. >> jim williams took great pride in his numerous death penalty convictions. he even kept a miniature electric chair on his desk. >> jim was regarded as one of the most aggressive prosecutors. he recalled sliding up behind defendants and buzzing in their ears to mimic the buzz of electricity. >> thompson's carjacking trial lasted only two days. the testimony of the lagarde children was enough to convict thompson of armed robbery. he was given the maximum sentence. >> co-hardly stop eating. that was my first conviction. but he gave me the maximum, 49 1/2 years. i realized that i was in some serious trouble. because now, now we won't go through the murder trial. >> at the murder trial, both kevin freeman and richard perkins testified that thompson killed ray liuzza and since thompson had no alibi, even his defense attorney thought the situation smelled bad. >> i can't make chicken salad out of chicken [ bleep ]. the facts are the facts, the case is the case. with the public, the nature of the crime, the black on white, we were one foot in the grave and the other

we have pete williams reporting which indicates it appears to be a lone gunman, this person took his own life after the shooting incident. there is multiple federal officials telling both jim miklaszewski and pete williams that this may have stemmed from an argument, a more spontaneous situation that may have occurred, and then all of a sudden escalating quickly. but that is -- we emphasize. we've all learned this the hard way, this information is coming in fast. all of us share the best we can with the sources that we got in the moment we got, and you throw in all the caveats that you can. >> chuck, i will repeat those facts once again, we think it is a lone shooter who has died from a self-inflicted wound. eight wounded right now, four of them gravely. i want to bring in jim carvvanah now. your read of the situation here, we initially heard reports this could have been two shooters, it is now being reported that it is one shooter, it's a fluid situation. in terms of a law enforcement response. the difference in having one shooter versus two, and how long that keeps the premises on lockdown? >> they'll ramp it down pretty fast, alex, once they establish that there's no ot

is what frightened me, because here is a man in my particular case, and i'm going to name him, jim williams he took a picture with six of us on the electric chair and all six all of us have been exonerated off death row. for you to tell us that an individual can just go after a citizen, placed him on death row, tried to kill him, commit murder, actually, try to, if you look at what premeditated murder mean, if this is not premeditated murder, i don't know what it is. you say you allow him to get away with letting six killers continue to run the streets and hurt other people and don't find a reason to hold accountability to that, wow. you know? i don't believe that's what the people want. i don't believe that's what the american people want. we want justice, and for him to take upon his own will, i can't believe that we're not investigating each and every one of his cases. mr. connie bragged on some things during my civil case as to him placing 12 judges over his years that's out of his office that became prosecutors that became judges. through his abuse of his power, of his political power.

according to nbc news correspondent jim mcla chel ski. pete williams reports that there is still an ongoing search for a possible second gunman. both president obama and secretary hagel have been briefed. they made a statement in chicago earlier. >> i want to assure all of us that we're going to get to the bottom of what happened. any shooting is troubling. obviously this reopens the pain of what happened at ft. hood five years ago. we know these families and the incredible sacrifices that they make. obviously our thoughts and prayers are with the entire community and we are going to do everything we can to make sure at ft. hood has what it needs to deal with the current situation but also any potential aftermath. >> joining me now, pete williams. could you sum up what we know as of now? >>. >> well, i can tell you what we think we know, lawrence. officials do not believe that it's an act of terrorism. it appears that the gunman was upset about something and that there were casualties. many authorities have told us the name of the gunman who authoritie

williams as juan, what do you got against him. >> here in the new york area last names are used set people apart a lot of jims and bills, easier to williams charles rather than krauthammer. i call him charles because krauthammer. >> i call you carlson sometimes. i'm the only operson on earth that calls you carlson. >> pretty much. >> you are like cher? just gretchen? no last name? >> you started it. >> i started it. >> here is the headline, i'm not offend od by it it i like it. >> why would you be? it's your sur name. >> but that emailer said why do you do it? >> he thinks i'm being mean to juan because i'm not calling juan williams. >> we need to ask waterboarding that. >> i don't care if you call me gretchen or carlson but i like carlson. >> i'm not going to ask juan anything because he just keeps running on and on and on. 8 minutes with the man. if you are mad as hell, we at the present time hear about it. mad as hell as foxnews.com. megyn kelly on the most controversial story of the evening. heisman trophy winner jameis winston not charged with rape in california. the feds say there is something disturbing about the case. mis

