and certainly pretrial detention is part of the mix.i go back to what i said earlier, i believe that pretrial custody should be based on appropriate -- and i want to underline appropriate, risk assessment tools. that will be race neutral. that will be gender neutral. that will be socially neutral. but assess risk, risk of violence, risk of not showing up for court. i believe that, that is an achievable goal. and i believe that the sentencing commission is a really good place. we have excellent resources at our disposal. we have a two-year plan. and we have basically every component of the general system and the community in this process. i hope we will come up with a pretrial releasing process. >> i want to thank all panelists for participating. and thank you all for attending. [applause] i think our public defender will make some closing remarks. >> in closing i want to thank all of you for attending this year's justice summit. as you heard we have many challeng challenges in areas to improve upon. we look for your support. we will con

now the pretrial diversion project and pretrial release is really the hummer so to speak. the district attorney and sheriff set the policy. we have been working or this base practice for years. obviously the major stake holders, the district attorneys, the she rifs. just to give you an idea of the scope of what we are doing. approximately 1100 people come out of jail from our program. this time we are targeting somewhere around 1500 cases. prior to the last 3 or 4 years, the data that is now coming in, recidivism is around 6 or 7 percent, failure to appear rate or people to appear in court is lower. they are walking people out of jail. we've just come out of a difficult 4-5 years and that is budget years with a lot of social services being cut and really at the end of the day when you are talking about it and talking about housing and talking about employment, you are talking about counseling; you are talking about substance abuse. when there is not access to those services and you are trying to wrap it around. come full circle to your question, how do you now relate to th

francisco, now as we'll discuss this, we have most of the people who are in jail are because of pretrial detention. these are people who have not been charged with a crime, they just don't have the money to post bail t moderate is chief attorney and michael gonzalez and look forward to this panel and their with wisdom. >> thank you, jeff. the reform and commercial bail system is one of the hottest topics. the institute of policies has called the bail system a failed policy that leads to excessive incarceration and mostly of pretrial detainees who cannot afford to buy their freedom. time and time again commercial bail has proven itself to most effective with those released on assurity bonds with 60 percent less likely to become fugitives. let me introduce the panel, der a dwight is with the association, she owns carson bail bonds and in the industry for 4 decades and former mistake mayor of carson california and helen for the juvenile and criminal justice system and currently on the and ralph on the commission of san francisco and works closely with the sheriff's department which now lead

in the final pretrial filings, kros cuters plan to tell the skrurry graham pushed mr. johnson in the back with both hands. mr. johnson fell face first to his death. the government plans to call 39 witnesses, including experts to detail evidence found at glacier national park. like a piece of clothe near diopson's body.

the head of dc's pretrial services agency told us while the supervision technology is good, it's not foolproof and it is not going to make some people do the right thing all the time. andrea mccarren, wusa9. >> congress apparently has a deal to meet this week's budget deadline. but has sequestration already taken a heavy toll at the national zoo? top. >> well, plenty cold right now, even colder air is on the way. we'll show you the numbers. we made it above 40 today. 43, 25 goes in the books. the averages are above freezing. we'll talk about how cold to be the and we'll track another wintery mix over the weekend. >> but first, trying to get to the bottom of what happened with the rollout of the affordable care act. ...are the hands that do good things for the whole community: the environment, seniors, kids, and animals. that's why we created the share the love event. by the end of this year, the total donated by subaru could reach 35 million dollars. you get a great deal on a new subaru. we'll donate 250 dollars to a choice of charities that benefit your community. it feels good to b

