happening moments ago. the star witness for the prosecution describing her last moments speaking with trayvon martin and why she was not forthcoming about why she did not go to his funeral, claiming she was in the hospital when, in fact, she just didn t want to go. she claims it was too traumatic for her to see her friend in a coffin. we re joined now by msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom, who s been watching it trial all along for us. it seems, lisa, they re now going to go back into session after this recess. just to reset the table once again, we are now prepared for the defense to have an aggressive cross-examination of this witness. that s right. every witness who testifies in an american courtroom is subject to cross-examination. this one is no different. let s listen in. let s listen in. good afternoon. good afternoon, mr. don.
it was turned based on information the defense did not get if regard to the star witness for the prosecution, but 23 years him although the exhibit of correctionings here in arizona says it s 12 years when that automatic appeal starts, to when the execution can take place, it appear, as though in reality, it is much longer. jean casarez, beth karas, you are both astounding courtroom lawyers and you are great lawyers. you willb hard at work following this, court will be in session starting at 1:00 eastern. as soon as jodi arias john boehner her testimony or her aloindication, one gets challenged, the other one doesn t. we will bring it to you live. again, we don t know if she will ask the jury to spare her or kill her. it is a bizarre turn that s about to happen in this courtroom. i will be on from 2:00 to 4:00 eastern live here in phoenix, arizona, a death penalty case like very few others i have seen in this country.
around bombing for what you want. you don t bomb for peace, as the weather underground attempted to do and apparently there are just different standards for radical, violent extremists depending on which end of the spectrum they happen to occupy. and then come out as a reviewer and then talk about how romantic their idealism is. can you imagine so? in any event, it will be in the theaters for people to consume or not if they so choose. not, not. megyn: guy, thank you. thanks, megyn. megyn: coming up, a writer for a leading magazine says president obama needs sensitivity training after he complimented the good looks of california s female attorney general. we ll take a look after the break. this man was sentenced to prison for life and now the star witness for the prosecution in his murder case admits that much of what she testified to on the stand was a lie. but is it too late for this man, convicted of murder? and does it really chae the
universe who would say she had the ability to consent at that point. megyn: isn t it more not whether she had the ability, david, but whether the boys understood that she didn t have the ability? that s true, but that s right, megyn, that s right, megyn. but look, the statements that she made before the party is huge and if witnesses corroborate that, that establishes her state of mind before she went there and carried over into the party. it s the perception of the defendants as to her consent, megyn, that s the issue and i ve got to say it s just absolutely incredible that it boils down to a victim and this is going to be the star witness for the prosecution, a victim herself whose testimony won t be credible because of her state of inebriation. megyn: i don t think it s going to boil down to her. she s going to get up there and say i don t remember. i mean, the other witnesses who come in, one of the witnesses got up there and testified the alleged victim had said she was f
that s right. the u.s. prosecuting attorney managing the case was married to the man managing the case of seigleman s opponent. the star witness for the prosecution who came he had saw the governor with a check in his hand after meeting with the donor was demonstratively wrong about the time and had been extorting alabama businessmen and cooperated with the prosecutors to avoid a ten-year sentence for his own crimes. nevertheless, after two deadl k deadlocks the jewish acquitted him on 27 and convicted him. the federal judge sentenced him to seven years in prison. over 100 former politicians have tried to get him freed. this has over 41,000 signatures and you can find it at free don.org. the other man is clarence aaron convicted of a nonviolent drug fence in 1993, a 24-year-old