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Jose Baez talked to the Orlando Sentinel in January. Photo credit: Joshua C. Cruey/Orlando Sentinel
CNN turned to Jose Baez, Casey Anthony’s former attorney, for his analysis. “Everybody lies when confronted by the police,” Baez said. “I would say a good majority of people who are questioned as a suspect by the police in a case, their first, initial reaction is to try and downplay their role. I can tell you from tons of experience, a majority of people when confronted, they lie.”
Baez said the Arias defense team needed to focus more on the physical evidence.
Legal analyst Lisa Bloom wasn’t going to let Baez’s view pass unchallenged. “Everybody does not lie talking to the police,” she said. “Everybody who has something to hide may lie to the police.”
Bloom reminded viewers that Anthony was convicted of lying. “I don’t want to get the idea out there that it’s OK to lie to the police. It certainly isn’t,” Bloom said.
On ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Dan Abrams and Nancy Grace continued their arguing. They agreed that Dr. Richard Samuels, a psychologist, had done poorly for the Arias defense. “He was carved up like a Thanksgiving turkey,” Grace said.
Then the bickering began. Abrams said the defense would have been better not calling Samuels. Arias could get the death penalty in the brutal killing of former boyfriend Travis Alexander. Grace said the psychologist was necessary to support the defense’s theory that Arias is suffering post-traumatic stress syndrome.
“They have to call a medical expert,” Grace said.
“No they don’t,” Abrams countered.
Grace continued talking and complained that she could hear Abrams in her ear.
“Every once in a while the corrections are necessary,” Abrams said. “It’s like someone saying to you, ‘Hey, Nancy, you got that one wrong.’ And then you say, OK.’ ”
Abrams smiled broadly. Grace scowled. I think I’ll remember that bickering more than the analysis.
