still crucial parts of information that the santa fe sheriff s office is still waiting to receive from the fbi, regarding ballistics and forensics, and they say until they have those only then will they be able to pass this case in full to the district attorney, and only then will be no if criminal charges will be brought. at this stage they have not been ruled out. i think that is the main takeaway from the information received so far. all of it is very interesting but it hasn t fundamentally changed the investigation. a lot of questions are being asked why they have released this detailed information while the criminal case is still ongoing. the lawyerfor while the criminal case is still ongoing. the lawyer for matthew hutchins has said there are very surprised that they decide to do this, and i have asked the media here to be discerning and exercise discretion in how they use of this very graphic footage. the discretion in how they use of this very graphic footage. discretion in ho
and only then will we know if criminal charges will be brought. certainly at this stage, they have not been ruled out. but i think that s the main takeaway from the information we ve received so far. all of it is very interesting, but it hasn t fundamentally changed the investigation. a lot of questions are being asked as to why they ve released this amount of information, this detailed information, while the criminal case investigation is still ongoing. as you mentioned there, the lawyer for matthew hutchins, haleena hutchins husband, has said that they re very surprised that they chose to do this and they ve asked the media here to be discerning and exercise discretion in how they use some of this very graphic footage. that was our correspondent sophie long there, reporting on that story for us. now, onto a different kind of story, and i wonder how many of you be honest about this!
experience in terms of the criminal justice system. and i was doing what law students do, which is seeking to analyze in a creative way new legislation. with respect to mr. hawkins, i was doing what judges do. which is, look at the statute, 18 usc 3553 a, exercise discretion as congress has required us to do, take into account all of the various aspects of a particular case, and make a determination consistent with my authority, my judgment, and an understanding, fully, the egregiousness nature of the crime. as you said, even the prosecutors in these cases are
0 first of two long and intense days of questioning from members of the senate judiciary committee began this morning with democrats using their questions to allow jackson to issue a rebuttal to republican accusations that she has been soft on crime and republicans pressing her on her record as a judge and public defender and bringing up a whole host of conservative hobby horses. things like critical race theory. jackson has tried to stay above the fray in her responses. early on in the hearing, she told democratic senator, dick durbin, quote, i tried to stay in my lane. along with me are claire mccaskill and msnbc political analyst with danielle holly walker, dean and professor at howard school of law and joyce vance, law professor at university of alabama as well as an msnbc legal analyst. we have a few minutes before we go back to the hearing. claire, i want to start with you. just some of the fireworks that happened earlier today. just in the last hour or so. senator ted cruz arriv
result in prosecution. if that s the the exercise discretion, it is not any less serious or less of a problem, it is certainly something, if that s all they have and that s the ticket that prosecutors want to punch, my guest is they ll be met with lawyers on the other side. it is cherry-picking and singling out prosecution, something that s ordinarily not prosecuted, does not change the facts that taxes do not individual is a whole other story. it is difficult to prover than it is against a company. again, taking advantage of collective corporate knowledge, the company is responsible for knowing that these things are paid. whether any one individual knows