at hand, we have entertainment and sports attorneyer to dominick romano and hln legal analyst joey jacksondominick, i want to talk to you -- we'll talk to both of you about the statute of limitations issues here. does this woman that i had the opportunity to speak to, is there any legal recourse for her at all? >> i think she's past both of the statute of limitations, civil and criminal statutes so it's unlikely that she could successfully bring a claim under the circumstances. i don't think that's likely. but in the court of public opinion, it's out there and these allegations of serial rain are quite serious and could have a substantial impact on the man's legacy and his future career. >> so what happens, michaela, is there that there are exceptions with statute of limitations. they vary by state. but say it's in new york. there's no statute of limb takings in new york when it relates to forceable compulsion. in the event she was drugged, that was put her in the physically incapable category. what then needs to happen is does the prosecution believe they have enough evidence to prove the

way want to bring in paul callan and defense attorney joey jackson.where i started to wonder. if you have that many people who could provide witness testimony, absence the forensics, absence anything else in this case, it's witness against witness, is there any way that the statute of limitations would allow some kind of prosecution to come forward? >> we've been working on this and joey has a list of every statute in the country. but here's the overview on it. it used to be in most states 5 to 7 years for rape you have to bring the case or you lose your right to bring it. but then when all of these cases evolved involving children and abuse of children. >> and memories that were repressed. >> and dna came along and all of a sudden we realized there may be somebody sitting in prison linked to an old rape, there's one rule that remained in place and that is this. whatever the statute was when the rape occurred initially, if that had expired when the law was changed, you don't get the benefit of the long statute. >> basically what you're saying is, let'

my legal panel is joining me, joey jackson, paul callan.atter how you feel about brittany maynard, nothing could be celebrated about this. everything just felt so sad either way. but, you know, my question is, what has changed? paul, you weigh in first. what has changed since the kevorkian days? >> we've gotten so sophisticated in terms of the machines that can prolong and keep us alive, even after the doctors have said there's no chance of survival that we see people and usually it's older people, elderly people but sometimes it's young people with cancer and other types of diseases that we know are terminal and the machines, the artificial feeding, the ventilation, all of these things prolong life in a way that causes people to suffer and i think many people now say, you know something, maybe it's not right that the machines are allowed to keep us alive when they which our time has come. >> so interesting that you chose the route to answer that question. what i expected, and maybe this is you, we've become more progressive. we understand

well, for the next hour we're going to do the same with the help of our two legal analysts joey jackson and paul callan they've been poring through the evidence ever since it was released and they have found key points that offer new insight in to what really happened. want to start with an in-depth look at how the altercation played out moment by moment. here's cnn's susan kancandiotti. >> reporter: the bruises to his face don't appear serious yet officer dayan wilson said the unches he took from teenager michael brown ultimately led him to fear for his life. right out of the gate a battle of wills. hey, why don't you walk on the sidewalk, the officer tells brown and his friend dorian johnson. according to wilson the teenager answers [ bleep ] what you have to say. the officer testifies he put two and two together that both teens might be suspects in an alleged store robbery minutes earlier. wilson puts his car in reverse and calls for backup. hey, come here for a minute, wilson testifies. what the [ bleep ] are you going to do about it the teen allegedly fires back. wilson then tells

joey jackson joins me now. host of cnn reliable sources and also cnn political commentator.hank you for being here. let me begin with you -- >> good to be here. >> -- brian. looking from analyzing media and how people handle the public relations side of things, is it the right move not to say anything? >> i think scott is on to something about maybe the theory was if he stayed silent in the interview, they wouldn't broadcast that audio. i can't understand why else they would have agreed to give that interview. it was supposed to be about art donations the cosbys made to the smithsonian, and that's a nice gesture, a nice reason for an interview n. light of these events right now it's surprising he agreed to do it at all. i must imagine they now regret it given that the lawyer came out this morning and said he's not going to be speaking at all about this again. >> and no representative will give any more statement. what is your take? >> i think that's interesting. as a communications specialist, what i've done for many years, i'm sure they were looking at how do we best handle

