practices. he s familiar and has studied self-defense and self-defense theories. so he would know what to say and how to craft a story. so what the judge is really evaluating now is, is that going to be more probative or prejudice? so that s what we re discussing and waiting for now. i see both sides of it, and i understand completely why a prosecutor would want to get this information in and to say that this is an individual that was fixated on law enforcement and that had more than a passing familiarity with law enforcement. and this is why we hear him talking the way that he talks and kplun kating the way he communicates, and that colors his communication about his story and how the events unfolded that night because he had exposure, knowledge, and awareness of what a self-defense story could look like, and that s why we re having this discussion. that s why they re trying to keep it out. patrick, interesting moment from the trial earlier today that got a lot of attention.
jon: there is a little more evidence in this case. in the casey anthony case, it was pretty hard to tell what happened to the a little girl. no, no, you re making a great point. she s admitted doing it,al we it under this albeit under this self-defense story. jon: and the murder is practically caught on camera. there s a shot of him in the shower and 62 seconds later and the fact she kept changing her story. and the only reason i mention casey anthony is this business of going for first-degree. i ve heard a lot of experts saying, you know what? it should be second-degree murder. jon: sounds like me waif some weeks of testimony. i think so. of. jon: lis wiehl, doug burn, thank you both. jenna: happening now, big news in the sports world. 23 in a row for miami. lebron james scoring the winning basket in the closing seconds against boston right now to keep the heat s winning streak alive.
sandusky until just this week. as the trial was going on, he apparently approached prosecutors and told them that his adopted father did molest him. jason carroll, cnn contributor and sarah gannon. jason, if matt sandusky s claims was known by the prosecution, why didn t they call him to testify? well, i think it s a good question. i think there s a question in terms of whether or not his testimony would have been admissible, for one reason, jerry sandusky is not charged with sexually abusing his son. i can tell you this. think of this scenario. let s say for example jerry sandusky had taken the witness stand and it said during his testimony i m a great father, i have a great relationship with my children. that, then, would have opened the door for the prosecution to call a rebuttal witness and my sources told me, if jerry sandusky had taken the stand, they were prepared to put matt sandusky on the stand as a rebuttal witness and my source tells me that his testimony would
sandusky until just this week. as the trial was going on, he apparently approached prosecutors and told them that he was molested. jason, if matt sandusky s claims was known by the prosecution, why didn t they call him to testify? well, i think it s a good question. i think there s a question in terms of whether or not his testimony would have been admissible, for one reason, jerry sandusky is not charged with sexually abusing his son. i can tell you this. think of this scenario. let s say for example jerry sandusky had taken the witness stand and it said during his testimony i m a great father, i have a great relationship with my children. that, then, would have opened the door for the prosecution to call a rebuttal witness and my sources told me, if jerry sandusky had taken the stand, they were prepared to put matt sandusky on the stand as a rebuttal witness and my source tells me that his testimony would have been, quote, very, very damaging. also let me backtrack a litt
prosecution during the trial. now, he was not called to the stand. we re going to get into why in just a minute because that s of course the question everybody wants to know the answer to. first, a bit of background. he went to live with the sanduskies as a foster child. he was later adopted. he had denied ever being abused by sandusky till just this week. as the trial was going on, he apparently approached prosecutors and told them his adopted father did molest him. joining me now live with the latest, national correspondent jason carroll. also cnn con trip tributor sara gannham. why didn t he call him to testify? i think that s a good question. there s a question in term of whether or not his testimony would have been admissible. for one reason, jerry sandusky is not charged with sexually abusing his son. i can tell you this, think of this scenario. let s say, for example, jerry sandusky had taken the witness stand and had said during his testimony, i m a great father, i