security s office for the inspector general is investigating the case because of morales senior rank and the washington, d.c. police sex crimes unit is also investigating. another case we re watching nearby is the boston bombing trial. dzhokhar tsarnaev is guilty on all counts. may be standing on one fake leg but i m standing here stronger than ever because someone tried to destroy me and he failed. now the jury is gearing up for what s expected to be an even more dramatic phase of the trial. whether or not tsarnaev should receive the death penalty for his role in the bombings. here s more about that in today s it s a state they don t have the death penalty there but a lot of factors to consider, perhaps the biggest is his lead defense attorney, judey clark, considered one of the most
joining me now is seema ayer the host of her own show called the docket on shift msnbc. great to have you here. what do you make of this latest hiccup in the case and wlornts it whether or not it could derail the hard work? you know the rule. you cannot disturb the province of the jury. this could lead to a mistrial which the prosecution never wants. the defense always wants. because getting a mistrial is the next best thing to not guilty. meanwhile, has the defense of aaron hernandez done a good enough job of confusing this jury to provide reasonable doubt? i think they have because it s purely a circumstantial case. what was interesting is in the closing argument the defense attorney admitted that hernandez was there. it was almost like he was testifying for hernandez by conceding that point. so yesterday jurors were they asked the judge to clarify certain points about gun and ammunition charges and whether they had to find that hernandez