At this time, let me introduce the participants in todays discussion. We have a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution. She served as a minister to the dutch parliament. Focused parliament, she on furthering the integration of nonwestern immigrants into dutch society. Larry diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Years, hehan six directed fsi center where he now leads the program on democracy and its Global Digital policy incubator. Was the 26th assistant to the president for National Security affairs and served as a commissioned officer in the u. S. Army for 34 years before retiring in june, 2018. The moderator for todays panel is neil ferguson. Hooverior fellow at the institution and a senior fellow for the European Studies at harvard. Please join me in welcoming this esteemed group to the stage. Thank you,ernoon, tom for that introduction and thank you for joining us on such a beautiful afternoon when you could be outside playing frisbee. Im extremely excited to be
His wife of more than 20 years . We all along thought that the evidence actually supported his rendition of what actually happened on that day. Reporter but there was evidence supporting his wifes version as well like the 911 call made from inside their home by their daughter. Prince georges county 911. My father is hit mig mother. Reporter the other 911 call from the neighbor after betty escaped her home. Prince georges county 911. Okay, they op their way, betty. Its okay betty. Reporter the pendant lamp and knife he is allegedly used to beat and threaten his wife were found in the house but without his fingerprints or dna. The fingerprint evidence, none of which belongs to my client i think the jury was impressed that maybe Miss Lawrence was not telling the truth about what happened. We brought charges that reflected the seriousness of the offenses and we thought that the evidence was sufficient but jury is final arbiter and we respect that. Reporter now this family is hoping to move