. >> this was the last pretrial hearing of the year in the case against detainees charged with attacks. >> accused of providing logistical reports for high jacketters during the 9/11 attacks. he shook up the courtroom by calling the judge a war criminal. he accused guards of torturing him through sleep depravations, by making vibrations and loud noises in his cell. prosecutors said there is no evidence that guards deliberately tried to keep him awake. his attorney said that a psychiatrist has already said that his client is not mentally ill. >> in a sense, encouraging for people who are concerned about transparency that these very important words like torture, secret c.i.a. prisons are being played for the public. >> reporter: she says the military could have prevented anyone from outside of the courtroom from hearing the supreme court burst. there is a 40-second delay on the television feed. >> the person who has his finger on the mute problem is trying to let as much out for the public as possible. >> reporter: as part of the obama administration's plan to close the guantanamo bay pr

it's showing up in a lot of criminal cases primarily in pretrial and trial sentencing. it requires us to evaluate our norms about what it means to hold the person responsible and to punish them. it's going to appear increasingly as an explanation of behavior across love. we have time after question and answer in that is interesting in a longer talk i would address but we can certainly talk about in questions and answers is its role in the civil system. it can be used to substantiate injuries. if you could look at a person's brain and see if they actually have a headache, they actually have pain. there can fascinating studies that actually have shown you can see neurological signatures for pain or increased predisposition to suffer from pain. is that the then plaintiff we are talking about in it showing up in tremendous disability cases. this is the evidence we have to address. we will have to think about the role of the criminal justice system and i'm sure it's already appeared before many of you. thank you and i look forward to your questions. [applause] >> we have tim

and this is the statement in his pretrial deposition. this is the person marissa alexander fired a warning shot. he said if my kids weren't there i knew i would probably have tried to take the gun from her. you know, i just don't know what would have happened. if my kids wouldn't have been there i probably would have put my hand on her. >> what do you men you would have put your hand on her? probably hit her. i got five baby mommas and i put my hands on every last one of them except for one. there is such a thick as discretion. you may think you have a certain kind of case but when this person says this to you. >> that was not evidence allowed in the first trial. >> but the evidence about his previous history was not allowed in the first trial. i think that they would have considered his history when thinking what was marissa's state of mind? did she think she was in danger of serious bodily harm? i think these issues are issues that a jury should have considered and they didn't get the chance to hear that evidence. >> quickly on this qu

s pretrial services agency told us while the supervision technology is good, it's not foolproof and not going to make some people do the right thing all the time. ironically, court documents reveal that an officer washington's case, the government asked the court to detain the defendant without bail pending trial. it was a request that was denied. the washington case remains under investigation. but based on standard procedures, it is unlikely his child pornography charge would have made him a candidate for around the clock surveillance. >> and one other note, those pso's are not routinely issued smart phones. they wouldn't necessarily get those e-mail alerts. once again, dc already trying to keep track of about 375 defendants every day with the gps tracking devices. in addition to another 4500 without them. back to you. >> all right, andrea. the chefs of staff for tennessee senator, lamar alexander is under investigation for child pornography. this is video of authorities raiding ryan's home here in washington. senator alexander says he is surprised and disappointed by the allegations

a massachusetts, aaron hernandez is due in court for a pretrial hearing.and patriots tight end pled not guilty to murder in the death of semi pro football player owe done lloyd. >>> the federal reserve system turns 100 years old today. on this day in 1913 president woodrow wilson signed the federal reserve act which created the u.s. central banking system. happy birthday to pearl jam front man eddie vetter 49, soap star susan lieuically 67, harry sheer from "the simpsons" 70. >>> ryan o'neal speaks out about his legal tug of war over the warhol painting and farrah fawcett. keep it here for more news, weather and sports. i'm richard lui along with dylan dreyer. have a great monday. >>> a puppy severely injured and found in a bay area dump, now the search is on for the person who hurt the dog. the latest on the investigation next. >> plus, days after fining pg&e hundreds of thousands for failure to monitor a gas pipe line the public utilities commission returns the check. we'll tell you what's behind the refund next. >> it's bittersweet. >> fans and players

the pretrial hearing is scheduled to take place this afternoon. police say alicia was sleeping at a friend's house on july 18th when someone shot her through the apartment's front door, killing her. police say the attack was likely revenge for the killing of her cousin earlier that day. >>> it's finals week at uc berkeley, and campus police spent the early morning hours reaching out to students in the wake of a string of armed robberies on campus. there have been four robberies and one attempted robbery in less than a week. thieves are targeting students late at night, taking cell phones and other electronics. police set up their mobile command center where a student was attacked early yesterday morning. a man tried to grab her purse, but she was able to break free. students say they're on edge. >> i mean, it's scarily because libraries are open 24 hours. so people take advantage of that just because it's finals week. i mean, it's always terrifying to feel like you're not safe when you're only campus, especially when you have a lot of other things

