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American Afternoon with Ron Kuby Thursday May 22nd 2008

By Eric Camille
Barack Obama moved a bit closer to wrapping up the nomination as he is less than 70 delegates away. Hillary Clinton is vowing to push on and possibly take the fight to the convention in August. Barack Obama continues to focus on the general election and taking on John McCain. Obama also seems to be having a bit of an issue with certain communities. Ari Berman, from The Nation, will join Ron Kuby in HOUR ONE to talk about it.

Kicking off HOUR TWO will be guest Taylor Marsh. Taylor Marsh is a Clinton supporter who maintains the major blog site for Clinton fans and expert analysis on all election-year topics, including the results of the ongoing Presidential primaries.

Also joining Ron in HOUR TWO will be David Wilhelm. Wilhelm is a political operative and businessman. Wilhelm is best known for managing campaigns for President Bill Clinton, Senator Paul Simon, Senator Joe Biden, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. Wilhelm is a 2008 super delegate to the Democratic National Convention. He is supporting Barack Obama's candidacy and is informally advising the Obama campaign. Wilhelm is a venture capitalist who focuses on spurring sustainable economic growth in areas that tend not to receive much investment.

Closing out today’s show will be guest Daniel Lazare. Lazare is the author of, most recently, The Velvet Coup: The Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the Decline of American Democracy. He is currently at work on a book about the politics of Christianity, Judaism and Islam for Pantheon. Lazare has written for the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Village Voice, Harper's, Dissent, Le Monde diplomatique, and New Left Review. He is the author of The Frozen Republic and America's Undeclared War.

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Self-Defense. When a self-defense claim is made, the burden is on the prosecution to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant (1) did not have reasonable grounds to believe and did not actually believe that she was in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm from which he could only save himself by using deadly force, (2) had not availed himself of all proper means to avoid physical combat before resorting to the use of deadly force, and (3) had used more force that was reasonable necessary given all the circumstances of the case. Catherine could have cut ties with Bernard and sought more non-violent means of protecting herself, but the jury apparently decided that the prosecution had not met its burden.
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