president zelenskyy in lithuania as the alliance declares ukraine s future is in nato. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with ukraine s big ask at the nato summit. nbc s kelly cobiella is following that story from kyiv. so what is president zelenskyy walking away with after this summit? reporter: yeah, well, chris, we all know that he wanted those promises from nato that they would have a firm time line for joining the alliance. he said there were a lot of positive outcomes, even though he didn t get what he went there to achieve. just take a look at some of the things that he did get, and chief among them is this security guarantee from g7 countries. unwavering support pledged from the g7 and security guarantees which essentially mean they have committed to supporting ukraine s right to self-defense, focusing on air defense artillery, armored vehicles, air combat, intelligence sharing and reconstruction and recovery, so long-t
the aggravating markets are just so overwhelming, the prosecution has a good chance of meeting its burden of beyond a reasonable doubt, just as it did in the guilt phase. and in either case, the appeals process kicks in? not only does the appeals process kick in, but it is even much more complicated in a death penalty case. you can expect death penalty appeals to last for decades. i mean, the statistics are that of all the people on federal death row, a tiny fraction of them are ever actually executed. i m talking a handful in the last several decades, so you re just not going to see statistically a lot of people put to death. that s because the appeals process is so robust. you have direct appeals and collateral attack and hab yous petitions. the likelihood of success on appeal is tiny but in the united states, the defendant is entitled to all of those appeals
security a national security professional take someone who appears to be b a terrorist off the battlefield so to speak even if it s here. the clear tool useful here is criminal prosecution in article three court. it s been proven. gets extremely long sentences. while this individual like anyone is innocent until proven guilty, this case is a prosecutor s dream. the idea of sending someone to gitmo, even if you put aside the human rights concerns about it is a nightmare for those who would to v to deal with the hab yous petition from there, calling into question perhaps the applicability of the 2001 authorization for use of military force to isis because he s be the first isis associated individual there and dealing with what it moo means for an lpr to go from the united states with rights other than gitmo may not be deemed by the courts to have. resident i assume. that s right. thank you both so much. i appreciate your time. and next, the mystery man.