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act of paula goodness that women want to understand by their actions and in fact during their own pretrial hearing they actually apologized to believers if those believers feelings were a found it so if they apologize that done probably they recognize that that actions were a viewed as a phone call in russian or what have you all that's not like i loved what the signal and central mosque not at all i became tuned to the pussy riot case only one of the women were actually taken into custody prior to that one they just have their whatever you want to call it which is second performance which is second political stunt as a russian orthodox i was like. it probably wasn't a good idea to do this in the church again i'm russian orthodox but they should not have gone to jail does the only thing i'm trying to say earlier imagine some of the positive developments a rise of volunteering people being more engaged people taking to the streets i don't know if you would agree but i think that some of the political discourse in russia has become more diverse compared to let's say five or six years ago why

supporters of greece's far right golden dawn party have rallied outside the parliament against the pretrial detention of that leda the movement's key figures are facing charges of forming a criminal organisation on involvement in violence against political opponents a crackdown on the polity followed september's killing of an unsafe fascist activist by a golden dawn meant. to be almost three thousand troops will deploy be deployed to reinforce security and buying cars. following clashes between government supporters and opponents two people dead so far protests have continued for a week now with demonstrators demanding the government resign the discontent by a proposed amnesty which could see an. minister return from exile. and syrian rebels are reportedly rianne to the historic christian town of mali north of damascus the heavy fighting is currently underway between anti government troops including the al nusra front and the army it is the second attack. of the government forces repelled the rebel advance in the town back in september this year. now while the olympic torch is moving closer

supporters of a greece's far right golden dawn party rallied in athens outside parliament against the pretrial detention of their leader they carried torches and flags and chanted anti-government slogans the party's leader and two other members detained after the september death of a leftist rapper on charges of forming a criminal organization police were deployed to keep order though no incidents were reported. one person or four at least shot dead during clashes between government supporters and opponents in thailand's capital bangkok hundreds of protesters were on the streets for a seventh day in a row they say the government should step down accusing it of acting above the law demonstrations were triggered by a proposed amnesty law that could see an ousted former prime minister return from exile finally in the news blog germans are proud of their fast and furious autobahns with no potholes or speed limits but the e.u. is looking to set restrictions worried by speed maniacs coming to germany just to test their sports cars but a lot of german drivers don't like the idea of brussels backseat

supporters of greece's far right golden pond have rallied outside the parliament in athens against the pretrial detention of the leader the movement's key figures are facing charges of criminal investigation involvement in ballance against political opponents the crackdown on the party followed september killing of an fascist activist by a golden door. to make asses being fired at protesters outside the government house and by and call the army deployed more troops so far two have been killed two people died is two civilians dozens injured during anti-government demonstrations that have been going on for a week people are demanding the prime minister step down over a proposed to amnesty bill that could see an former prime minister return from exile. syrian rebels are reportedly the historic christian town of north of damascus poured into the director of the syrian observatory for human rights every fighting is under way between government troops and the army it is the second attack on the government forces repelled the rebel advance into the town of back in september. while the olympic torch is