i want to bring in joey jackson. i have a question or two.ent's health care plan already went to the u.s. supreme court and now the republicans are filing a -- the u.s. supreme court upheld it as constitutional. now -- >> 5-4. >> 5-4. so do the republicans have a chance with these latest lawsuit? >> they could. it's interestings, carol, because this speaks to a larger issue. when athena was breaking it down, she said very important, mox amongst a number of things, but republicans believe he's unilaterally taking these actions when you have law. so if you have a law it's passed by congress, there's a separation between the executive power of the president and the power of the purse, which congress has, we dole out the money. so they say "look, mr. president, we have a law and that says employer mandate in the event employers are not providing the appropriate insurance, you fine them." they say it's unlawful. the law says you must o move forward with that so they believe he's breaking the law in right light of that. in terms of the other piece

joey jackson is hln legal analyst, mel robbins is a senior commentator and legal analyst. >> let me pick my jaw up off the ground. >> it illustrates why universities should not be in charge of sexual assault investigations. >> even if you could get into uva, you're not going, how about that? >> oh, mel! >> i'm not kidding, this is appalling. >> it's a problem. would you send your daughter to that school knowing that the chair says that the rapist can walk around if he admits it? >> honesty is the best policy. >> it's an easy question because i don't have a daughter so look, but here's the point. the point is i appreciate good intentions, i certainly appreciate positive steps forward but more important and compelling to me, carol, are always the results and what else is the university president going to do? you know, i'm saying forgive your skepticism, right? but the reality is it's proper to be skeptical. you have so much coming down on the university at this point so now they adopt a zero tolerance policy. what about adopting it before the article in the "rolling stone" c

he, joey jackson, close ties to law enforcement.ut if joey jackson were the person investigating this case, i wouldn't say let's disqualify him because he's worked with the cops closely in the past. i would say -- you know something, he's a guy with integrity, i'll trust his investigation. now let's turn this to what happened in st. louis. >> you can see where the optics it for some are troubling. >> optics is a word that gets used, it's legitimate. there are two things that have to happen in a good criminal investigation. i and joey disagree on this. i think the grand jury reached the right result on the facts of this case. but you have to have public confidence in the result. because if the public thinks even mistakenly it's unfair, then the system doesn't work. >> that is what the public thinks, that is what the public thinks. >> the public did not have faith in mccullough because of his father having been killed by an african-american, his father was a cop. it's an old incident, a lot of prosecutors have law enforcement ties. bu

. >> let's yin in hln legal only joey jackson, and cnn legal only little paul callan.se of the police audiotapes, the surveillance tapes of wilson impact the grand jury deliberations that are going on? >> well, i think these tapes are going to be a very important piece of evidence. the thing that i would focus on primarily, i haven't had a chance to look at the video of officer wilson in the hospital which i assume is post-incident. but it's the radio calls that now tell us what was really going on in sort a time sequence. and according to the tapes, it suggests that officer wilson had stopped the two young men, johnson and brown, because they were walking down the middle of the street. he tells them to get on the sidewalk. he doesn't realize that they have, or at least one of them have been identified as possibly involved in what's calling the stealing incident. because he had been out of a cruiser on another call when the dispatch first goes out. while he's in his suv pulling away from the two, who he probably can see in the rear view mirror of his suv, the police cr

so joey jackson was just saying that the officer is an interested witness.ery well aware that he's going to testify in a way that puts him in the best light. that doesn't mean he's lying. there were things that i found not to be credible like when he goes on and says "i thought about my flashlight, i thought about mysel mace, i thought abo this." no you didn't. but on page 281 when officer wilson testified on september 16, i found this to be extremely interesting. when he's done testifying, the prosecutor turns and asks the grand jury, who we know has been very active with other witnesses, "any questions?" there's only one. just one question. that question was "along those lines, you feel like a police officer it is your obligation to follow that suspect?" the officer respond "yes, sir." that's it. and so what i take away, and i'd be curious to hear what you take away from this, is that this was a grand jury that for the most part probably believed him, well, obviously isn't they didn't return an indictment. but they also didn't question him. so a lot of us

i'm also joined by hln legal analyst joey jackson. good morning. >> good morning, carol. >> joey, i want to start with you. mr. castor, was it virtually impossible for him not to file charges? >> carol, i wouldn't say impossible. what happens 1 prosecutors bring forward cases in the event they feel they have enough evidence to prove the charge beyond a reasonable doubt. now, what mr. castor was talking to and about was he was talking about the issue of physical evidence. and when you talk about physical evidence, that's strong because it's corroboration so in the event a woman is rained and goes forward immediately you have maybe hair and fibers and other samples you can use but there's other evidence that's compelling and powerful carol, what am i speaking about? often times when you have rain victim -- and many women are scared and uncomfortable to come forward immediately so they don't. there's not anything majorly significant about a woman waiting and delaying. there's experts who can explain that in a court of law. but what they d

