and expected to be charged with first-degree murder. in an interview with an australia radio station, the chief revealed the teen s shocking motive. they decided that all three of them were going to kill somebody. somebody. anybody. wow. reporter: lane s girlfriend posted an emotional tribute on facebook today saying in part you will always be mine and in a very special and protected place in my heart. zoraida sambolin, cnn, new york. a u.s. senator born in canada says i don t need dual citizenship. ted cruz says he s always been an american and he s getting his paperwork in order just in case he runs for president. we re going to weigh the legal ins and outs and those who said not so fast coming up next. over 20 million drivers are insured with geico. so get a free rate quote today. i love it! how much do you love it? animation is hot.and i think it makes geico s
was plead guilty to one felony that could be expunged from a record and cleared later on. plead guilty to two misdemeanors and in return no jail time, no ankle bracelet, community service, and she did not have to worry about being labeled a sexual predator for the rest of her life. at this point prosecutors say the deal is off the table. that sounds like it. 20,000. that s a remarkable number just since february. john zarrella live for us. thank you for that. i want to bring in our legal panel on this because there are a lot of chewy issues when it comes to what s going on in this case and other states as well. former criminal prosecutor faith jenkins is here and cnn legal analyst join me live. mark, i want to start with you. this is going on in florida. there are a lot of states that accommodate for peer to peer relationships as long as there s a proximate number of years between the teenagers. a lot of laws were constructed
big question everyone wants to know. do we expect hasan to take the stand and testify. i guess question himself while testifying. reporter: we don t fully know. i think every indication we ve gotten from ft. hood officials and listening to what s been going on in the courtroom this morning i think everyone is definitely expecting nadal hasan to take the stand. the way this will work, he won t be allowed to get up there and give a speech as to why he committed this massacre. he has to leave a list of questions with his assisting attorneys and it has to be a question and answer format. the attorneys will ask him a question that he has prepared and written for these attorneys to ask him and then hasan will respond. where it goes from there is what a lot of people are highly anticipating and will be very interested to see. all right. ed lavandera live for us in ft. hood. thank you for that. the judge in this case has repeatedly told hasan that acting as his own attorney is
what. but if in fact they are more than four years apart birthday to birthday. in so many cases and you re a former prosecutor so get me off the ledge here. there s something called prosecutorial discretion. they say the reason this is in court at all is there s a bias against homosexuality and mission on the part of the victim s parents to prosecute because of the kind of sex it is and not because of the case it is. am i wrong with prosecutorial discretion? could they have ignored this one? they could have. you look at the cases on a case by case basis especially when you have two teenagers in high school. they go to school together. they re peers so to speak. so the prosecutors look at that and nature of their relationship and decide what they want to do. in this case, they offered ms. hunt a sweetheart of a deal. it was very good. not going to be a convicted felon for the rest of her life and not required to register as
a shocking update in a case out of florida. an 18-year-old girl charged with having a relationship with a 14-year-old girl and she s back in court today. her name is katelyn hunt. she was told to stay away from that younger teenager but if prosecutors are right, she didn t, to the tune of about 20,000 text messages exchanged with that younger teenager since that order just in february. john zarrella takes us back to how this case all began. katelyn hunt appeared to be a frightened 18 year old. her freedom on the line. i m scared of losing the rest of my life and not being able to go to college and be around kids and my sisters and my family. reporter: that was february. she had been accused of two counts of lewd abehavior.