arrested because his photo was picked out of a line-up from a woman right. who had only seen the kidnapper for a matter of minutes five decades ago. is that reliable? you know, there s a lot of criticism of eyewitness testimony and recall. there s a lot of research on selective blindness. but i have to tell you that when it comes to children, more than adults, because they don t have as much clutter in their brains, if you will, it tends to be even more reliable. samantha runnion was snatched off the street in front of her home in front of a 5-year-old playmate who gave a description to the police that they were able to make such a perfect sketch based on this 5-year-old s description of the man that grabbed and everybody was, like, are you sure? are you sure? you were only 5 years old and when they caught the culprit, he looked exactly like the sketch. think about that. think about elizabeth smart was her captor was described perfectly by her 9-year-old sister. i buy it. i
blagojevich. he was hoping for three to five. the judge siding with the prosecution. blagojevich just came down from the courtroom about ten minutes ago and addressed the media very briefly. he didn t take any questions. said he was going home to be with his two daughters, explain to them where they were going from here and said he will be, quote, fighting on. so expect an appeal in this case. one thing to note, he doesn t have to report until february 16th to the bureau of prisons. so he does have this time to spend with his family but the former governor of illinois will spend 14 years was sentenced to 14 years in prison. i m curious, since he does get to go home for those 90 days, to try to explain this to his kids, why is that? why does he get that 90-daybreak? well, it s up to the judge s discretion whether in a case that he allows the defendant to go away, to be out on bond typically an inmate is remanded into custody. in illinois, george ryan was sentenced in the