so for the "legal view" i want to bring in mel robbins and hln legal analyst joey jackson. start with you, what do you think the future holds for someone like darren wilson? because this is someone who, while he's not -- he hasn't been indicted there's still two other investigations under way. he could still face a wrongful death lawsuit by the brown family. what are the options for him? >> the chapters have not been fully written and the reason for that is we saw the grand jury and their action of the grand jury, but there's the federal investigation and there's two federal investigations under way remember. one federal investigation involving him, did he violate the civil rights of michael brown by his actions and then the second layer of that, pam, really concerns the police department itself as far as its past practices, what they're doing, the history, if any, of any type of discriminatory conduct. they will look at that. the other layer to this, pam, is the civil litigation involving wrongful death, that is the family of michael brown, going after this officer as well

>> and for the legal view, i want to bring in danny cevallos, joey jackson and tom fuentes. joey, i want to start with you. when you hear darren wilson's account, does he convince you had a reasonable fear of death or serious injury when he fired that fatal shot? i think that's key here. >> well, there's a couple of things to keep in mind. understand that he's are been working with his lawyers, as we all do as defense attorneys, to get two very important things really ironed down. one, the whole issue of imminent fear for his life, and, two, that his actions were reasonable. when you're in the grand jury, that's the narrative he gave. of course that's the narrative he gave as he's speaking to george stephanopoulos. but a grand jury is not the best forum to challenge evidence. it's a forum to acquire evidence but it's not very adversarial. and what i mean by that, you want to put heat on a person so you can examine the story. prior to him getting into the grand jury, his sergeant testified about him having no disciplinary record, about him being a great officer, about him alwa

i want to bring back my commentator panel, mel robbins and joey jackson.ing line, silence is not always golden. maybe silence is not always the way to go. from a pr standpoint, maybe. but when you're getting into something like this, is there anything else that bill cosby could have done in that interview? >> well, he could have hit it head-on. it's certainly more compelling when someone says, it's absolutely not true. i have never, ever been charged with a crime, end of story. that's it. but by him shaking his head and the impish thing, i find the whole thing, frankly, disgusting. >> which part? >> which part? the fact that there are 13 known women that were named in the lawsuit that was brought in 2005. the fact that simon from npr was apologizing on twitter after he had to ask the question. the fact that people are standing up and giving bill cosby a standing ovation over the weekend when you have no less than four women that have come forward, given interviews, they have nothing to gain, ashleigh. in fact, they have everything to lose. this isn't one p

let's bring in joey jackson. so good to see you again. first of all, could another grand jury take up this case or is it over as far as that's concerned? >> you know, it's really not. and of course we had this grand jury that considered 60 witnesses' testimony in addition to 70 hours and they made a big conclusion. that conclusion was that michael brown certainly his shooting according to them was justified based upon the imminent threat posed to darren wilson and the fact that darren wilson was in reasonable fear and acted reasonably. however, there have been various discrepancies that have come out from that grand jury investigation. one of the most compelling being the wrongful instruction given to the grand jury, that is a legal instruction that relates to fleeing felons. if a felony, person who commits a felony is fleeing that person could be subjected to deadly force by the police. that's the jury instruction given to the grand jury. that was from 1985 ruling and supreme court overturned that and said that an officer can shoot and k

joey jackson, criminal defense attorney, and eric guster, prosecutor. >> when you have a mother whose son has just been killed, you have to know that, that is the reaction. and to know that you have to bury your child, that is one of the worst feelings that you can have and that is what the mother is dealing with, and it is heartbreaking. >> and joey, the fact that she said that her son did not go for the gun? >> and any mother is going to be be protective over the person they gave birth to, and mothers, and who do we look to and respect and admire and who is the everything? our moms, you know! and so for the son to be taken away, it is a tragic thing, and regardless of the circumstance, and particularly in this circumstance, brooke, she has to be devastate and you can see where she would say that. >> and she is devastated and reacted specifically to officer derrick wilson's interview,r and roll it, ellen. >> i was shocked by the whole situation, because it was escalated from simple request to fight for survival and does it not make stones me why someone would act that way and be so m

