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but knowing what you know now. well, what do i know now, that a grand jury didn t believe her? a jury didn t believe trayvon martin s case. so you believe i believe that there was enough reason to go to court on that case, which is what we advocate, just like i believed in other cases. once it had gone to court you got to remember the same prosecutor came after me on situations that i knew was wrong. why would i believe the jury that he used there? so i think again, this book is not about all of that. this book is about how you do things. but i think that the basis of a case, you ve got people right now, willie, that says he shouldn t have gotten involved in duke lacrosse. i didn t get involved in that. not one time. never went to north carolina. but people get carried away in the emotions because they just broad stroke, rather than say well, wait main, if there s a claim there and people are being denied their right for redress, why wouldn t civil rights leaders respond? t
very, frankly, unpleasant texts, and a photograph of him possibly holding a weapon. all of that would likely have come into evidence, if the prosecution had put in evidence of his good character. so i m not sure the prosecution made a mistake in how they went about it. sunny, do you want to weigh in on that? you know, the judge had decided that the defense couldn t properly authentic a lot of that evidence. i m not so sure that it would have come in, even if the prosecution had opened up the door. i think on balance, it s very clear that this jury didn t know the real trayvon martin, or didn t have any idea of who trayvon martin was. and as a prosecutor, as a former prosecutor, that just doesn t generally work. what s your gut tell you, danny? do you think the justice department will launch a civil rights case against george zimmerman? no, the justice department will certainly look into it, but to prevail in a civil rights case, they must show that the underlying constituent wa
a decision whether she should die for her crime. let s go to arthur and mercedes. just for the record, the first time, maybe the seventh time, probably not too bad yet. opposite you get to the 15th 15th or 16th time, that s probably not too bad. and then once all the blood is out and you get to number 24, maybe that s not too bad. by the time you get to 27, i mean, where are we then on the stabbing? take a few pictures while you re at it. that s this i unbelievable how much can these attorneys go in front of the judge and say with a straight face, this jury didn t get it right. come on. i don t think the defense has legal grounds to say that the
ultimately it would be a four-year sentence. however, to the extent she s been in since october of 2008 and that would be the equivalent of almost three years, a few months shy of that, of course, it would really amount to what would be a time-served sentence, because the department of corrections when they do their calculations calculates about 75% of the time. and so it certainly could be likely, john that she could be a free woman as early as tomorrow. greg: susan, clearly this jury didn t think much of the prosecution case. it only took them, what, nine hours of actual deliberations to set her or to acquit her of the most serious charges. you stu studied a lot of jurorsd judges. is in judge likely to say, okay the jury didn t think much of this case, i m going to set her free? i think so. i think the judge is going to think that at this point in time, you know, three years, and at this point in time the state didn t prove their case on behalf of the jury, that s what