horn was also talking about the alternative sentencing options and how the governor could, in one scenario, go to haiti and serve out his sentence there. that's 6,000 hours of community service that the defense attorneys are asking for today. outside the courtroom today, the courthouse, i should say starting at around 7:00 this morning, people lined up to get into the courthouse. they were here at 7:00. something we did not see throughout the trial. a lot of people, friends, families, neighbors, people who didn't even know him want to go show up for the sentencing and here is what one of them had to say to us. i hope judge spencer will see in his heart to be lenient on governor mcdonnell. he has done so many things and healed so many people. >> where do things go this afternoon? we'll hear from several more people. in all likelihood, the former governor himself will testify. we should tell you about the character witnesses that are here today. we have a former nfl player, we have a former governor of virginia, that being doug wilder, family, friends, people who are going to take the stands

in fact, everyone agreed that the sentence he received was lawful under title 18 of the sentencing -- sentencing guidelines. judge gleason didn't agree with the sentence the law required him to impose and was asking you to help him do it. in february 20 13, to your credit you refused to vacate the carjacking convictions. you suggested to judge gleason that mr. holloway could contact the office of the pardon attorney and submit a petition for commutation of the sentence. i think that was the appropriate resons, i -- response, i congratulate you on that i think every prosecutor would have responded that way. in may of 2013, judge gleason again urged you to vacate two of mr. holloway's armed carjacking convictions. he said your suggestion that he seek clemency wasn't realistic because the fact that he committed crimes of violence would disqualify him. the judge was a passionate advocate for this defendant. this time, however you backed down and consented to the judge's order to vacate the carjacking convictions. i want to note that he was a violent offender -- offender, who along with an

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both before and after the sentence was handed down? ave to tell you, it was a complete 180 when governor mcdojd was stunned on 11 counts of corruption in that courtroom. today, quite the opposite. i have to tell you, the most dramatic moment happened when former doug e governor doug wilder took the stand as a character witness. he crosses a generational line as well as party lines to say that goef nor mcdojd is one of the most hon lab people i have ever met. at that point, the prosecution comes back on the stand and says, well governor wilder isn't it true that when you're governor, that does not give you a license to take crimes. the governor says yes, that's true. and the prosecution fires back and says it's certainly true that there needs to be justice in this case, for all of virginia. the fire works fly when governor wilder shoots back and says what justice is there in this case when your star witness, johnny williams, who's accused of starting these bribes is at home in florida. he's not going to prison. there will be no justice i

he's just returned from a presentencing hearing in court and the judge who will render the final sentencefew days has just read several letters written by antonucci's victims. they include employees of his former company whose office building he helped burn down and the relatives of his best friend and co-worker. >> they describe me as a manipulative lying person who will do anything to get my way. they described a person that is a danger to society. it was said that the judge looked past my clean-cut exterior and charismatic behavior to see the true terror that i am. and that's a direct quote. as well as the fact that at least one person, maybe two, said they feared for their lives when i got out, saying i would come back with a vengeance. >> with 21 years of his life at stake antonucci needs to find a way to make other people see him as he sees himself. >> i've done a lot of harm. i feel i can do a lot of good if i'm given a chance. i just hope i'm given that chance. >>> coming up, a ghost written poem makes one inmate feel loved. >> if i were a free man, i'd whisk you away. we'd be on

sentence may not stand. jeff goldberg tells us what's next. >> the two-year sentence comes weeks after the u.s. probation office recommended a sentence of 10 to 12 years in prison. following the decision, bob mcdonnell embraced his children in the courtroom, then walked outside looking call men composed. following the decision in court bob mcdonnell thanked judge spencer for showing mercy while maintaining his own innocence. >> i know some of the judgments i have made during the course of my governorship affect it myself, my family, and the beloved people of virginia. >> the defense called 11 character witnesses in court tuesday, all of whom spoke fairly highly -- very highly of the former governor, most noticeably douglas wilder. he said mcdonnell has been hurt and wounded almost permanently asking the judge to give mercy. the former governor addressed the judge, saying he is both heartbroken and humbled. judge spencer applauded mcdonnell's military service, that he was moved by the nearly 450 letters written on his behalf, and even called the prosecution's star witness jonnie williams a snake