jim, that report, fbi put out a lookout but obviously federal officials telling pete williams they havennection because they use this quote we know who that guy is. >> absolutely. you know, they probably know where he is located and probably checked on him. i think pete's reporting would be spot on. i think they are not concerned about it or would probably have said something different to pete about it. it is unlikely that is involved. you notice information about stuff like that all the time. >> explain that. people are looking at it and going fbi put out a lookout notice for somebody who said this. how often is a lookout notice put out? >> we call it be on the lookout. they come across the teletype, the n.c.i.c. computer all the time. there are lookouts for suicidal people, mentally unstable people. there are all kinds of lookouts all the time. yes, this is related to fort hood but fort hood is huge. it's the biggest military base. i have been on the base, it is like a city patrolled by its own civilian police force and military police. you have to consider it like a city. there are b

williams. a new study shows many who take statins to lower cholesterol develop bad habits. jimod explains. with two popes rising to sainthood, we'll meet the man who investigates miracles. >> you make saints. >> i make saints. >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road" with a waitress who got the tip of a lifetime. >> i'm still in shock, really. that's the only way i can describe it.

williams. a new study shows many who take statins to lower cholesterol develop bad habits. jim axelrod explains. with two popes rising to sainthood, we'll meet the man who investigates miracles. >> you make saints. >> i make saints. >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road" with a waitress who got the tip of a lifetime. >> i'm still in shock, really. that's the only way i can describe it. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. good evening. this is our western edition. this was supposed to be one to have the happiest nights of marian sanchez's young life. like so many other teenagers, this time of year, she was looking forward to going to her prom tonight. with that oldest of high school traditions childed head on with a new and all-too-familiar school reality-- violence. maren was stabbed to death today, allegedly by a classmate, in a high school in milford, connecticut. vinita nair is there. >> reporter: the attack happened just after 7:00 a.m. as students were headed to first period class. the victim was in the hallway near a stairwell

joining us our legal panel jim hammer and here in washington defense lawyers bernie grim and ted williams. ted, what do you think? >> greta, i support teachers. i am sure there are a lot of frustrated teachers out there that see kids come to these classes and possibly sell drugs. however, a teacher is a teacher. a teacher is not a law enforcement officer. >> the kid threw the first punch. what is he supposed to do just take the punch? >> no, no. >> oh, brother. >> i think a teacher should leave law enforcement to law enforcement and teach classes. oh, ted the teacher confronted the student and the student threw the first punch. the teacher, i believes should have never confronted the student about drugs. you leave it to police officers. >> bernie and i did, right, bernie? >> the nuns threw the first bunch and in addition to that. my knuckles there put my -- ted is right. >> ted is right? there is few his or hers in this country. firefighters, policemen and their teachers. listen to this former student. the kid threw the first punch. i have no problem. i get what the teacher did but you ca

jim miklaszewski. officials believe it began as an argument that erupted into gunfire. pete williams reports that there is still an ongoing search for a possible second gunman, but officials increasingly believe there was only one shooter. both president obama and defense secretary hagel have been briefed. the president made a statement in chicago earlier. >> i want to just assure all of us that we are going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. you know, any shooting is troubling. obviously this reopens the pain of what happened at ft. hood five years ago. we know these families. we know their incredible service to our country and the sacrifices that they make. obviously our thoughts and prayers are with the entire community, and we're going to do everything we can to make sure that the community at ft. hood has what it needs to deal with the current situation, but also any potential aftermath. >> join meg now is nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams. pete, could you sum up what we know as of now? >> well, i can tell you what we think we know, lawrence. officials sa

jim miklaszewski. officials believe it began as an argument that erupted into gunfire. pete williams reports that there is still an ongoing search for a possible second gunman, but officials increasingly believe there was only one shooter. both president obama and defense secretary hagel have been briefed. the president made a statement in chicago earlier. >> i want to just assure all of us that we are going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. you know, any shooting is troubling. obviously this reopens the pain of what happened at ft. hood five years ago. we know these families. we know their incredible service to our country and the sacrifices that they make. obviously our thoughts and prayers are with the entire community, and we're going to do everything we can to make sure that the community at ft. hood has what it needs to deal with the current situation, but also any potential aftermath. >> join meg now is nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams. pete, could you sum up what we know as of now? >> well, i can tell you what we think we know, lawrence. officials sa

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