>> let's start with richard jewel first. in this cover of righteous indignation of being unjustly accused like richard jewel was trying to associate her name with that type of scenario. the lack of her husband's name is a very telling point to me. very different from her comments at the funeral where she was a stand by your man woman, you know, i love him, he's a wonderful husband, he's a wonderful father, i trust him. now she's not saying anything. i think there's something to be said for reading between the lines here. as a prosecutor you know that there's things going on behind-the-scenes. the prosecution is looking at two potential suspects here, it's very clear in the probable cause hearing they went out of their way to put on evidence about her when they didn't need to. it wasn't her probable cause hearing showing that they are working towards mounting a case against her. they are still trying to decide will we use her as a cooperative witness, will she be charged or is there a possibility they might turn her against h

the attorney even mentions richard jewell. let me read again. dealing with their grief becomes more difficult as the days go on. however, because of the constant speculation and innuendo in the media, newspapers, television and online media have fostered a poisonous atmosphere in which leanna's every reaction or failure to cry in front of a cry is scrutinized for some supposed hidden meaning in much the same the government hounded richard jewell when he didn't behave has some thought he should. of course, richard jewell is pretty much a poster child i should say for those who claim and know he was wrongly accused. remember, he was the security guard that found the bomb before it went off in the olympic park, saved many lives by pushing people away, but later accused by law enforcement and members of the media of actually having been part of the bombing plot. he was not. he was fully exonerated. but before he died in 2007, he always said that shadow had followed him for the rest of his life, don. >> martin savidge, thank you very much. i apprecia

because going back to richard jewell, i remember being at those olympics and i think a lot of peopleorget he was cleared because he was so totally vilified. he said he lived for 88 days, afraid of being arrested for a crime he didn't commit. is that fair, that comparison, in this case? >> i understand why they are making it, because it conjures up an image in our minds that is sympathetic to this woman. oftentimes, in this news cycle we live in, an initial story is a category 5, and then the followup is a category 1. there's usually not as much attention later on. in some cases, maybe, it is comparable. but i don't -- we don't know enough in this case to know if it's really a fair comparison. >> you wrote this opinion piece on cnn.com even before the statement from the lawyer, from this mother. do you stand by it, the fact that, listen, it's easy to speculate, but let's be fair, basically? >> yes. absolutely. come on, we can all sit at home and watch television and sit back and say, oh, she's not crying. ooh, what a weird statement to make. >> which many people have done. let's be fa

in much the same way the press unjustry harassed olympic hero richard jewell.ana harris, cnn legal analyst danny cevallos and mel robbins. you think this is a justified response? the media and all the bloggers and everybody on the internet have been too harsh on this woman? >> after several weeks, we have some odd statements that she's made. we have her lack of emotion and maybe a bad eulogy. if that's all they have, then there's no prosecution here. it's really frustrating. it's funny because for people like her, if all this goes away tomorrow, she will still have been reviled for at least several weeks. and that doesn't go away very quickly. this should be -- >> if ever. >> -- a cautionary tale that we should not rush to judgment when it comes to this kind of -- i guess you would say social prosecution. ultimately if they end up not prosecuting her, she's not going to get a gift basket from society as a whole saying, sorry we held you up to scorn and burned you in effigy. >> right. she's not a suspect. police believe she behaved suspiciously from the statemen

richard jewell a throwback to 1996. security guard who saved many lives by warning many people away from a backpack that exploded. later, though, he was accused by law enforcement and members of the media. perhaps maybe being involved with that bombing. he was not. he was exonerated fully. but when he died in 2007, he had always said he lived the rest of his life under a cloud of suspicion. >> there is also no mention of her husband many this statement, right? >> right. and that really to me and a lot of others stood out as being the loudest not said statement. i mean, this was a woman who just a couple weeks ago stood up and the only public statement she has made is at the funeral of her young son. and she used most of that time to defend her husband. she said that he was a wonderful father, despite the fact that he has been charged with the boy's death. so the fact that there is no mention, i mean, the letter doesn't even suggest that the two are married. there is just no reference to him at all. of course, in between

cry in front of a crowd is execuscrutinized for s mean meaning and hounded olympic bombing hero richard jewellt behave as some thought he should. he was accused by law enforcement and members of the media perhaps maybe being involved. he was not. he was exonerated fully but when he died in 2007 he always said he lived the rest of his life under a cloud of suspicion, anderson. >> there is no mention of her husband in the statement, right? >> right, and that really to me and a lot of others stood out as being the loudest not said statement. i mean, this was a woman who just a couple weeks ago stood up at the funeral of her young son and used most of that time to defend her husband and said he was a wonderful father, despite the fact he's been charged with the boy's death. so the fact that there is no mention, i mean, the letter doesn't suggest that the two are married, there is just no reference to him at all. of course, in between then, there was a court hearing where it was revealed that they allege he was having online relationships with a number of women, even as the child was dying in that

in much the same way, the press unjustly harassed and hounded olympic bombing hero richard jewel whenthe way they thought he should. >> it's trying to shift the focus from those back to her grief. >>reporter: prosecutors say her husband ross left the chide to die on purpose because he wanted a child-free life. he researched animals dying in hot cars on the internet and was sexting women while i say son was in the sweltering car. his attorneys said it was a tragic accident that his client forgot to drop the child off at day care. he says he has a hard time believing the accusations against his friend. >> it does raise doubts. i'm not going to lie and say it doesn't. it's tough to see this ross and the ross i knew as the same person. >> leana's harris doesn't mention her husband. f . they ask that she be able to tkpwhraoef in private. . >>> lisa bloom is "today"'s legal analyst. we are hearing from the mom, albeit words filtered through her attorney. what jumps out at you? >> there is no denial at all that she had any involvement in her son's death. there's no anger at her husband for h