death penalty and the prosecution has to show she s a awful, can t be rerehabilitated person. the defense says she s pit pitiful and is worst saving, that s mitigating. we have to get past the verdict on guilt or innocence. neil: that only comes with first-degree murder. the death thing comes up in a separate thing. a second proceeding. neil: what happened with this case, if i could step back and get your help? i remember when it started. but then i remember how quickly it also cascaded into, for another news channel, just a mesmerizing ratings mag no, he - magnet and everyone started talking about it. in the beginning i never would have guessed it. this wasn t a whodunit. it s whether or not she has a defense.