with me to talk about that, hln legal analyst and criminal defense attorney joey jackson is making hiset, he'll be here momentarily. welcome, thanks for being here. >> thank you for having me this morning. >> is officer wilson doing the same thing, doing the right thing, rather? >> in regards to his -- >> to resigning. >> i think that's a decision that he and his family and is going to have to make, in light of the circumstances that are occurring in and around ferguson and around that part of the country, that everyone is watching, and whatever decision that he decides to make, we all are going to be paying very, very close attention to that. >> would it be possible for him to go back to work if he's not indicted, and work as usual as an officer patrolling the streets? >> well, what's going to be interesting is to know if he wants to go back and be a police officer again in light of all of this, but to the point of your question, i think what is going to be really important as to if he decides, regardless of what the outcome is, if he decides to go back into policing again, that's goi

so let's talk about this with hln legal analyst and criminal defense attorney joey jackson and joined by psychiatrist dr. gail saltz. bill cosby knew the allegations were out there and resurfaced, why was he granting interviews? >> that's what his public relations people have to answer. on the one hand he has a job to do and certainly he's introducing new material and his career, he's building upon it, even at 77, but from a legal perspective, this is where the lawyers will tell you to keep your mouth shut so it's a fine line. your lawyers say, carol, be guy he, don't say a word. anything you say can be used to harm you later about you your public relations people say get out there, because work to do and a future to build and that's the result. >> he's working on an nbc show and had something special on netflix, both of which have been canceled. dr. gail, cosby said he doesn't want to dig my these allegations by commenting on them but at some point, he begins to look guilty, even if he's not. >> i think what's raising people's suspicions about actual guilt has to do with the number o

see whether they do. >> joey jackson, we always appreciate you. thank you. >> a privilege.ews, "the new york times" is reporting president obama has signed a secret order authorizing a more expansive mission for the u.s. military in afghanistan. >> a reported move would basically mean american troops will have a direct role in carrying out missions against militant groups. i want to bring back major general marks. thank you so much. we know that the president said that u.s. troops would have no combat role in afghanistan next year. if this report is correct, why change the plans now? why is it secret? >> well, let me answer the second question first. clearly, any evaluation of what conditions are like on the ground and how our national security might be altered in order to address those will be kept in a secret environment and it certainly will be classified. at various levels to be released at some point, portions of that will be released. obviously this got out i think before it was intended. so that by itself makes perfect sense. the reason i think it's coming out now is

. >> let's talk about this with our legal panel, joey jackson, criminal defense attorney and legal analystlso a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. welcome to both of you. >> thanks. >> thank you, carol. >> joey, when a suspect writes this "our nation is far from what it was and should be only passing through the kusible of another revolution can get us back the liberties we once had" should be a no-brainer, terrorism charges but it's not that simple? >> it's never simple, carol. what you always do in criminal cases is you examine the state of mind, right? you evaluate what someone's thinking, what's their intention and what exactly do they want to do, and when you look at this instance and you see his writings and his musings and what he was doing, survivalist, packing to be out in the woods, taking pot shots at police officers, killing one, leaving two children without a father, it's problematic and why was he doing it, carol, because voting wasn't good enough. he didn't feel through voting he could influence the policies of government and so what the government did is say o

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the legal view, i want to bring back in danny and hln legal analyst joey jackson.l clear this wouldn't be happening in the united states of america. >> it would not. why? because they wouldn't allow the camera in the first place to do any type of documentaries. if we were talking about jodi air arias that's different but it wouldn't be an issue because they wouldn't allow a documentary to take place in the united states. >> why is this a problem if this is something that's going to be adjudicated in mexico. are we really that concerned or the family that concerned of jury tainting? >> the supreme court has made it crystal clear that putting -- ours not the mexican, i'm not up on my mexican supreme court case law but ours are said that putting gag orders on the media is an extraordinary remedy should almost never be used and that actually comes from a 1994 supreme court case involving cbs. so -- >> really? >> there is precedence for this. you add that to the fact this may be a mexican court and that becomes completely meaningless to our system. in other words, proce

well, for the next hour we're going to do the same with the help of our two legal analysts joey jacksony've been poring through the evidence ever since it was

