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Hamilton: Hello. To answer your first question, there are a boatload of cases I've worked on that I've been proud of being a part of. That being said, I don't think any case, maybe aside from Mr. Johnson's case, will compare to the "Fulton Five". When happened on April 12, 1987, was very disturbing, and I actually called our state's governor that night asking him to visit our county. The five men, all of whom were involved in a white supremacist gang, presumably the Aryan Brotherhood, were charged with the kidnapping, rape, and murder of a black girl. A lot of things bothered me about this case, and the way this girl died was near the top. But it definitely visibly pissed me off, when in the courtroom, not a single man had remorse for what they did. Eventually, one of the defendants constant laughing about what happened during the doctor's testimony, I just went over to his defense attorney and told him straight up, "I hope your client catches on fire in the electric chair". This murder trial wasn't a close call, not in my book at least. However, we did have concerns about the jury, considering it had been a long time since we had a capital murder trial in Georgia for a white-on-black murder. That being said, I had to give one of the most emotional closing arguments I've ever given, describing to the jury what happened on April 12. It was one of the most painful moments of my life, because the mother and father were also in the courtroom, hearing what these five men did to their little girl. At the end of the trial, all of them received the ultimate penalty. And within a twelve-year period, all five men have been executed by the state. I stated before that there were a hell of a lot of other cases, I've been proud of taking care of, but the trial of the "Fulton Five" definitely stands out to me, and I would hope to the community of Fulton County.

To answer your second question, I'm very interested in seeing how Kristina & Daniel do on our show. Both of them are relatively younger, and I think they'll fit in with maybe the younger audience, or any of the younger people we talk about on the show. I'm a little biased on behalf of Dan, because he's a Georgia boy (laughing), but I think both of them will be interesting to see.