for instance or being able to log on anything like that you know the conditions they've been on pretrial release for almost two years two years nominal conditions they're allowed to continue with their lives there'd been no changes their students their bloggers their writers are on internet they're on twitter they talk. you know they continue with their lives this is this is it's comparable in some jurisdictions to the deferred prosecution which basically says ok we're going to put this off for a year and if everything works out fine the case gets dismissed here in the day everything works out fine the defendants are going. i get a misdemeanor and as one who defendant said to me or the person said to me when they walked out of the court system meter is a badge of honor and courage for stanley cohen one of the attorneys for these and this group of anonymous activist thank you so much for joining us and please keep us updated as this trial kind of continues or as these that these people continue and within the next year now and are let's talk about the precedent being set here has anyone e

requires patent owners to require information to describe the infringement and it limits the amount of pretrialtion. a lot of times, they ask for huge amounts of busy work. losingourts force the party to pay the winners legal fees. this is a controversial part of it. the government reporting that these trolls foul 19% of all patent lawsuits from 2007-2011 and opponent express concern about the other 80% losing their legal rights. >> we are posing a burden on small innovators because they will fear that they will lose a lawsuit and end up paying the peoplecosts of who they litigate against even though their claim was legitimate. >> the bill passed with bipartisan support and the backing of the white house and the issue now moves to the senate where he hearing is scheduled for later this month. >> coming up, looking for work is stressful enough. now americans getting emergency unemployment benefits might soon be without assistance. what's at stake if congress refuses to extend the benefits? why will sit down with the former chief of staff the vice president biden to get a washington insider's poi

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hole am's attorneys have asked the judge to ban the public and of the press from the pretrial hearings. a report has been filed saying the first amendment guarantees access to hearings on the defendant's mental health. he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to injuring 123 people and injuring 70 more at the theater. >> the future of a lacrosse player is looked at by a panel. if they decide against a new trial george hugely will have to serve out the rest of the 20-year prison sentence. he killed love in a drunken rage just weeks before she was supposed to graduate from university of virginia. >> a man accused of faking sign language at nelson mandela's memorial speaking out for the first time, he says quote, that he was hallucinating. he reportedly told a local radio station he was hearing voices and is receiving treatment for schizophrenia. he told the newspaper he was paid $85 to work tuesday's event attended by dozens of world leaders he is quoted b saying this. i tried to control myself and not show the world was going on. i am very sorry. it is a situation i found myself in.

. >> the return of the band's members will further pretrial his opponents.l jazeera, bangkok. >> japan has passed a law handing out harsh penalties for whistle blowers leaking public information. journalist who is have obtained data also face penalties. >>> the u.s. judge has approved a record settlement in a racial bias group. a group of black stockbrokers sued merrill cinch. we have problems from thi. >> this victory weak has been nine years in the making. a federal judge in chicago has approved the largest racial discrimination until ever. $160 million for george mcreynolds and 1400 other black stock broke injuries i field real good. and justin ha justice has preva. >> the merrill lynch system kept black brokers out of the money. >> black brokers are in the office but we're not part that have group. we won't be chosen to be put on the teams. we are not chosing for the good stuff. we want to change that. we want to open that fraternity. >> reporter: it has had a wider effect. merrill cincmerrill lynch. >> by inviting people who sued them to the table and b

. >>> another round of pretrial hearings began today for five men accused of plotting the september 11th attacks. khalid sheikh mohammed, and others, aimed at motions, to the detainees. two saudi nationals have been trowrnd their home land. >>> many of us use these antibacterial soaps and gels to promote the spread of bacteria. but some of those ingredients in the soaps harmful. lisa stark is in washington. tell us washes. there are over 2,000 products on the market. and over two decades ago the fda said, we generally think these are safe, go ahead and use them. now, the fda said cam we have to take a strong look at them. they may not be any better than plain old soap and water and secondly, to make sure they are safe. there are concerns about some of the chemicalse it antibacterial and take out the claims as well. >> wait a minute, lisa, what are th could cause resistance to bacterial products. >> thank you lisa. >>> still ahead on al jazeera america: striking workers fet global support for -- get global support for their cause. >> we know it by bread. >> a unique idea that is helping i

