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CAME OUT AND WAITING TO FIND OUT
WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET ME GO TO JANET JOHNSON.
GREAT CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY.
JANET, HOW ABOUT THIS?
THE FACT THAT THE FAMILIES ARE
STAYING, THE LAWYERS HAVEN'T
LEFT YET?
DOES THIS ADD ANYTHING TO THE
EQUATION ABOUT WHAT COULD BE
HAPPENING?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, MY INITIAL
RESPONSE WAS, YOU KNOW, SHE'S ON
SUICIDE WATCH.
SHE'S, YOU KNOW, FAKING IT.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET HER
EVALUATED.
THE FAMILIES WOULDN'T THERE BE
FOR THAT.
AND A DEFENSE LAWYER WOULD WANT
TO TELL THE JUDGE RIGHT AWAY.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GET THE JUDGE
UPSET THAT YOU'RE GIVING A
LAST-MINUTE EXCUSE FOR NOT
HAVING COURT.
THEN I THOUGHT THEY'RE GOING TO
TRY TO WITHDRAW BECAUSE THEY'RE
FED UP.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THE FAMILIES
WOULD BE THERE FOR THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME
PICTURES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO
BE SHOWN THAT WERE GOING TO BE
VERY INFLAMATORY.
I THINK THEY MIGHT WANT TO DO
THAT IN PRIVATE AND NOT HAVE THE
MEDIA THERE.
THAT WOULDN'T TAKE UNTIL
WEDNESDAY.
SO THE FAMILIES BEING THERE IS
VERY BIZARRE.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, BOTH
FAMILIES ARE THERE AND BOTH
SIDES OF THE LAWYERS ARE THERE.
WE DON'T KNOW IF JODI'S THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S SO TROUBLING
ABOUT THIS SITUATION.
IF THEY'RE GOING TO ADDRESS HER
WANTING TO WAIVE PERHAPS THIS
PHASE, HER SAYING I AGREE TO
DEATH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO A
DIALOGUE WITH HER.
THEY WOULDN'T DO IT WITH THESE
PARTIES THERE.
THEY WOULD DO IT WITH JUST THE
JUDGE AND LAWYERS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S PUT IT ALL
INTO PLAY IN THAT INTERVIEW ONCE
AGAIN.
WE GO BACK TO THAT INTERVIEW.
I THINK IT STEMS FROM THINGS SHE
SAID IN THAT INTERVIEW.
>> YEAH.
THAT'S THE MAIN THING AT LEAST
PUBLICLY THAT HAS CHANGED SINCE
THE VERDICT IS THAT INTERVIEW.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE EXPECTED
IT.
ANYWAY, BIG NEWS AGAIN TODAY IN
THE MARICOPA COUNTY COURTHOUSE.