why do you think the judge decided to change the sentencing guidelines for the former governor? >> he made findings based upon the two prengs, the prosecution and the defense, in which he found the amount of monetary loss was not as great as the prosecution has alleged and was much more consistent with the defense. less amount loss, less sentencing guide lines. >> one of the gietd lines we -- guidelines from the judge, he didn't think he hindered the prosecution so he was getting leans defensey there -- leniency there. >> the judge found he testified truthfully, even admitting to the allegations saying it's not against the law. i'm agreeing with you actually just disagreeing with the prosecution's legal analysis. >> how much do you think the 450 or 4030 some letters of support mcdonnell's supporters sent to the scour have an impact and -- the court have an impact and also the people showing up as character witnesses, do they have a big impact? >> i think they'll have a tremendous impact on the judge's analysis and reasoning in the case. it speaks to the governor's -- the ex-gove

finally, yesterday the second half of the sentencing hearing the judge imposed a sentence. was quite extraordinary because the judge essentially agreed with the government on most of the sentencing enhancements, which they have proposed, overruling the defenses objections. he did not seem to understand what the public impact of this case would be. he dismissed out of hand the mid-getting factors of grants mental state when he made the videos. he was more concerned about the chilling effects on fbi agents in conducting their investigations than any chilling effects on journalists. i think anyone does any journalist in the u.s. should be concerned about the president this sets for people who share information, people who report on hacking, or those who use hackers as sources or do computer security research things of that nature. even just anyone who shares a link without knowing exactly what is in it, they set an unreasonable expectation you should know for sure the link you're sharing does not contain stolen credit cards or things of that nature before doing so. >> and what

the links you share online, next. welcome back. barrett brown recently sentenced to 63 months in prison for charged related to the 2011 hack of stratford global intelligence. it is a private firm whose email and credit card information was leaked by hacker jeremy hammond. brown's case has sparked an online campaign. here to talk about his sentencing and the implications senior staff target at the electronic frontier foundation. her work focused on open government transparency, and privacy issues jennifer, thank you for joining us, so barrett brown didn't hack stratford why was he son convicted. >> well that's very true. he didn't hack stratford he was convicted -- his ultimate conviction was related to some threats he made to an fbi agent, and posted on youtube. but the initial prosecution against barrett brown was actually for just sharing a link to the stratford cloud. he share add link like most of us do about every day when we communicate on the internet. he didn't share the files he just shared the link so that anybody could download them. on to their own com

the only question that remains is in the sentencing phase of the trial, will a jury of his peers sentence him to the death penalty? >> we're going to have much more on how long and difficult this trial will be coming up at 6:00. for example, lawyers are taking 12 yours and jurors and six alternates from a pool of maybe 1,200 or more. as for her she's had 21 surgeries with one more to go. she sounds like a true optimist talking about her new home new pet kitten and the former teacher is close to finishing graduate school. leon? >> a lot of folks rooting for her with that as well. thank you, scott. a d.c. man will spend 36 years in prison for a triple shooting that killed two maryland men and injured a third. 36-year-old jimmy fleming was sentenced today and he pleaded guilty in september to two counts of voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault. back in july, prosecutors say that fleming was in a car with the victims in northeast washington when he opened fire. 20-year-old derek price of montgomery village and 21-year-old donchel thomas of district heights were killed. a front seat pa

and those charges have the potential to add about 20 years on to his sentence. >> jen, i will bring in the online community, the prosecution, the conviction, has enginedderred tremendous support. so far it has been used over 15,000 times here is also #barrett brown, that's been used over 7,000 times. you can see everything about the case, it's online communities talking about it and we ask our community, does the sentencing reflect a greater crack down on journalists only human says barrett was prosecuting for his activities as a journalist. his sentences are horrific precedents. and bacchus writes in i was at the sentencing i strongly disdegree. i think he got the right punishment for threatening an fbi agent and his family, and for impeding a federal investigation. >> well, i was going to ask you, we are talking the n the segment about confusion online, do you get the sense that the people are responding to you understand why he was convicted and that it wasn't for sharing the link. >> i believe many of them do. but they think he is being used into an exampling. it is a railingly cry

