that is it. of course, then we go into appellate matters, possible motion for a new trial, and who knows how long all that will take? let s listen to what was the we are now authorized to use video and sound from the trial, and i want to listen to what the prosecutor said today, what was the winning argument in this case today, saying that the bottom line was that the defendant knew what he did was wrong. let s listen to that. the bottom line was the defendant knew what he did was wrong, according to dr. price. and then he s setting up his defense, like many times before, he commits the crime, he does a violent act, he gets wiped out of his gourd and goes to the mental hospital. that s what he wanted to see happen again, the night of february 2nd. he was setting up his defense.
listen, lawrence, it s one of the dirty little secrets of the criminal justice system that not all victims are created equal. while there was some outcry in the wake of the release of the movie american sniper, the people on this jury, i m fairly confident, don t follow michael moore and seth rogan on twitter. we re joined by former congressman patrick murphy, veteran of the iraq war. you re one of the first people we talked to about this trial and the issue ptsd might play in this trial. what is your reaction to this verdict tonight? lawrence, it s a sad day. i mean, you have a marine, two marines who were killed. another marine now who is going to spend the rest of his life in prison. i m glad that justice was served, but it breaks my heart to see what happens. it s a tragedy, and to know that there s hundreds of thousands of veterans from the iraq and afghanistan war that have ptsd.
mind s eye it s what the law and facts required. i want to go to an earlier decision that the judge made in this trial, and that was to not sequester the jury. the jury was allowed to come and go every day. they were exposed to all of the news media, instructed to not pay attention to it. but michael snipes, the instruction to not pay any attention to it is very different from sequestering. judges around the down trip at different times decide it s just an inhumane kind of pressure on jurors if we allow them to be out there in the world surrounded by all this media. what is your reaction to the judge s decision not to sequester this jury? it s also kind of an inhumane question to sequester them every night and take them away from life as they know it. my practice was, once the jury goes out for the verdict in a
guilty by reason of insanity, because it is a relatively rare verdict for the defense to get, a not guilty by reason of insanity and in this case timing is everything and obvious obviously, coming on the heels of the academy awards and the oscars and then having the deliberations, and having the jury to go out, and if ta havehey have to go, they have to go all night night, and they figured two hours, and that is it. and as a matter of fact before the verdict was read mr. brafman wrote me a note here and he said, i never saw a criminal trial end with the absence of it without any facts in d dispute.. yes, the facts were not disputed. and the fact is was he insane, and if you commit a cold blooded