given four years all men have said to have turned themselves in after the attack and have been in pretrialtention. they told the court he had ordered that he be roughed up, but had always said he never sanctioned an acid attack. the trial began in october, and has produced an end less flow of sensational disclosures about some of the most treasures stars. the three will serve out their sentences in a strict regime. fans will be hoping that from now on russia's must loved culture, i con will be known from its successful performances on stage. and not from the scandals and vicious gossip coming from the wings. am al jazeera, in moscow. >> the mission in afghanistan is in jeopardy. if he doesn't sign a security deal with the united states, that's the message from nato chief. during talks in belgium, to discuss the issue. he says if it doesn't go ahead, all troops will have to pull out before the end of next year, and aid money would also be at risk. last month, afghan tribal leaders voted in support of the deal. he says he may delay signing until after elections. a lot is at stake. >> it is a

and michigan there was a major pretrial ruling today in the case that has inflamed racial tensions andwed claims of self-defense. a judge ruled that a white man who admitted shooting an unarmied black woman will be tried for second degree murder. al jazeera b.c. joins us live from dearborn heights. with more on today's ruling. >> during this course of this exam, people who really shed light on the turn of events that led to that shooting. now, initially, mcbride should have gotten into a one scar accident that evening and there was a woman who testified saying basically, that she reached out to her, she at that point had blood on her hands and she appeared to be very disoriented but mcbride, she walked away from this help. now what is unclear, is really what happened from the point of that shooting to the hours that passed when she found herself on his front steps. now wafer has long maintained that he thought someone was trying to break into his home, and when he went to answer his door, his shotgun accidentally went off. now the defense argued that wafer did not intend to shoot and k

lewen had to serve him with a subpoena for a pretrial hearing, marcus ignored it. >> i got subpoenaed to go to court, i said no, i'm not going. i ripped it up, threw it away. >> lewen had to do something he had never done before -- >> i had to have marcus arrested. it was very hard. i have got to have him arrested when he's a victim. >> unpleasant? >> very unpleasant. >> lewen the prosecutor and marcus the witness were at odds and if the prosecutor's star witness didn't show up for trial, a andre could easily walk free. >> coming up -- >> did you kill your wife? >> no, i did not. >> the case heads into court. and andre jackson heads to the stand. at last, he tells his own story. >> i approached her in the bedroom and embraced her and kissed her. >> will a jury believe him? >>> february 17, 2012, nearly 18 years after marie singleton's body was discovered, her husband andre went on trial for her murder. >> it might be hard to accept, but that man murdered his wife. and he needs to be held accountable. >> in the weeks leading up to trial, prosecutor john lewen wondered if his star witne

criticism that i have mentioned, it focused almost exclusively on the interests of the state in pretrial detainees, saying if someone would be guilty of another crime, not to convict them of that crime, but to help make decisions like should they get bail or not in that narrow focus led one journalist to ask why does it seem that justice kennedy is the last person on earth to have seen law and order? [laughter] and two layers deep in the fourth amendment, the answer should be clear. for the past half-century or so, the court has reiterated, and i counted at least 17 cases. that the standard approach to the fourth amendment is a per se for certain kinds of searches and it makes it unreasonable by itself in the absence of a warrant or probable cause, unless one of these exceptions applies. but there are a handful at most of three cases, as the court moves towards interests like i described. and the question became how to uphold if the court wanted to a uphold the maryland law. one could have applied the per se framework that found an exception. and it has been recognized so far as a specia

his pretrial hearing started in the murder case of 27-year-old semiprofessional football player lloydn june. hernandez' attorneys accused prosecutors of violating a gag order. hernandez pled not guilty and being held right now without bail. a tour bus carrying 40 people crashed off a freeway exit ramp and into a utility pole in baldwin hills california, 20 miles downtown of los angeles. the crash comes days after two other bus crashes on the same stretch of the highway. >>> walmart shoppers in a town about 20 miles north of boston, massachusetts, got quite a surprise friday. when beyonce showed up to shop and promote her album but she also gave 750 lucky people in that store a holiday gift. >> for everyone in the store right now, the first $50 of your holiday gifts are on me. >> beyonce pointed out that people can buy her new album at walmart unlike amazon and unlike target which are refusing to carry that album in protest to her releasing it first on itunes. >>> still ahead, getting to the heart of christmas. >> i'm overwhelmed. this is amazing. i don't know how to say thank you. >>