back to you. >> word of the mcdonnell sentence hit social media instantly, of course. folks are commenting both there and to our stephanie ramirez who was out in arlington today talking with folks about the outcome. >> reporter: i'm stephanie ramirez at the virginia square george mason university metro stop where there are a lot of folks coming through here and also a lot of opinions on former governor bob mcdonnell's sentencing today. >> i'm not trying to throw anybody in jail, but two years, it seems like what he did was pretty wrong. it sounds like maybe there's a political favor somewhere. >> he should be punished, but i think two years is fair. >> i think three years would have been better i think. >> wasn't really upsetting because politician. >> reporter: it's a shame, though. >> that's the way it is. he's a politician. that's what we expect. we've become expecting that from our politicians. >> i hope it will prompt them to get some ethic rules in the assembly. >> right now we've got a lot of mistrust in both officials elected and people who are appointed to prot

hearing there's footing got to be a specific after that if it's not submitted i got confused on the sentence other than that that's not fairly substantive and makes sense in article two we hear about the continuance and the process whatever theories people have it's good to give spifshgz there were a couple of people that pointed out the paragraphs it confused me there was specification in the e-mails i can make a decision on the two sentences to you fix it if we're to continue it but there's nothing about fairness or we're trying to be helpful if i submit f it the day of the meeting it might not get to us we need to clarify that. >> thank you commissioner moore. >> as the commission seemed declined to continue this item i want to ask the public to help us set the baseline for what are the people's abilities to access information and print it at home in other words, to proactively participate in the process of r and modifications of the process we're talking about here there's a baseline of personal equity that deals with us some of us don't have a computer or imprisonment at home those are

it was a day sprinkled with the scope of the bible as the judge in this gave the sentence.e says i can't wash my hands of it all. he embraced his daughter after the sentence was read and invoke invoked his own faith. >> i've made mistakes in my life, i have failed at times and some of the judgments i have made during the course of my governorship have hurt myself my family and my beloved people of virginia. and for that, i am deeply, deeply sorry. i have tremendous faith and trust in the providence of the lord jesus christ and his ability to mete out justice, and so that is my hope for ultimate vindication. >> he plans to appeal his conviction maintains he is innocent. according to reports, he kissed his wife maureen on the checkek as he left court. >>> jeb bush is taking a concrete step toward the white house. announcing the creation of the right to rise leadership and super pacs which allow him to raise money and lay the foundation for a possible run in 2016. in two videos posted on social media. one in english and the other in spanish, bush announced the launch. >> every

the sentencing was condemned around the world. cairo announce add judicial review with a hearing on the case january 1. judgevilles were held to mark one year since their arrest. we have more. >> they never saw a minute of freedom in 2014 and with with the start of a new year, they remain imprisoned. despite an appeals court granting a retrial the three journalists are still behind bars. the judge in thursday's session said it was not in his power to grant bail. >> we welcome the court's decision to accept the appeal of our journalists, but at the same time, we demand that they are immediately released. they are unjustly imprisoned. everything is politicized their arrest and the verdicts were also politicized. >> their arrests were thought to be a mix up foreaccredittations. over time, it became clear that the government under president assisi had other intention. peter, a correspondent who was an africa specialist but knew little about egypt was clearly as amazed as shocked by the idea that he was linked in some way to what the g

the sentence came down late this afternoon. our peggy fox was in the courtroom and she's followed this case from the start. what did mcdonnell say about his punishment? >> reporter: well, he thanked judge james spencer for his mercy with his sentence, but the former governor maintains his innocence. he said he made mistakes but never committed any crimes and he's hoping his convictions will be overturned on appeal. >> i'm a fallen human being. i've made mistakes in my life. >> reporter: after receiving a two year sentence, much lower than it could have been, bob mcdonnell thanked judge james spencer for his mercy but said he disagreed with the verdict. >> deeply sorry, but i would also say to the great people of virginia that i have never ever betrayed my sacred oath of office. >> reporter: the prosecution argued for a sentence of 6 1/2 years. >> when someone receives payments, when someone receives gifts in exchange for public actions, those are bribes and it will be pursued. >> reporter: judge spencer said he took into account