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i called our colleague, joey jackson, i then e-mailed you.absolutely -- i'm just speechless. this is -- i hate to use the word but it's almost like the police executed this kid. they pull up, the child, he's 12. he's in sixth grade. this is a park. h it is a toy gun. he's shot within two seconds of the police pulling up. i mean it is literally unbelievable. >> so here's the situation. let's walk through some of these pieces and parts of this. because abyou mentioned, it happened so quickly. first of all, what struck me, mel, i want you to react on this and we' parse this out a little bit. they roll up so very quickly on him, like directly on him. there's in distance, no perimeter, there's no sort of communication, put your hands up et cetera from afar. they literally almost roll the vehicle right up on him. that doesn't seem like protocol. >> well, i don't know if it's protocol or not. but i watched the entire thing and i think everybody should before they make a judgment call. if you're a parent, if you know a 12-year-old. this is what my ni

let's bring in hln legal analyst and defense attorney joey jackson.about this grand jury. just the fact that this grand jury by the prosecutor has been presented a host of evidence. even evidence that may not be admissible in a trial. how rare is that? >> very rare, poppy. how many times have you heard a grand jury could indict a ham sandwich, right? and the reason you hear that is because generally the evidence is really tailored to the grand jury. >> by the prosecutor. >> exactly. it's tailored in such a way to get the result and the outcome you want which is generally an indictment. in this scenario, apparently the prosecutor has opted to present everything to the grand jury. there are some that applaud that, there are others, poppy, that are very critical of that. and here's why. in the event that you present everything, is it political cover? should he have even gone to the grand jury? couldn't he have done a criminal complaint? that would have resulted in what's called a preliminary hearing. we would have had all these hearings transparent and e

joey jackson is hln legal analyst and criminal defense attorney, with me once again this morning.f things to get to. i want to begin with some of the revelations coming out, now that we've seen 70 hours of testimony that the grand jury was presented with. we all are getting a chance to wade through some of that, really interesting revelations coming to light about inconsistencies, the way people were interviewed and questioned, revelations about the investigation. you have some concerns, where did it go, if there are these issues with how the investigation was done. >> it's problematic, michaela. grand jury is a body and panel and given the evidence, but they're given the evidence by the prosecutor and generally the prosecutor presents it in a manner they believe to be appropriate but remember, while they gather the information and give it to the grand jurors, it's not challenged, it's not questioned. and you want it subjected to scrutiny. >> under the microscope. >> 100%. if i had a conversation and i continued to tell you all of the wonderful cases i had and the wonderful things

earlier i spoke with cnn legal analyst and joey jackson.nd i asked them how this grand injury in ferguson differs from others. >> well the process is still the same and the rules are still the same. this grand injury is doing what every grand injury should do. the way this is unique is that rather than a prosecutor presenting basically what he or she wants and getting what he or she wants, he is saying he is going do it very impartially and all on record. bringing back witnesses and talking about other evidence allows them to make hopefully a complete picture of what was happening and a much better result by deciding either to indict for one of the several charges or not indict. the nice thing that they are doing or the appropriate thing to insulate the grand injury from whatever decision is made is he is already committed to having all the transcripts of whatever they talk about and whatever evidence they have released. and that's going to help us and the rest of the nation look and decide for ourselves if the verdict or decision was appro

joey jackson, thank you so much. >> have a great day, victor.'s talk about the university of virginia because they are suspending all fraternities and associated parties until january 9th now. this move comes after a student told "rolling stone" magazine she was gang raped over a three-hour period. and they are frustration, she talked about, at just trying to get some justice. well, now the school's president is asking anyone with information to come forward. she released the statement, quote, there are individuals in our community who know what happened that night, and i'm calling on them to come forward to the police. unquote. now, school officials have also asked the charlottesville police department to investigate this incident. i know you have a lot of questions about it. you know, what's next in this case? are there going to be charges filed? we're going to talk with our legal experts in the next hour of "new day." that's in the 8:00 a.m. hour. so we hope you'll be here for that. >>> first, an epic snowstorm. next, floods, possibly. buffal

