entire case because it s cameras have been fixed at him at counsel table. mike: he s acknowledged drug addiction and talked about taking a lot of pills every day his memory was sharp on some things as you mentioned, not sharp on other things. any idea of what the impact could be on jurors on that front? well, if you look at how he behaved in the past ten, 11 years when he was committing significant white collar crimes that he s admitted to and fooling everybody around him it doesn t seem that the opioid addiction had effect on that. he was successful at it. for him to say this he wasn t thinking the night of the murders and every other time because of opioids doesn t ring through in contrast to the rest of his behavior when he was still suffering from significant addiction. mike: what about the potential life insurance scam potentially having himself killed for millions of dollars of insurance money?
i don t think there was a dry eye in that courtroom. i know it wasn t at our counsel table, and i saw jurors brushing back tears. beulah mae donald s ability to forgive james tiger knowles of an unspeakable crime is a commentary on her character and not on his crime. but it also raises the question, how long must america count on the bottomless well of black people s forgiveness? i was angry. i was angry for a long time. i just had to forgive him because it wasn t going to bring the girls back. it wasn t going to bring my
and that if i could, i would take her son s place. that s when he asked me, will i forgive him? what did you say? oh, yes. i had already did that. you had already forgiven him? yes, sir. i had already asked the lord to take it in his hand. i don t think there was a dry eye in that court room. i know there weren t at our counsel table. and i saw jurors brushing back tears. beulah mae donald s ability to forgive james tiger knowles of an unspeakable crime is a commentary on her character, and not on his crime. but it also raises the question,
up to the shooting. we ll see what the jury thinks about that. one thing that you know, and i just want to make sure that the audience understands, the arbery family doesn t have any lawyers in that courtroom. this isn t the arbery family against the the arbery family is the most well-lawyered family in america right now. hold on. counselor i don t know where you get that idea counselor. this case is the prosecution on behalf of the people. this is a crime against the community. this isn t about arberys versus mcmichael. this is arbery as a victim and the crime is against the state. the crime is against the community. the crime is against the law. hold on, chris. hold on now. you ve been watching the same trial i have. there are three very, very capable lawyers from the cobb county district attorney s office sitting there at counsel table. linda dunikoski has lit the courtroom on fire every opportunity she gets. paul orisa. they have all done an outstanding job.
against the the arbery family is the most well-lawyered family in america right now. hold on. counselor i don t know where you get that idea counselor. this case is the prosecution on behalf of the people. this is a crime against the community. this isn t about arberys versus mcmichael. this is arbery as a victim and the crime is against the state. the crime is against the community. the crime is against the law. hold on, chris. hold on now. you ve been watching the same trial i have. there are three very, very capable lawyers from the cobb county district attorney s office sitting there at counsel table. linda dunikoski has lit the courtroom on fire every opportunity she gets. paul, larissa. they have all done an outstanding job. and that s just the three in front of the courtroom. maybe you ve not been to cobb county. cobb county has an incredible district attorney s office. it s deep. it s well staffed. it s well funded. and