the judge to show mercy. to give a more lenient sentence. judge spencer called the case tragic from beginning to end and told the former governor a price must be paid. that price, in his estimation two years. but again, far lower than many of the former governor's friends and family had expected. hear now from the former governor and acting attorney dana uponty. >> i want to thank the court and judge spencer for the mercy he dispensed to me today. and i appreciate his efforts in listening to the witnesses and reading all the letters and papers and arriving at his judgment today. i also want to say that i disagree with the verdict. it was rendered by the jury in this case and that we intend to file our appeal to the united states fourth circuit court of appeals. >> no one is above the law. not a high public official not even the highest public official in the state. and that's what this case was all about. >> reporter: now, the former first lady maureen mcdonnell will be sentenced on february 20th. she was in the courtroom today. she sobbed as

it brings the sentence down another two years. we're in the range of six to eight years versus ten to 12. already good news for the defense. one other breaking thing we saw this morning. we saw maureen mcdonnell come in. she walked in flanked by her children looking very, you know very upset. and she was sort of an unexpected attendee. they had been estranged according to all reports. we hear they got together for the holidays for the children and the family and this i guess, is another occasion like that. >> let's talk about the estranged wife for a second. as you know mcdonnell's lawyers even two of his daughters tried to place a lot of blame on maureen. one daughter writing a letter on his behalf on her father's behalf. at this point, jane any indication how much that letter or how much even that strategy could pay off for bob mcdonnell when the sentencing comes down here in a few minutes? >> yeah the defense is clearly hoping for that. they keep bringing up this one shopping trip in new york where, you know, the businessman bou

>> reporter: the holly family including four grown sons and their mom wiped away tears during the sentencing of their husband and father's killer today. >> that's all we can ask from the system and i think my father would be okay with the sentence. >> reporter: gregory holly was a retired army officer and former atf explosives agent. he had stepped out to walk the dog february 20th last year when he was gunned down. eric smith, a neighbor who did not know holly, robbed him and shot him dead. >> if he hadn't been out there, somebody else, it would have been somebody else and that's how i think of my father. he was always putting himself out there for others. >> reporter: in a guilty plea smith received two life sentences today. >> we feel justice was served. are we happy with it? nothing is going to bring our dad back. >> reporter: smith who turned 26 yesterday apologized for the terrible pain he caused. he said he felt so bad about what he'd done it felt like his own father was murdered. while the brothers say the apology helped a little, they're focused on their father's memory and what he

the trial and sentencing has been condemned around the world.the authorities in cairo announced judicial review, with a hearing of the case on january 1st. earlier this week vigils were held to mark one year since their arrest. well professor from the middle in. he joins us on set in doha. first of all your reaction to the fact that a retrial has been ordered. >> i think from the beginning what happened was basically a political action on the law context. basically the authorities in egypt after the coup decided those three journalists were doing something against the new regime in 2003. now going to all of these stages coaching the point that we have to review basically their decision that was a normal state. and that court basically. >> is this an indication as a retrial has now been ordered is this an indication that the court of cassation has found the original try process was flawed? or the sen telephoning was sentencing was flawed? there were two separate stages. >> i think both. the sentence and the procedure itself. again, the whole case

ready to go forward on the final sentencing? e briefly to allow the victim's family the opportunity to be present for final sentencing. folks, i'm happy to hear from whoever would like to be heard. i will tell you that the only rule is that you have to address me personally. it's your chance to talk about mr. hall but that you're going to address me and not speak to him directly. it's hard, but that's the way it's got to be. okay? anybody have anything they want to tell me before i impose sentence? >> narrator: chad bishop has been preparing for this day and has a statement ready for the judge. >> he doesn't realize this, but by his sentencing today, you're actually setting me free. i've had a lot of sleepless nights. wrestling with the decision on whether or not to allow the state to take its course or for me to do the job myself, to be honest. but i have more than myself to think about. so i'll allow justice and the state to run its course and do my job for me. and it won't be quick. and it won't be painless. it's going to be o

the sentence given does not make sense. y is politicized and president sisi claims that he abides by the ruling because he respects the independence of the judiciary, but unfortunately this is far from convincing as egypt is regressing back to authoritarianism. >> if the sisi government was as secure as it appears to be, why would they continue to hold onto these minte as some of the most powerful people in the world like john kerry, the secretary general of the united nations are directly pressuring egypt to let them go? >> egypt is trying to show that it is a country that is independent and that can assert itself in the international community. and that it does not bow down especially to international, western pressure. so this is a matter of national pride for president sisi. unfortunately, a sense of national pride that is built on paranoia against foreigners, a sense of pride built on selling a narrative to the egyptian people that egypt is the victim of an international conspiracy. so the longer he holds off in the fac

