he convinced the jury the reason he chopped morris black up and threw him in the bay is because they were coming after him for kathy s disappearance all these years ago and nobody would believe his story. they bought that. so in many ways, what s going to happen? you know, he got what happened in galveston is so terrifying. ellen, is there something about this guy? tell us about yeah. first of all, the prosecution as an attorney, i ll talk. the prosecution made a mistake in not having any lesser included offenses when they tried him in dallas. right. that s what i think lisa was trying to say. yes. had they done that, he could have been convicted of something lesser than murder. everybody thinks, heck, you go to texas, you kill somebody, death chamber. the only thing he was convicted of was misdemeanor, cutting up a dead body. once the body s dead, you want to cut it up, it may be a bit nuts but it s not murder.
while in a bathroom following the hbo interview, and still wearing his open microphone, durst whispers to himself, what the hell did i do? killed them all, of course. the remarks were captured on audiotape. what the hell did i do? killed them all, of course. excuse me. joining me now is a friend of robert durst s first wife, kathleen, who went missing in 1982. ellen strauss. lisa depaulo of bloomberg politics who s been covering this. let me start with you, ellen. how do you feel today? i ve never seen anything like this, what seems to be a confession caught on tape like that from a guy who is trying to defend himself and trying to deny everything. do you look at this an say, got him now?
have thought was pretty clear and the jury decided he dismembered somebody in self-defense. you don t know what s going to happen for sure. but it would look like this time it might be. tom fuentes, eugene o donnell, thanks so much for helping us break it down. later we ll talk to ellen strauss, she was a friend of robert durst s first wife kathy, who disappeared in 1982. should evidence if the hbo film be admissible in court? you can tweet us or find us on facebook. a fascinating discussion about what is legal and what is ethical. the u.s. and iran back at the negotiating table over iran s nuclear program as president obama fires back at the 47 senate republicans who signed the controversial letter to iran insisting that it is not the way that america does business. this morning, a new cnn/orc poll shows an overwhelming of majority of americans favor direct diplomacy with the
and dick dueggerin who is representing him, too, is one of them. he got him off in galveston bay, on the murder there, on self-defense. he s representing him in this one. should they go to trial? sometimes that s what they weigh, sometimes they don t prosecute. you have three jurisdictions, three different cases and none of them indicted. now they got him because he tripped up himself. fascinating case so great to have your perspective. thank you so much for sharing your information with us. coming up next hour we re going to speak with ellen strauss she is a friend of robert durst s first wife kathy, the woman who disappeared in 1982. should evidence from the documentary, the jinx be admissible in court? president obama lashing out at the senate republicans who sent the warning letter to iran. a cording to a new cnn poll the
berman. this all comes after what appeared to be durst s confession caught on a hot mike during the filming of hbo s documentary the jinx. ellen strauss, a friend of durst s first wife court and jury kathleen talked about the new developments. i m elated and satisfied and i feel vindicated because it really has been a long long time. and i m hoping this time something is going to become of it. joining me now from los angeles, explain what happened in the courtroom that s putting a hitch in bringing hearsedurst back to l.a. dealing with the weapon that was found and also marijuana as well. they were saying durst was a felon in possession and they need more time to gather evidence and in galveston, the murder case. you can take a listen to what his attorney said as well. we want to contest the basis for his arrest because i think it s not based on facts, it s based on ratings. what they want to do is get this case back to los angeles as quickly as possible. but it s g