now, right. when he was going through this process, he and his attorneys took steps to try to get the death penalty off the table. right, and how ironic that dylann roof, a man who went and executed these nine people at a bible study, as he talked about in his confession, was prepared to kill himself in a shootout with police, after he left the church and was in awe that no one was outside to kill him or try to kill him, has repeatedly asked for a plea offer that did not include the death penalty because he himself does not want to die. but in this case as danny s right about this, the verdict is kind of a foregone conclusion of actual guilt. but the one holdout we re all talking about is you ve got to bankin the fact there is one person who had that visceral reaction to seeing death in front of their eyes or in the trial. will not want to inpose that on somebody else. the attorney s already planted a seed. already said, ask yourselves why he did this, not whether, but why. they want
that gets imposed instantly. this will be heartbreaking even if he gets the death penalty. they ll have to relive this through appeals. how long this will continue. all right, laura coates, danny, thank you. up next, donald trump trading barbs with the white house over let s see what, when in this escalating hacking scandal. we ll talk about that. getting older shouldn t mean giving up all the things she loves to do. it should just mean, well, finding new ways to do them. right at home s professional team thoughtfully selects caregivers to provide help with personal care, housekeeping, and of course, meal preparation. oh, that smells so good. aw, and it tastes good, too. we can provide the right care, right at home. before i had the shooting, burning, pins-and-needles of diabetic nerve pain, these feet. . kicked off a lot of high school games.
there s something wrong obviously with dylann roof that will be mitigating enough to say he, even though he did this horrible act, does not meet the standard for a death penalty in this case. how is he convincing in that way, though, danny? someone who doesn t have remorse, how will he convince jurors that they should spare his life? mitigation at the capital sentencing phase is very complex. often just as complex as the liability phase. you have to hire experts. you have to have investigators dig into your life as a defendant and find all of the horrible things that happened to you to garner any kind of sympathy. this person had a bad family life. he had an awful experience. and that s what may have contributed to this person you see today. and you should have sympathy for him and spare him this ultimate punishment. it s such an important phase that it usually requires the assistance of not only attorneys but investigators and specialists in mitigation.
myra thomason. cnn legal analyst laura coates, a former federal prosecutor, and cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney danny sevasos. you heard the tape, it s a struggle to speak after this. as the jury hears this, there s no question dill ylann roof did this, what are his chances for avoiding after what we would expect almost to be a open and shut verdict here of guilty for avoiding a death penalty? i agree, brianna. the fact you could hear that woman s fear being so palpable with miss polly sheppard was heartbreaking. you had jurors who were tearing up and grimacing when they saw pictures of the damage that was done of the massacre. and while that is one thing we re talking about, it s also