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them to see and hear the man who murdered their father. >> i think my father would be okay with the sentence. >> reporter: gregory holly was a retired army officer and former atf explosives agent. he had stepped out to walk the dog on february 20th last year when he was gunned down. eric smith, a neighbor who did not know holly, robbed him and shot him dead. >> if he hadn't been out there, somebody else, it would have been somebody else and that's how i think of my father. he was always putting himself out there for others. >> reporter: in a guilty plea smith received two life sentences today. >> we feel justice was served. >> reporter: smith who turned 26 yesterday apologized for the terrible pain i caused. >> he wouldn't -- he caused. >> he won't be out hurting anyone else. >>> right now prince george's county police are canvassing a laurel neighborhood looking for clues they hope lead them to a killer. 23-year-old tyrone archer was found shot to death yesterday afternoon outside a home in the 8200 block of imperial drive. detectives are still looking for who killed him and why. they're ou

the sentencing guidelines emphasized similar things. they emphasize compliance and whether higher can ups tolerated the conduct. and then there's the question do prosecutors follow the factors or care about them? you think that compliance would be really important in these prosecution agreements given how that's a whole set of those factors resolve around remedies and compliance. most of the agreements i read sort of say general stuff about due diligence and adopt some effective compliance, adopt some best practices. well is the company supposed to actually review its compliance and do audits? if the prosecutors really cared about that, it would be standard for such things to be required. not so much. a minority of agreements, small minority, where prosecutors say ex-want you to actually be -- pay attention to risks, odd did the compliance, be sure it's actually working. you would hope that companies that actually have very good, carefully audited compliance would receive special credit for that. it's not clear that's happening. when you

some of the inmates here have been convicted and are serving short sentences. but most have only been charged with crimes and are awaiting trial with the resolution of their cases. then there are inmates like benny alonzo, he's been convicted of felony gun possession. in less than 24 hours, he will appear before a judge to learn his sentence. >> i've been stressing a lot, too, though. i can't eat. i haven't ate lunch in three days already. >> do something, dog. >> i already know. >> alonzo will most likely be sentenced to state prison but it won't be the first time. >> how many times have you been incarcerated? >> oh, couple of times. i mean, every time i get locked up -- one, two, three, four, five, i can't really remember. maybe like seven times, six times. i don't know. >> sold heroin, crack, coke, weed, anything. one-stop shop at the house. started using drugs, started the cycle going down. just sucks, that lifestyle is no good. >> compounding the stress of his sentencing is the fear that it will cost him his girlfriend. >> i'm scared. that's one of my bigge

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the state. nathan would plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence. >> it comes down to what's the appropriateentence that we were seeking? is this appropriate to plead this to a life in prison? and it was not. >> at trial, nathan's lawyers called almost no witnesses and offered little defense for his actions. it took the jury only 3 1/2 hours to come to a verdict. >> we, the jury, find the defendant, nathan dunlap, guilty of murder in the first degree. >> and during sentencing, the jury delivered a clear message. giving nathan four death sentences. one for each victim. >> it has to be all 12 jurors saying i personally agree with a death sentence. if one person says no, then it's a life sentence. >> though he'd been impassive during trial, at the hearing where the judge officially imposed the death sentence, nathan responded directly to remarks by the victims' family members. >> man, i don't give a [ bleep ] about you, your mama, your whole [ bleep ]. you know what i'm saying? >> nathan lost it. he blew up. he was screaming. >> i don't take none of your [ bleep ]. >> i think people in the cour

the final sentence is still up to his judge and will be announced in an upcoming hearing. >> for 45, you would do 38, minus the three i have in already, that's 35. that would make me about 68 when i go home. >> at the time of the murder, goodell was living in a halfway house as part of his parole. he had just been released from prison where he was serving a two-year sentence for assaulting another girlfriend. according to her family, viviana was distancing herself from goodell. >> i knew i was going to kill her, but i didn't know how. before i left the halfway house, i told one of my roommates, i said watch the news, bro, i'm going to be on it tomorrow, i'm going to kill this bitch. >> goodell escaped the halfway house by faking a seizure. he was taken to the hospital, but soon after snuck away. goodell called viviana and convinced her to see him. they were in her car when goodell killed her. we warn you, his account of the crime is graphic and disturbing. >> i started kissing her. i put her arms like this, and i was like, do you love me? she was like yeah, i love you. right there, th

