minutes with the intersection of two people. my fear is this. if in fact a jury looks at this case and says george zimmerman acted appropriately in self-defense, if the
shepard: 13% is a pretty good number, sir. our jury found him guilty on one count and couldn t reach a verdict on 23 other counts. he talked about whether he will take the stand this time on radio. i would hope and expect like i thought i would in the first time that i would testify but i don t want to overpromise something. i want to tell my story. i have been saying it all along. what the government is doing to me is criminalizing routine political discussions and that s all. shepard: obviously. prosecutors are already accusing team blago of making false statements to the media. mike tobin works chicago for us.
vindication. the jury couldn t reach a verdict. the prosecution didn t throw everything it could at him it didn t have valerie jarrett or rahm emanuel or some of these other people. i would have loved to have seen that. that would have been interesting it? would have. maybe in the chicago world of politics we are scratching a little bit too close to some people that are very close to obama. why the prosecution didn t get more aggressive, i don t know. i want to see them come out fighting next time a little bit more vengeance. first time around. laura: tamara, i don t think if you talk to most people around this country you mention blagojevich and they think of the reality show. what was he on? one of the reality shows. you think of the hair, the shock of hair and all of that. but they don t think okay, he had a conversation with president obama before the election going down politically and had a conversation with rahm emanuel and people think it was this horse trading as he call
i m not ruling myself out as coming back because i will be vindicated in this case. we are significantly closer to vindication now than i ever was. i m ready for round two. in the second round we re going to put a defense on i m certain. laura: would it be wise for the government to take blago back to court? joining us now from chicago are attorneys jennifer meters and tamara holder whose legal practice required her to occasionally deal with the governor. tam remarks i will start with you. what do you think about this? i mean, it s. a miewdzing to see this whole thing unfold. first of all patrick fitzgerald always comes out guns ablazing, right? whether it s going after my friend conrad black and saying it s a 40-million-dollar and ends up being less. or going after blago and losing on some so many of those counts. the jury couldn t reach a verdict. is this time to say leave well enough alone here. you are absolutely right here. we had a prosecutor who had
vindication. the jury couldn t reach a verdict. the prosecution didn t throw everything it could at him it didn t have valerie jarrett or rahm emanuel or some of these other people. i would have loved to have seen that. that would have been interesting it? would have. maybe in the chicago world of politics we are scratching a little bit too close to some people that are very close to obama. why the prosecution didn t get more aggressive, i don t know. i want to see them come out fighting next time a little bit more vengeance. first time around. laura: tamara, i don t think if you talk to most people around this country you mention blagojevich and they think of the reality show. what was he on? one of the reality shows. you think of the hair, the shock of hair and all of that. but they don t think okay, he had a conversation with president obama before the election going down politically and had a conversation with rahm emanuel and people think it was this horse trading as he call