i want to bring in also a clinical psychologist and our legal analyst joey jackson to continue this conversationus. joey, should it be legal for universities to be able to handle things like this, allegations like this internally and give victims the option of not taking it to the police and the authorities? >> the short answer is, absolutely not. very disturbing in terms of the report. i read the article, the "rolling stones" article and it's disturbing is an under statement for sure. there is an act from 1990. it's a federal statute under title 19. what it does -- title 9, excuse me. universities are mandatory reporters. there are people in the universities who have to report these incidents and they have to document even all crimes that occur on campus. you know, interestingly enough, two other things need to be raised about this. the first is, when victims don't report, obviously, critical evidence is washed away and that type of thing. but there's more to it than that. you can go forward and you can have a very compelling prosecution in the event the police are ultimately made aware of it,

sickening to me a that in 2014, i don't have to worry about how the police view my son, but sunny, joey jackson, and our friends and colleagues that are black or latino, they have to have these conversations with their kids, and that is something that must change in this country, and it has to change soon, and if it is the michael brown law that has the police officers wearing the cameras or the separate type of process, and there were 461 justified police shootings, and how do we know they are justified? we don't. that is what the fbi statistics are, 461 last year, and who is review i reviewing those? nobody. we don't have a system where somebody other than the government or the police or the prosecutors are reviewing what the police are doing when they shoot a citizen in the country, and so it is interest ing ing t comment on this case, because i can look at it very narrowly as a lawyer, and analyze the evidence, and say, you know, you don't have the evidence here, and it is really going to blow and feel unfair, but there is no evidence based on the law and based on the physical evidence at t

here to talk to me about all of it, sports side, legal side, hln legal analyst, joey jackson. he phone, sports business analyst, keith reid, also a former senior editor with espn. thank you both for being here. joey, let me begin with you. this comes as part of this class-action lawsuit filed by a lot of former nfl players. >> absolutely. >> who said we were giving these drugs time and time again to play through the injuries and look what has happened to us as a result. what do you make of these raids happening across the country today? >> federal government doesn't sleep. they're investigating and they do a great job of it, poppy. why? because they have staffing. they have resources. and listen, when you talk about anything that relates either to criminali criminality, not that this is at this point, or even civil allegations and you mentioned the lawsuit that was filed in san francisco, 600 players, right? >> right. >> you talk about, well, what would give you the probable cause to get this information? if you look at the lawsuit, the allegations are just, you know, reveals i

i want to turn to joey jackson and danny cevallos. great work for sure but i'm aggravated that a man was out on the streets after two weeks to the attack of a 16-year-old. he told her she was going to die and even asked her how she wanted to die and dug the hole. this is a frightening man out there. why was i not alerted? why was the rest of the community not alerted that this guy that they were looking for was out there? >> very troubling, without question. but i'm going to go down a different road, okay? because today and as a defense attorney i'm often at odds with the police and the things that they do and don't do. but today they get major credit. should there have been a bolo lookout, be on the lookout? there wasn't? fine. in this particular case when you have the community coming together and giving very valuable tips, when you have a dealership that can say, this guy has bad credit so we're going to put that thing on and find out where you are, you have law enforcement who promised we're going to bring her home and bring him t

cnn correspondent and attorney herself, jean casarez, along with hln legal analyst and attorney joey jacksonst to you, jean. the newest allegations from janice dickinson, she's famous, people know who she is. there is some similarities with the things she's saying that other accusers are saying. >> i think all the stories are so similar -- >> but are there inconsistencies? >> there are. similarities are, i was plied with alcohol, i was given a drug. i really don't remember anything until i woke up and felt i was violated. nobody describes the sexual assault. as far as inconsistencies, bill cosby's attorney, marty singer, in regard to janice dickinson said her new story is afabricat. i found an interview in "new york observer" about her tell-all biography. and in this article it quotes from the book saying she believed bill cosby when he told her she could sing but realized it wasn't true when she didn't want to be with him and then he blew her off. so there are some inconsistencies. >> but does she not make some allegation that she wanted to put the sexual assault into her book and that she

joining me now, hln legal analyst, joey jackson, cnn legal analyst, sunny hostin and mel robbins. guys. it's ugly stuff, it's official and on paper, lots of allegations beforehand. is this one of those "bring your wheelbarrow"? it looks like a slam dunk for a civil case. >> this is a report from the federal government. basically when somebody dies in a facility, it triggers an investigation into whether or not this facility can continue to be eligible for medicare and medicaid. this report basically hands the attorneys in this case a slam dunk. it is blistering. and i would imagine as these two are going to talk about, the potential damages in this case could be astronomical. >> we'll talk about that. but we'll also talk about potential criminal liability here as well in a moment. but i want to know what this means when you say slam dunk because joan rivers may have been elderly. but she was still booking out clubs, she still had a vibrant career, still had a lot of earning potential ahead of her. and usually in a civil case, that's critical. what's your earning potential that was