probation office had recommended the sentencing guidelines of 10 to 12 years. the fact that the governor only received a prison term sentence wise of two years is certainly worth noting. up next is maureen mcdonnell who set to be sentenced on february 20th. she was in court today and before getting his sentencing handed down to him, former governor bob mcdonnell asking judge spencer to have mercy on his wife. live in richmond jeff goldberg abc 7 news. >> thank you, jeff. developing news out of baltimore tonight where a 15-month-old boy has died following a crash involving a maryland transit administration bus and an s.u.v. police report the s.u.v. ran into the back of the bus at about 6:00 monday night. a woman was in the s.u.v. with the toddler was taken to the hospital. she's expected to survive and the crash is under investigation. next at 6:00 what is the future of the smartphone? new patents obtained by apple give us a clue of what's in store. power outages and inches of snow in the district. what the new mayor is saying about it. and we're keeping a close

the man has been given three life sentences over the killings in june. get more from stephanie decker who joins us on the phone. stephanie give us the background of this case. >> the case happened when three teenage israeli settlers were kidnapped in june. it launched a massive search and also started a massive crackdown. when they did find the bodice they arrested three men. two were killed in a shootout but this man is accused, based on the confession of planning and financing the attack. he has now been sentenced to three life sentences as you mentioned. >> and all of that of course escalated into what then become the conflict over the gaza -- in gaza over the summer. tensions of course have been very high in the aftermath of that particular convict. how will this latest development affect those tensions? >> reporter: well i think we can't really say [ inaudible ] because of these kidnappings, but certainly it was a phase of extreme tension that did lead up to the war. relatively speaking things on the ground here are relatively quiet compared to what

it is not the sentence that has more watching this worried rather it is the possible president that thisay set. >> barrett brown has written about corporate espeonnage, for vanity fair, and the huffington post, he has also been an unofficial spokes man for the hacking collective anonymous. during a 2012 fbi investigation of the hacking of the intelligence company stratford. brown also hid laptops and posted a youtube video threatening an fbi agent. >> anyway, so that's why robert smith's life is over. because they are the same then. >> their stats were bad, he was a drug addict, and he was threatening the fbi and enganging in all sorts of conduct that was bad but in this case, the ruling that matters is that ruling. >> the ruling browns attorneys are concerned about is not the five year sentence. nor the 800,000-dollars in restitution, rather it was a court finding that contributed to the sentencing length, and the finding was this. that posting a link to a website containing stolen constituted trafficking. brown wasn't aware that stolen credit card information was among the 500,000 link

a new trial in their case canceling the sentence handed an earlier. it came at the end of a brief appeal hearing. however, the court didn't grant bail on the journalists must remain until the trial begins. peter greste, mohammed fahmy and baher mohammed have marked one year since the arrests. there were sentenced to seven-10 years in prison back in june. follow the shutdown of -- this follows the shutdown of al jazeera's egyptian operation last week. >> with al jazeera going to be shut down in egypt, it is also a significant milestone in the case. it has removed the political aspect of why peter was arrested. >> the jailing of the three journalists sparked international outrage and raised concerns over human rights violations. the defendants have consistently maintained innocence and denied it links to the muslim brotherhood. >> earlier i spoke to our correspondent in cairo. he gave us the latest reaction to the news of the retrial. >> the canadian-egyptian dual nationals were pleased that the retrial was accepted but disappointed that there was not gr

i don't think the judge will sentence to her life. going to have to testify and humanize herself to the jury in light of the information where she admits to killing the victim in this case. >> rebecca she can take the stand again. >> she already took the stand. the jury heard the testimony where she was directed by her counsel and they tried to humanize her. it talks about her life as a young girl and journalling and living with another man and feelings is an attempt to make her seem like a useful human being to keep her in prison for life rather than execute her. the judge is facing a difficult situation. should this be a mistrial or just direct the jury to disregard what happened. but can't compel jodi to take the stand. her attorneys are are convinced if it she does she will be harassed and they have a lot of kangaroo nonsense going and the attorneys keep insisting it is too much and they need it in secret. the court of appeals said you don't. >> what about this, jodi arias admitted to murdering her boyfriend, that is the fact and

