process in place. african-americans here are satisfied that a process has begun and would do nothing. it s been pretty much across the board that he wouldn t be in any danger but it is an interesting contrast to what was said before. joann reed, thank you so much for your report. thank you. with me now, famed criminal defense attorney mark garragos. thank you so much for being here, and i also respect the legal opinion of howard dershowitz who last night made his opinion of probable cause. would you please watch his reaction to this. this is so thin that it won t make it past a judge on a second-degree murder charge. it s not only thin, it s irresponsible. what you have here is an elected public official who made a campaign speech last night for reelection when she gave her presentation, and overcharged, way overcharged.
campaign speech last night for reelection when she gave her presentation, and overcharged, way overcharged. this case will not, if the evidence is no stronger than what appears in the probable cause affidavit, this case will result in an acquittal. mark geragos, your thoughts? i don t disagree at all. i stated publicly when i saw the affidavit that this was about as bare bones an affidavit as i ve ever seen, and i would agree with the professor. in fact, i suspect that there has to be more, otherwise i don t know, in the parts i might disagree with, i don t know that it gets to a jury. remember, they have this kind of unusual two-step process in that besides having a probable cause proceeding, they also have what s called an immunity proceeding. and the stand your ground proceeding where it s a determination by the judge as to whether or not to grant
the elements of the crime aren t established. basically what s in the affidavit is what s in the public domain with the exception of the few little things that were put forward by your previous commentator, but the fact that the mother identified the voice as that of her son, of course, we all knew that was going to happen. there is nothing in there, of course, either about the stains on the back of zimmerman s shirt, the blood on the back of his head, the bloody nose, all of that. it s not only thin, it s irresponsible. i think that what you have here is an elected public official who made a campaign speech last night for reelection when she gave her presentation, and overcharged, way overcharged. this case will not if the evidence is no stronger than what appears in the probable cause affidavit, this case will result in an acquittal. allow me, please, just to read one short paragraph so folks know how limited it is in the factual discussion of the critical sequence.
there is simply nothing in there that would justify second-degree murder. the elements of the crime aren t established. basically what s in the affidavit is what s in the public domain with the exception of the few little things that were put forward by your previous commentator, but the fact that the mother identified the voice as that of her son, of course, we all knew that was going to happen. there is nothing in there, of course, either about the stains on the back of zimmerman s shirt, the blood on the back of his head, the bloody nose, all of that. it s not only thin, it s irresponsible. i think that what you have here is an elected public official who made a campaign speech last night for reelection when she gave her presentation, and overcharged, way overcharged. this case will not if the evidence is no stronger than what appears in the probable cause affidavit, this case will result in an acquittal. allow me, please, just to read one short paragraph so folks know how limit