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>>> MOMENTS AGO, A NEW YORK JURY
ACQUITTED KERRY KENNEDY OF
DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED.
JOIN ME NOW, ASHLEIGH BANFIELD
OF HOST OF CNN'S "LEGAL VIEW"
ALONG WITH JEFFREY TOOBIN AND
JEAN CASAREZ.
IS JEFFREY TOOBIN ON THE PHONE?
THAT'S WHY I DON'T SEE HIM.
>> ASHLEIGH, LET ME START WITH
YOU.
>> THEY JUST DECIDED THAT WHAT
HER LAWYERS HAD PUT IN COURT
BEFORE THEM SOUNDED PRETTY DARN
PLAUSIBLE, THAT IS THAT SHE
MIXED UP MEDICATION IN THE
MORNING, INSTEAD OF TAKING A
THYROID, SHE TOOK AN AMBIEN AND
SET OUT FOR HER DAY OF ERRANDS,
INCLUDING GOING TO THE GYM.
WHO TAKES AN AMBIEN WITH PLANS
TO GO TO THE GYM.
ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY, WHILE
DRIVINGER RAT PARTICULARLY, HER
EXPERTS CLEARLY CONVINCED THIS
JURY SHE COULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR KNOWING SHE WAS DRIVING
ERRATICALLY BECAUSE OF THIS
DRUG.
THEY JUST DECIDED THAT THAT
SOUNDED PLAUSIBLE ENOUGH TO THEM
THAT THERE WAS REASONABLE DOUBT
THAT THESE PROSECUTORS SAID, SHE
IS A KENNEDY.
THEY QUOTED HER BOOK TO SEEK
TRUTH FOR JUSTICE IN THEIR
CLOSING.
THIS HE DECIDED THAT HER DEFENSE
SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING THEY
SHOULD UNDERSTAND.
>> WHEN YOU SAY SHE WAS DRIVING
ERRATICALLY.
SHE WAS DRIVING A LEXUS SUV AND
SWERVED IN FRONT OF A
TRACTOR-TRAILER, RIGHT?
>> AND THERE WAS A CRASH BUT NO
W
ONE WAS HURT.
THIS IS A CRITICAL ISSUE.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING DEFENSE.
THIS KIND OF DRUG HAS WHAT YOU
CALLED AN AMNESIA EFFECT.
THIS JURY BELIEVED HER EXPERT.
THEY DID NOT BELIEVE,