. >> we bring in cnn legal analyst mark geragos and hln legal analyst joey jackson.o see both of you. >> and you, brooke. good afternoon. >> it's worth revisiting because this could be a day where a decision could come down from this grand jury. let's talk about the process. let me kick it off with you, joey. remind me how many grand jurors are involved and the makeup of this grand jury and how many they need to determine this outcome. >> sure, brooke. unlike an actual jury in the event he were indicted and it would go to trial, you still have 12 members but there's not that need for a unanimous conclusion. generally speaking when there's a trial, you know, you need unanimous approval and in this case there are 12 jurors and you need nine of them to vote an indictment and of course the standard as we look at the composition of the jury, the standard is two things really. is there probable cause to believe that a crime was committed and, b, did darren wilson commit that crime unlike a regular jury where it would be proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. low standar

joey jackson, let me start with you. her say finally in recent years she did go talk to a lawyer. she said she got laughed out of the office. her issue is legislation letting go of all statute of limitations on these crimes period. her allegations involve this event happening in this brownstone in new york and you're saying there are no statute of limitations here. >> each state is a sovereign onto itself. that means that you have a governor and a state legislature and they can do in individual states what they think is appropriate in that state. what they do in new york is for rape by forceable compulsion, you rape someone, there's no statute of limitations. any time a victim feels they are ready to come forward and confident enough to come forward and they internalized it and people don't come forward for a variety of reasons, they can do that. in the event it's not forceable compulsion but you're helpless and she's alleging there was drugging involved in it so to that extent it is technically possible for a district a

. >> joining me to talk about it joey jackson and mike bouchard. mike, i want to begin with you.was this man being monitored and should he have been more monitored? you look at a rap sheet including aggravated assault, false imprisonment, breaking and entering. wanted for attempted rape and murder. what happened? >> i don't think he was being monitored. if you've done your time in prison and you're out on parole or probation they can monitor you. there was recently an arrest warrant obtained for him and actively looking for him on that arrest warrant. it's just all this information came forward at once which led them to find out that he was involved in this abduction. >> joey, when it comes to this 16-year-old girl in virginia that he allegedly hit over the head with a shovel, stuffed in his trunk. >> and burned her, poppy. >> right. and you look at dna evidence, how big a factor is that going to be for police in this one? >> it could be used. >> because according to the documents, he has admitted to this last abduction. >> yes, it's going to be huge and first of all, what a plea

defense attorneys mark o'mara, joey jackson and lisa monet whitman join me in new york. mark, the fact that it seems like this -- well, we know this grand jury has heard so much more evidence than typically a prosecutor would present. why was that decision made? and what kind of impact can it have? >> i think mccullough made the decision because he wants to be completely transparent and wants to give them everything that they can so that nobody can complain that there was a certain piece of information or perspective that wasn't given. >> because he himself has come under a lot of scrutiny. >> he absolutely has. there's a lot of people who believe he should not even be the one doing the prosecution. what's nice about it, though, we'll have the transcripts available to us so we can watch and see if he took them down a path that he may not have taken them down. >> lisa, you made the point that not everything is in those transcripts. >> that's absolutely right. it's a really important point. that is there's a lot of conversation or what we call colloquy that goes on between

a couple of other experts in this field, mark o'mara, joey jackson, mel robbins. give your expertise when it comes to the notion that this was an unfair process, that the grand jury process itself was unfair speaking from inside the grand jury room, your impression? >> i said what was going to be great about this process, we would have an opportunity to review what happened in that grand jury proceeding. and we're going to see whether or not it was done in a fair way. had we spent all but two hours looking at all these grand jury transcripts, it was done, in my opinion, in a fair way, not because i want it to be. here's what happened. everything that should bp presented to the grand jury for them to make a qualified, informed decision was presented. it was presented in a somewhat impartial way, as it's supposed to be. they were interactive. they did question the witnesses. but people are wondering, why didn't -- why wasn't there this vicious cross-examination of wilson? well, here's what it was. they presented the evidence. is it unfair to not cross-examine somebo