. >> the majority of inmates at the santa rita jail outside oakland are pretrial detainees, meaning they're but are currently on or awaiting trial. eugene protsman is one of the exceptions. a three-time convicted murderer. he's housed in a single-man administrative segregation cell where he rarely has contact with other inmates. >> they call me as a serial killer. so they keep me confined away from other people. protsman was only recently transferred to the jail. he says he was high on meth when he attacked a female acquaintance in a san diego trailer park. >> i was freaked out. i had done too much. i had already been up for like 14 days. i thought this girl was a snitch. setting me up. i don't know exactly what all came about. the next thing you know, i find her dead on the couch. i hit her in the head with a hammer. i left her there dead. i thought i would hide out with the karnis for a while. the owner had seen my name on america's most wanted. when he seen it, he called the police and i was arrested one morning at the carnival. >> he was sentenced to life without parole. 12 years later,

but in one telling point pretrial, the judge looked the prosecutor in the eye -- and there's a transcripto you have any information in your file that could be useful to the defense? and the answer is no, sir. >> no. that's bad. >> and that's contempt of court. >> and he's been dealt with. he's pleaded not much of a punningment. he lost his law license and spent five days in the slammer. five days. 15 years, mr. morton to you. so there's so much about this story that i cannot begin to cover on this program. but your son ierk was three when this happened. no only are you dealing with a loss of your wife. you are now looking at the possibility of seeing your son eric as a baby twice a year in confine. and ultimately he stopped come, it was embarrassing, he said, to see my dad in jail. you've rekindled that. but you must be so angry and you must want blood or revenge of some kind. do you? >> now? no. i'll admit that there were years when i plotted against a lot of people. i was going to do it in different ways ant different times with plausibleal buys and all sorts of things like that. >> you

and so here you have a court takes place, a trial taking place pretrial proceedings where the body ofaw that governs it remains intha -- somewhat a mystery. are they governed by the constitution. which part. if not, why not. and that, of course, makes it a fascinating story to tell as a legal reporter. all right. nathan, you want to handle the question splication? >> at guantanamo, we have some residents being brought to the trial, but we also have stateless yemenis and people who were swept up and it was decided we're not a threat and could be released. what right closet they -- rights do they have to get out of guantanamo? >> well, that's an interesting point. what rights do they have? well, so far, i mean, these are people who have not been criminally charged. this is an important distinction. there are about 150 people held at guantanamo, but only about a third of them. the government estimates can be charged or will be charged with specific violences of the laws of war that the military commission can try. so what about the other people? some of them have been cleared for release

and before he leaves, kunkel has decided to return to his pretrial look. >> we're going to shave thiswhy is that? >> because i'm tired of having it. it was just to show for a minute. people see me with all the tattoos and they think -- they're going to think what they want. but there's -- you know what i mean, you've got to get to know me as a person, as a man, as a human, you you what i mean, before you jump to conclusions. you know what i'm saying? if you take the time to get to know me, you'll see, man, that i -- i feel i'm a caring person, a loving person, a person that has respect, respects others regardless of race and gender, whatever, you know what i mean? but if you cross that line, then, you know, it is what it is, man. i just take a day at a time. know what i'm saying? i'm not here to change people's feelings, you know what i'm saying? either you like me or you don't. you know what i mean? if you don't like me, tell me. i don't give a damn. you know what i mean? >> what do you think? >> yeah. it's good. >> ready to get out? >> i'll hit it with a razor tonight. yeah. >> ceci

