when asked his position on the death penaltiy, hy, he said he wouldn't rule it out. this raised a lot of concern among opponents of the death penalty who thought this would be a step backward. he has written against the death penalty, and adheres to san francisco values. san francisco has not had a jury return a death verdict since 1989, which was 10 years before he said his office would not seek the death penalty. we thought this particular issue wanted a discussion and we are pleased to have a palace here today. let me introduce them more at length. geroge gastcocon has had a long career in law enforcement, and he works for decades in the l.a. police department, serving as the director of the office of operations in charge of patrol and detectives and special operations. he is considered to be an expert in matters of police accountability. john thompson spent 14 years on death row, and after his verdict was set aside he was then facing life in prison. he was fighting for a retrial that took place four years later. he was exonerated by a jury in less than 30 minutes

felt this was a importantly released audio to try to decide the healthcare mandate was a tax or penaltiy and if it had the jurisdiction to rule now before the law is fully impacted. >> taxes are for better or for worse, the life beloved government. so what congress is trying to do is to say there is a procedure. who do you go through? >> this seems strange to think of a law that says no court can entertain a certain action and give a certain roomty. -- remedy. >> all of the challengers and the federal government want an answer to the critically important question: whether the affordable care act is constitutional. >> that might be what they want, but the decision in this case is not expected tountil the end of the court session in june. which, brian, can turn out to be politically explosive. that is going to be in the middle of the presidential election cycle. >> and so tomorrow is the main argument, right? >> and what we're looking at in here is three days of arguments. today's, terms, and then two on wednesday. you know, tomorrow's really the meat of all of this and they're going to ge