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To die. i don t know. she a game player and manipulator. i say give her what he she wants. if that s what she wants. give it to her. i don t understand her. it s not for us to understand a cold-hearted murderer. see how it plays out. shepard: how is the family doing? you know, i was with them when the original verdict came in, guilty premeditated murder and i haven t seen them that happy. it was just an amazing day. this is today was brutal. watching mr. martinez do his job. he did what he had to do. you know, dug up all of the really terrible feeling. you know, having to see, again and again and again how travis was murdered and what the last moments of his life were like. so, i know that they are struggling emotionally but they are very pleased with how justice has been brought to travis. in these proceedings. shepard: chris hughes, friends of the victim. chris, thank you. thanks, shep. ....
do you think that you are acting legally yes. in what you were doing. yes, i do. why is that? well, it was my stuff. i followed what i thought the law, my lawyer told me you can t break in a guy s room. i didn t break into anybody s room. i didn t beat up anybody. i didn t try to muscle the guy. shepard: o.j. also said his lawyer kept asking him for money to cover huge defense costs. hundreds of thousands of dollars. i thought it was kind of expensive, but i spent a lot of money on lawyers so, you know, this was nothing. you know, compared to what i had been spending in the past on lawyers. shepard: compared to that dream team. a reference, of course, compared to the previous legal trouble the so-called trial of the century in 95 when a jury acquitted him of killing ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman. jury found him libel for ....
Alexander. so it clearly will be emotional. and keep in mind the prosecution can also use the interview that jodi arias gave to our local fox affiliate where she said she wants to die. here is part of that. i said years ago that i would rather get death than life and that still is true today. i believe death is the ultimate freedom. so i would rather just have my freedom as soon as can i get it. you mentioned that when the verdict was read, she didn t flinch, shep. but courtroom observers say that as she went to greet her attorneys, jodi arias was actually smiling a little bit. shep. shepard: fort defense, the one play here was hoping that she didn t have to go through this death penalty phase but it was a long shot. yeah, it was a long shot because they had to counter the medical examiner s testimony that said that travis alexander was trying to fight back when she was attacking him. that he had cuts on both the front and the back of his hand, he show pg he was trying to defle ....
The irs. heed intoed to get out in front of this. whether or not he has remains to be seen. there is going to be congressional investigations. the department of justice is investigating whether or not there was any criminal breach. this is going to be with us right until the 2016 election. shepard: not as if people just found out about this. it s clear this was known. that s right. which complicates the issue even further, right? there were complaints for quite some time, the agency had been saying this was not happening. in fact, it was. and congress feels that it was lied to. and, at the end of the day. this is an institution the irs that has in an immense power to audit any of us. to tax us, to question in the case of the tea party groups their tax element settlement status. so abuse of that power does not sit well with the public that already has its suspicions about the irs. shepard: it s hard to imagine a worse time. we re in that period between the tim ....
Guilty. that s according to the lawyers for aerial castro. they also claim their 52-year-old client is not a monster, despite the allegations against him. last week prosecutors charged castro with kidnapping and rape. one of his attorneys says castro is on suicide watch inside his jail cell. he t. was just more than a week ago that one of these alleged captives, amanda berry triggered there dramatic rescue when she managed to scream for help. castro fathered a child with berry according to authorities. castro also found that now 6-year-old girl inside the home. o.j. simpson back in court today. is he doing prison time for kidnapping, armed roshed and assault with a deadly weapon he says it s not really o.j. s fault. who does oil o.j. blame? plus the 12-year-old boy accused of murdering his little sister. that child s family is still standing by him. i m with my brother 100%. shepard: what happened ....