avery friedman in cleveland and richard herman in austin. all right, gentlemen.is interesting. he says he was never told of any such policy but apparently the new york police department does have a policy in place that says, you know, beards for religious purposes are to be kept one millimeter in length. he says he is not going to trim it at all. he says in fact this kind of cuts into his freedom of religion, avery. >> we're back at the first amendment. what is really intriguing is that there are hasidic jews and sikhs and other members of the nypd that have longer beards. he is 38 years old. he is a former paramedic and enrolled in the police academy. a little old for most rookies but in any event in order to prevail he has to seek that exemption which he apparently has done and then secondly the police department has to prove that there is a rational relation to the rule and that they have accommodated it. at the end of the day this guy i think is going to prevail. >> you do. okay. he does plan on suing. >> yes. >> richard, how do you see it? do you think this

i spoke with our legal guys, avery friedman and richard herman. >> elizabeth lloyd who go-to hit by matthew'sitch, obviously has had reconstructive surgery, other continuing headaches, that type of problem. it's the real thing. the problem is, the liability issue. elizabeth's lawyer claims that matthew who was 11 at the time did it on purpose. nonsensical. i think there is a real question of whether there is going to be liability. clearly i think there was negligence somewhere along the line but was it foreseeable? i don't think so. >> interestingly, this case was filed just two weeks before the statute of limitations ran out in new jersey. civil lawsuits for personal injuries have to be filed within two years. that's an interesting point that may get taken into consideration. richard, the plaintiff elizabeth lloyd wants $500,000. that's what she is suing for. there's actually precedent going back for this to a 1935 case in california's supreme court, right, about the assumption of risk if you're at a game? >> right. that's for professional baseball and that's where assumption and risk is app

let's bring in our legal guys avery friedman a civil rights attorney and law professor in cleveland. good to see you. >> hi, frederica. >> hello. and richard herman a new york criminal defense attorney and law professor joining us from las vegas. good to see you as well. >> hi, fred. >> all right, gentlemen. a conviction, 45 counts, sentencing has yet to happen. but this case is really far from over. richard, might there be other cases that develop as a result of this or other charges to be prosecuted now that the court has heard from a number of witnesses that came through? and then they didn't hear from one -- matt -- the adopted son of jerry sandusky but, perhaps, his allegations may spark new charges? >> they could very well spark new criminal charges against sandusky and if they do, i would hope they would bring in dottie, also, as a co-defendant and accomplice. >> that's the wife. >> that's his wife. but it is very interesting this matt sandusky, because this is the alleged reason they did not put jerry sandusky on the witness stand. they feared that as a rebuttal witness the g

avery friedman and richard herman. ago this would be a lawsuit and one that the nfl was going to have to contend with. all right. so we're talking about 2000 plays suing the league alleging that the nfl had a duty to acknowledge and address risks of neurological injury but instead, fraudulently ignored and concealed the information. that's what the complaint spells out. richard, how will they proceed. >> it's going to be very difficult, fred. head injury in pro football, it horrific and the lasting effects of these things change lives. but in order to be successful in the lawsuit, they're going to have to prove, they're going to have to prove the nfl engaged in a pattern of deception and made fraudulent representations to the players, telling them don't worry, it's not that bad, these injuries are not life long, and they're saying, you know, you can't just -- if someone gets their bell rung, that's the phrase, get your bell rung you can't get give them smelling salts and throw them back on the field with a concussion t

avery friedman in cleveland and richard herman in austin. he said he was never told of such policy. the new york police department does have a policy in place, says, you know, beards for religious purposes are to be kept one mill meeter in length. he's not going to trim it at all. he says in, fact, this cuts into his freedom of religion. avery? >> yeah, we're back at the first amendment here. what's really intriguing is that there are jews and other members of the nypd that have longer beards. he is 38 years old. he's a former paramedic and enrolled in the police academy. a little old for most police officer rookies. but in any event, in order to prevail, he's got to seek that exemption which he's done and secondly the police department has to prove that there's a rational relation with the rule and they have accommodated it. tend of the day, this guy, i think, is going to prevail. >> do you? he does plan on suingment how do you see it? do you think this is going to be a clean cut for him? >> ooh! >> clean cut. >> good one. >> i took it all in so far. >> yeah. >> even benson and sta

avery friedman is going to join us in the second half of this hour to talk about john edwards and theh for him. also congress woman jackie spear joining us in the next hour but first: >> this is the full court press. >> big headlines. >> yes indeed here is what's making news game change leap wireless will sell apple's iphone, the first free paid carrier to over the popular device in the united states. the addition of the iphone brings a big player to the table, the cricket service. they will over the iphone with a $55 per month wireless plan beginning june 22nd. they will sell the 16 gig iphone 4 s for $499 and the 8 gig iphone 4 for $399. those prices are higher than what other carriers offer but, of course, they offer -- you have to sign a two-year contract. it's not a pre-paid service. >> i thought apple had an exclusive. >> it started out with just at&t. then they give it to verizon. now, they are going to this. this is the pre-paid service plan. you don't pay for what you use. you pay for what you use before you use it. >> did steve jobs would he have approved this? >> probably n