they want people who are on that panel to have an open mind and hear the sentencing. it gets under way. the aftermath of the marathon the reaction to the trial and the issue of whether it will be chosen and how traumatic the experience was for the city and for the nation. >> that was the defense argument. they were suggesting that all five million people who live in eastern massachusetts were victims. i would dispute that and suggest that that minimizes the real victims in this case. it's obviously a legitimate question and what is happening right now. they tried to figure out the earlier segment. just by -- if you look at the demographics of where we live in this part of the country, it would appear about half could be ruled out immediately. the opposition of the death penalty in this part of the united states is the highest of any region. it will be hard to get a jury. it will take weeks. i argued in a column as recently as yesterday, i do believe they can sit an impartial jury here. just talking to a lot of my friends and these are people that read newspapers and w

sentences. we're also going to see the judge decide how and when he's going serve the sentence. urthouse handing off personal possessions and say goodbye and going straight to jail or does the judge say you'll start on monday or you can stay out on bond during the lengthy appeals process. it's one of the things we'll see in the courtroom today. and really this sentencing is going set the stage for his wife maureen mcdonnell who played a central role. their marriage played a central role in this trial. and the defense and we're going see how she gets off, too. she's been convicted of eight counts of corruption. it will -- this will give us a hint of where the judges will go with her sentencing. all right. back to you, jose. >> jane thank you very much. we'll keep a close eye on this and get more legal insight from former u.s. attorney kendall coughy later this hour. >>> a little over two hours north of richmond lawmakers have been battling the elements as they get ready to be sworn in as part of the 114th congress. this tape of mitch mcconnell leaving his house. republicans will t

harris to be taken directly from the courthouse to prison to start serving his life sentence. ases hillsborough county jail officials. >> harris had threatened our staff and had made it clear in open court that if he was transferred back to falkenberg road jail, either he would be hurt or one of my deputies would be killed. so i think the judge just made the decision that it was time for mr. harris to go to new surroundings. the paperwork was completed at the courthouse and then we sent him to the orlando reception center, florida department of corrections, and that will be start of his trek through the state penal system. >>> coming up -- >> we notice that you lost quite a bit of weight. >> the evolution of dee dee moore's physical appearance causes a security risk. >> that's scary. i look like a psycho. hey, jennar fuzz mike troober munny sling... awwwwww scram! i'm crust mike jubby roll bond chow gonna lean up an kiss bet. peas charty get town down. [laughter] ♪ borf a liver tute face stummy wag ♪ pow pam sha-beeps stella nerf berms. saxa-nay nay? badumps a head. temexiss gu

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in fact, everyone agreed that the sentence he received was lawful under title 18 of the sentencing -- sentencing guidelines. judge gleason didn't agree with the sentence the law required him to impose and was asking you to help him do it. in february 20 13, to your credit you refused to vacate the carjacking convictions. you suggested to judge gleason that mr. holloway could contact the office of the pardon attorney and submit a petition for commutation of the sentence. i think that was the appropriate resons, i -- response, i congratulate you on that i think every prosecutor would have responded that way. in may of 2013, judge gleason again urged you to vacate two of mr. holloway's armed carjacking convictions. he said your suggestion that he seek clemency wasn't realistic because the fact that he committed crimes of violence would disqualify him. the judge was a passionate advocate for this defendant. this time, however you backed down and consented to the judge's order to vacate the carjacking convictions. i want to note that he was a violent offender -- offender, who along with an

he was given the maximum sentence. >> your heart stops beating for a minute, you know. that was my first conviction, but he gave me the maximum. 49 1/2 years. i realized that i was in some serious trouble then. because now, now we're going to go to 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 publicity, the nature of the crime, the black on white, we were one foot in the grave and the other foot on a banana peel when we went in that courtroom. >> if thompson took the stand in his own defense, jim williams would be able to bring up the carjacking conviction. >> i couldn't defend myself, the first question you ask me on the stand, have i been convicted for anything, i had to say yes. for what? i would have to say robbery. and so my lawyers advised me not to take the stand on my own behalf, altho