Turley: This was a 'Hail Mary'

STORM WARNINGS THIS EVENING. INTO SUNDAY. THOSE ARE THE WEATHER HEADLINES. FOR NOW. CHARLIE: THANK YOU. LUIGIMANGIONNE PLEADING GUILTY. TO THE MURDER OF BRIAN. THOMPSON. IN A STUNNING ADMISSION HE. ADMITTED TO E-MAILING UNIT AT. HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP TO GATHER. INFORMATION ON THE CONFERENCE. WHERE E HE MURDERED THE CEO AN. SAID HE USED A 3D PRINTER TO. MAKE PART OF A GUN.

'S DEFENSE TEAM IS WORKING TO. HAVE THE NEW YORK CASE THROWN. OUT ON DOUBLE JEOPARDY GROUNDS. JOINING US IS GEORGE WASHINGTON. UNIVIVERSITY LAW PROFESSOR. JONATHAN TURLEY, GREAT TO SEE. YOU THIS MORNING, THANK YOU FOR. JOINING US. FIRST OF ALL, GIVE US YOUR BIG. PICTURE VIEW OF WHAT HAPPENED. YESTERDAY AND WHAT WE CAN. EXPECT GOING FORWARD.

JONATHAN:THE NEW YORK CASE IS. THE CASE THAT INVOLVES THE. MURDER CHARGE. THERE' S ALSO THE CASE AND IS. THE CASE THAT AS A LOWER. POTENTIAL CEILING FOR THE. SENTENCING. IN THE FEDERAL CASE HE JUST. PLEADED GUILTY TO THERE'S A. POSSIBILITY OF LIFE WITHOUT. PAROLE. IN THE STATE SYSTEM THEY DON'T. HAVE THE LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. OPTION SO WHAT HE'S DOING HERE. IS A HAIL MARY THROW. HE IS SUGGESTING PERHAPS THE.

JUDGE WILL BRING DOWN THE. SENTENCE, GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO. LEAVE PRISON AT A RATHER. ADVANCED AGE BUT NOT LIFE. WITHOUT PAROLE. THE MOVE OF THE DEFENSE IS TO. GET RID OF THE STATE CASE UNDER. DOUBLE JEOPARDY BECAUSE THE NEW. YORK PROVISION OF DOUBLE. JEOPARDY IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. TO SATISFY FOR THE PROSECUTORS.

SO THE ODDS ARE IN HIS FAVOR IF. YOU LOOK AT PAST CASES THAT. THAT MAY BE DISMISSED. CHARLIE: THERE'S A CHANCE HE. COULD GO TO PRISON FOR LIFE BUT. BEFORE THAT WE WILL GET THE. DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT. THERE ARE CLAIMS OF DOUBLE. JEOPARDY PROTECTED FROM NEW. YORK STATE'S PROSECUTION. I WAWANT TO SWITCH GEARS TO. ANOTHER CASE WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN. A WHOLE LOT OF COVERAGE. YESTERDAY HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR.

THIS SURPRISE AGREEMENT FROM. LUIGI'S LAWYERS. ALEX MURTAUGH IN SOUTH CAROLINA. IS GETTING A NEW TRIAL. HIS TEAM, HIS LEGAL TEAM HAS. WON AN EARLY VICTORY WITH THE. JUDGE, ALLOWING DEFENSE. ATTORNEYS TO EVALUATE THE DNA. EVIDENCE UNDER HIS WIFE. MAGGIE'S FINGERNAILS. HOW WILL THIS NEW TRIAL LOOK. DIFFERENT FROM THE BLOCKBUSTER. TRIAL WE SAW LAST YEAR?

JONATHAN:THE JUDGE DID A. PARTICULARLY GOOD JOB. YESTERDAY, SHE'S WELL-REGARDED, SHE MOVED THESE ISSUES ALONG, DIDN'T PROLONG ANY OF THESE AND. SHE GOT IT RIGHT. THE BEST THING FOR HER TO DO IS. HAVE THE DNA EVIDENCE TESTED. SHE MADE A MAJOR RULING THAT. HIS PRIOR TESTIMONY COULD BE. USED IN HIS NEW TRIAL AND SHE.

WAS ALSO RIGHT ON THAT IN MY. VIEW. THAT MAY INDICATE HE DOESN'T. HAVE ANY ADVANTAGE IN NOT. TESTIFYING, SINCE HIS PREVIOUS. TESTIMONY CAN BE USED HE MIGHT. AS WELL TAKE THE STAND BECAUSE. HE DOESN'T HAVE THAT OPTION, HE. CAN REFUSE TO TESTIFY CERTAINLY. BUT HIS WORDS WILL BE USED FROM. THE PRIOR TRIAL. IT MAY INCREASE THE CHANCES. HE WILL GET TO A NEW VENUE. THE COURT WAS AIRING ON THE.

SIDE OF CAUTION AND ON THE SIDE. OF A FAIAIR TRIAL, SAYING LET'. GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS THING SO. THERE'S NOT ANY QUESTION AS TO. THE JURY POOL OR ANY BIAS FROM. THE COVERA.