From MSNBC.
NeJame thinks Casey will take the stand.
"The reality of it is, of course, the defendant in America does not have to take the stand and the burden is entirely, as it should be, on the State. However, when you come in with such a *powerful* statement that you heard in this opening statement; well you know, guttural sounds coming out of Jose Baez about what HE was going to prove and what they were going to show. That doesn't go forgotten by the jury. And so they've almost in some ways by that boisterous opening statement, set themselves up where they've reversed the burden and now they have to come forward.
Now what's interesting is you've heard nothing in their case so far about any inappropriate sexual activity as it relates to sexual battery or matters such as that. You've not heard any of the promises that they've made come out. And what I find particularly telling - absent from the defense witness list - are any health care professionals as far as psychiatrists or otherwise, to, in fact, prove, what, in fact, they alleged. So, how do you do that? There can only be one way they can do that. And that is to put her on the stand. How else do you tell that story?
Do you think they will put Casey on the stand?
"Well, I think they planned to put her on the stand. In light of the ebbs and flow of this case, who knows anything? This has been my opinion, this has been such a disjointed... uh... defense - I'll just leave it at that. But the reality of it is, clearly they had to anticipate putting her on the stand. Because how else do you prove what they claimed without her telling the story? There's no other way to do it."