a pretrial hearing for dollar nel williams and joseph carroll is scheduled to take place this afternoonpolice say alicia caradine was sleeping at a friend's house when someone shot through the apartment's front door killing her. police say the attack was likely revenge for the killing of carroll's cousin in berkeley earlier this day. >>> a suspected drunk driver on the peninsula is facing felony hit-and-run charges this morning. the man was driving drunk when he crashed into a vintage car dealership on el cimino real last night. they found the passenger hurt but the driver had take up off. police later tracked him down and arrested him nearby. >>> happening today, federal investigators expected to release more information and recommendations regarding last year's refinery fire in richmond. the fire at the chevron refinery sent large plumes of toxic plaque smoke over much of the east bay. hospitals treated 15,000 people with breathing problems. authorities determined it was caused by a corroded pipe that failed and now federal officials will likely recommend changes at the refinery to av

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. >> sure, i'm down here to observe the pretrial motions proceedings in the 9/11 case.e a halt yesterday when the government decided that it needed to challenge the competency of one of the defendants to stand trial. i think the bigger question is whether the military commission is competent to deliver justice for 9/11. so far, it looks like it can't. >> let's look for a moment at the numbers on guantanamo, reminding viewers with the detainment camp was opened in 2002. since opening, they've held 779 detainees. now 158 detainees are still held. mr. johnson, what impact with him the easedding of restrictions and detainee transfers have on these men still held? >> it should make a huge difference. the obama administration said it needed this new law to transfer out the people cleared to go. there are 79, literally more than half of the people here are actually cleared to leave but are still stuck. the administration has to move forward immediately with transferring those people out. there's literally no more excuse for delay. >> do you think we are already seeing the pace

he was just acting like he had in the pretrial.t totally without any remorse whatsoever for killing his wife. >> if you put yourself in his position, it certainly seems unfair to be held accountable for not crying on cue or crying at the wrong time. >> there's always a little bit of an attitude of relief from jurors. but this was, like, relief and almost jubilation. and i suppose that goes back to that they had taken michael off the street. and they had rejected the only defense theory that we had that this was the act of some maniac who could walk into your house and kill you. by rejecting that, there is no maniac out there. >> despite his conviction, this may not be the last time we see michael morton in court. the attorneys say they'll appeal the jury's finding. as for morton, he'll be biding his time in a texas prison. [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only fl

he was just acting like he was in the pretrial. just totally without any remorse whatsoever for killing his wife. >> if you put yourself in his position, it certainly seems unfair to be held accountable for not crying on cue or crying at the wrong time. >> there's always a little bit of an attitude of relief from jurors. but this was, like, relief and almost jubilation. and i suppose that goes back to -- that they had taken michael off the street. and they had rejected the only defense theory that we had that this was the act of some maniac who could walk into your house and kill you. by rejecting that, there is no maniac out there. >> this may not be the last time we see michael morton in court. his attorneys say they'll appeal the jury's finding. as for morton, he'll be biding his time in a texas prison. >>> my first unit of assignment was the wing unit. it's what we call an old red brick prison. twists and turns, not built for optimal security. when i went to prison, a lot of stuff is immediate. i mean, you can't plan for the fu

he was just acting like he had in the pretrials, just totally without any remorse whatsoever for killing >> if you put yourself in his position, it certainly seems unfair to be held accountable for not crying on cue or crying at the wrong time. >> there is always a little bit of an attitude of relief from jurors, but this was like relief and almost jubilation, and i suppose that goes back to the -- that they had -- they had taken michael off the street, and they had rejected the only defense theory that we had, that this was the act of some -- of some maniac who had walked into your house and killed you. by rejecting that, there is no maniac out there. >> despite his conviction this may not be the last time we see michael morton in court. his attorneys say they'll be appealing the decision. as for morton, he'll be biding his time in a texas prison. there's a saying around here, you stand behind what you say. around here you don't make excuses. you make commitments. and when you can't live up to them, you own up, and make it right. some people think the kind of accountability that thrives