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mel robbins and joey jackson. cnn commentator, joey legal analyst for hln and a defense attorney. let's starts with the governor, there's plenty of criticism to go around, for the state leaders not being present in the way they should have been in a situation like ferguson. but is it fair to call what the governor just said in the press conference a warning, or is he saying what the facts are, i have to have my people ready to deal with the situation in a strong as possible mode. >> here's the reality -- in living in america people have the right to their opinions, certainly. but at the same time you want to express that opinion freely and voluntarily and there should be a change of ideas and hurt feelings and someone's dead. at the same time you need safety, you need security and it's the governor's obligation to provide that. and so irrespective of how he couched it or his bedside manner, the message is clear, protest, do so express your opinions and thoughts, but everyone should be safe and everyone should feel

joining me now, criminal defense attorney and hln legal analyst joey jackson and dr. seph mccormick with the university texas school of public health. joey, let's begin with you. we know while she doesn't have to quarantine herself any more she has to abide by a few guidelines, upon tore herself -- monitor herself, notify public health and talk to them in terms of coordinating her travel, continue to monitor and if she does see a symptom needs to let everybody know immediately. would you consider these new guidelines a legal win for kaci hickox? >> good morning, ana. you know look, this is an issue where you have the public's interest and it's immediately in conflict with the individual's interest to move about freely. and the judge did temper his decision in the way you noted. she has to submit to direct monitoring which means her temperature will be taken and they will follow and evaluate her every day to ensure she's okay. of course in addition to that, she'll coordinate the travel with local officials and if she becomes symptomatic, she'll of course know if i them

joey jackson. g, chris. >> state of emergency sounds like something that it is not. it sounds like you are in crisis. what it really is, isn't it, is a way of just releasing the funds and having what you need, isn't it? >> it certainly could be construed that way. i guess the governor is doing something preemptive as opposed to waiting for what may happen, at least getting the troops marshaled up in anticipation of something happening. is it a right decision? is it a wrong decision? it remains to be seen. hopefully, chris, i know people will have views to this. they do have view. people are very impassioned about this, one way or the other. so whatever happens, let's hope it's peaceful and people enjoy their right to protest in the first amendment, in a democracy, in a way that doesn't impair the safety of others. >> maybe the weather is a blessing, because it will keep outsiders -- and we covered it. there were people who weren't from ferguson, anarchists or agitators, coming in and seeing it as an

we have hln analyst and criminal defense attorney, joey jackson. we've talked about this. when people are going back and forth about whether there should be an indictment, they seem to be applying the standard to a trial as opposed to what it is when you indict. explain the difference. >> so what happens is, different states vary in terms of what's necessary for the grand jury. let's talk about missouri. there's 12 members who are impanelled in that grand jury. now they don't have to be unanimous, unlike a trial jury of course. where you would need a unanimous decision on a verdict. there needs to be nine of those 12 members, chris, that voted indictment. that's one thing. as to the standard, in a trial, it's beyond a reasonable doubt. >> very high. >> very high standard. when you're talking about aindi talking about two things, probable cause to believe a crime was committed. and that darren wilson committed it. that's what they're looking at. and they're considering a number of charges, like murder, intent, second-degree murder. the first-degree murder would be intent. s

let's turn to senior media correspondent and legal analyst joey jackson.osby is going to have to address these allegations? >> in 24 hours, netflix, nbc, tvland, these series of corporate relationships with cosby and his shows, all evaporated with one caveat, netflix only postponed that comedy special. maybe when, if and when all the talk about him dies down, maybe they will air it in the future. but this was really remarkable to see this domino effect happen. >> so joey, if he wants to resurrect his career, does he need to do some sort of big primetime sit-down confessional? and if he does that, is he in big legal trouble? >> it's interesting, alisyn, this is where public relations and public relations advisers are completely at odds with the attorneys. attorneys are going to tell you, alisyn, keep your mouth shut, allow it to blow over and allow the media to move on to something else that they can sink their teeth into. >> and that's what he's been doing. >> but here's the other problem, chris, from a legal perspective, you don't know if there are anybod