joanne, she made arrangements last week for taking george zimmerman into custody, how they would do that and had they had discussions with the judge about how they would handle a bail hearing involving this case and they had that discussion last week. so she s known for a while that she was headed for these charges today. yeah. and i think angela corey actually, she s getting a lot of applause from people that i ve spoke with tonight for the careful way that she s handled the case and the deliberate way that she managed the expectations of the family of trayvon martin, in speaking to them and then proceeding to what everyone that i ve talked to tonight feels is a just result. charles m. blow, we have your sound restored.
we lost charles audio. mark thompson, we re going to check your audio. joanne, she made arrangements last week for taking george zimmerman into custody, how they would do that and had they had discussions with the judge about how they would handle a bail hearing involving this case and they had that discussion last week. so shd7s known for a while that she was headed for these charges today. yeah. and i think angela corey actually, she s getting a lot of applause from people that i ve spoke with tonight for the careful way that she s handled the case and the deliberate way that she managed the expectations of the family of trayvon martin, in speaking to
defendant s chance of getting a of self-defense attempted. this is angela corey versus mark o mara. let s look at what mark o mara is up against if and when he pleads the stand your ground defense. listen to what he said about the stand your ground defense today. if stand your ground becomes an issue, we fight it. if we believe it s the right thing to do. so if it becomes an issue in this case, we will fight that affirmative defense.
and, let s face it, when prosecutors charge the most aggressive possible count that they can, it certainly improves a chance for getting a plea bargain and complicates the defendant s chance of getting a bond. one of the early battles may be whether or not george zimmerman is going to spend the coming months in jail or whether there would be some alternative, some form of house arrest, assem you can find a safe house with various conditions imposed, which would not be extraordinary for a case like this where there is going to be a serious defense of self-defense attempted. this is angela corey versus mark owe mare ra. let s look at what mark owe mare ra is up against if and when he pleads the stand your ground defense. listen to what he said about the stand your ground defense today. if stand your ground becomes
covering his head. special prosecutor angela corey began her at 6:00 p.m. on the dot. today we filed information regarding george zimmerman of second degree. a capias has been issued for his arrest. by turning himself in he was arrested on the capias that had already been issued. i think after meeting with trayvon s parents that first monday night after getting appointed in the case, bernie óar there, john was there, our prosecution team was there. the first thing we did was pray with them. mr. crump and mr. parks were there. we did not promise them anything. the special prosecutor s press conference was immediately followed by a press conference led by the reverend al sharpton who was joined by the parent of tray john martin and their lawyers. prosecutor and i think that the governor did not make a