but last month chris wright broke that barrier when he got a call with the dallas mavericks.e stuck with the team for ten days. with less than three minutes left in the game against the atlanta hawks, dallas mavericks point guard chris wright is in the game. playing in the nba has been his lifelong dream, but it almost didn't come true. >> while i was shooting my whole right leg went numb. right foot went numb. basically it all went up to the right side of my body. >> last year wright was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, m.s., a disease that damages the protective covering of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. it's a disease he had never heard of. >> i didn't know what it was. i kind of was being positive about it. once i found out i was still being positive. okay. i just have to do what i have to do to maintain my life. >> doctors told wright he would never play basketball again, but he responded well to treatment. and less than three months after his diagnosis, wright was back on the court. he made history when he signed a ten-day contract with the dallas mavericks

>> robin wright said, chris, there's no quick fix to the syrian problem. i'm not even sure there's a slow fix. i actually don't think there's necessarily a fix at all. that said, we can sit here for a few minutes and talk about the down sides of all the options of doing this and that. those down sides are all too real, trust me. on the other hand, not doing anything is also a downside. it's also costly. particularly what we said. >> let's try diplomacy then. you've got the expertise there. put that cap on. is there any diplomatic solution that would end this war and turn it over to some sort of -- the president's still talking today about a political transition whereby the assad regime gives up, allows a transfer of authority, and somehow saves its skin, i suppose, or else why would they be in that process? is that feasible? >> no. >> okay. is there a russian escape route for them? would the russians take the assads and their large extended family? >> look, at some point it's possible things get bad enough the russians may change their policy, mr. assad ma

chris brown. abc's david wright takes a look at the headline-grabbing lawyer. >> he's a celebrity lawyer not just thing out. look at that. >> reporter: still on probation for beating his girlfriend, rihanna. no, mark geragos is a celebrity lawyer in the sense he's one of the best known trial lawyers in the country. famous for defending the infamous, including scott peterson. do you really believe scott peterson was innocent? >> okay, i was -- >> reporter: really? >> i will tell you, i'm not even sure in that case that there was a murder committed. >> reporter: geragos famously lost that case. his client now on death row for killing his pregnant wife laci peterson, a crime so vile it cost geragos his most famous client, michael jackson. >> i told him, look, i'm not going to dump one client for another. if you're not comfortable, you've got to do what you've got to do. >> reporter: geragos in his newest book "mistrial" makes the case that there's something deeply wrong with the fact that the u.s. prison population has quadrupled since 1980. no other country in the world has imprisoned so many of it

wright sits down with the lawyer to the stars. >> reporter: he's a celebrity lawyer, not just because his client roster includes so many famous names. chrisrobation for beating his girlfriend rhianna. mark gerragos is a celebrity lawyer in the sense that he's one of the best known trial lawyers in the country. >> i don't believe he's responsible. >> reporter: famous for defending the infamous, including scott peterson. >> do you really believe scott peterson is innocent? really? >> look, i will tell you i'm not even sure that there was a murder committed. >> reporter: gerragos famously lost that case. his client now on death row for killing his wife laci peterson. it cost him his most famous client, michael jackson. do you regret choosing scott peterson over michael jackson? >> it was a death penalty case. i did not want to drop client. >> he said you've got to choose here. >> i told him look, i'm not going to dump one client for another. if you're not comfortable, you've got to do what you've got to do. >> reporter: jackson went on to win his sexual molestation case. the jackson trooir trial had more twists and turns than a three-ring ci

peterson, chris brown, all hired geragos to get them out of legal trouble and the same defense lawyer is talking about all that and a whole lot more in his new book "mistrial." abc's david wrightos is famous for defending the infamous, people like chris brown, on probation for beating his girl rihanna. >> you're not just a lawyer. they confess things to you. you're a therapist to some degree. >> reporter: when michael jackson was accused of molesting a child or scott peterson accused of killing his wife, it was geragos' job to defend them. are there people you would not represent on moral grounds? >> i don't think that i would make moral judgments. >> reporter: but let's say they had captured instead of killed osama bin laden. would you take the case? >> no, i don't think that i would. >> reporter: not on moral grounds, mind you. geragos says he just feels that sort of case wou&d belong in a military court. >> i don't think you should import that into the criminal justice system. >> reporter: geragos says the criminal courts are struggling as is. his new book "mistrial" argues with the fact that there is something wrong with the fact that america's prison population has quadru