witness, let s say the childhood friend who has become the president of the united states to talk about what a wonderful person this is, it just doesn t bode well, and i was looking at the jury, john, and i think they found them to be pretty incredible, especially after cross-examinati cross-examination. and the prosecution did a pretty good job pointing out while they knew him, they really knew his parents and they weren t there the night this happened. given the character witness testimony seemed to be going well by your eyes. given there is still some discrepancies in the time line of the story there. do you think there s a good chance that dunn himself will have to testify in his own defense? you know, that is the million dollar question, john. that s the question that we ve all been talking about today after court. i think he has to testify. and let me tell you why, bottom line is, he has alleged and his lawyer talked about this in opening statements, that this was a self-defe
after cross-examination. while they knew him they really knew his parents and they weren t there the night this happened. given the character witness testimony is not going well at least by your eyes and there is discrepancies in the time line of the story there, do you think there is a chance that dunn will have to testify in his own defense? that is the million-dollar question. that s the question that we ve all been talking about today after court. i think he has to testify. let me tell you why. bottom line, he has alleged and his lawyer talked about this in opening statement that this is a self-defense case. he may have seen a gun or a pipe. but no one has testified to that. the only person that can testify to that is michael dunn. i think the prosecution in this case learned from the zimmerman case. no video interrgation of michael dunn telling his story is in evidence. the only way to prove
witness testimony he is a nice guy. a flight instructor of michael dunn who said he was a peaceful man. how is that playing in court? it wasn t playing very well. it fell flat. that is usually the case with character witnesses unless you have someone that is a really strong character witness, let s say the childhood friend who has become the president of the united states to talk about what a wonderful person this is, it just doesn t bode well. i was looking at the jury, john, and i think they found them to be pretty incredible especially after cross-examination. while they knew him they really knew his parents and they weren t there the night this happened. given the character witness testimony is not going well at least by your eyes and there is discrepancies in the time line of the story there, do you think there is a chance that dunn will have to testify in his own defense?
them were engaged. to try to throw other issues into it, and make him appear to be some thug. even before the trial started, taking pictures of trayvon they knew was not going to be in evidence and put it into the public domain, they continued on this crusade to make him appear to be somebody he wasn t. and it s totally wrong, piers. has it been a mistake by the prosecution to not have more people testify that they recognized trayvon martin s voice in the crucial tape, the 911 tape that has a male voice screaming? the defense put up so many people today, who acted not just as advocates if you like, the fact that it was george zimmerman s voice, but also giving great character witness testimony about him in the process, quite effective to a jury, where as on your side, you re left with, you know, his father, trayvon s father, and his brother, both having to concede that their initial reaction was, they couldn t tell if it was trayvon or not, which
seven-minutes that the two of them were engaged. to try to throw other issues into it, and make him appear to be some thug. even before the trial started, taking pictures of trayvon they knew was not going to be in evidence and put it into the public domain, they continued on this crusade to make him appear to be somebody he wasn t. and it s totally wrong, piers. has it been a mistake by the prosecution to not have more people testify that they recognized trayvon martin s voice in the crucial tape, the 911 tape that has a male voice screaming? the defense put up so many people today, who acted not just as advocates if you like, the fact that it was george zimmerman s voice, but also giving great character witness testimony about him in the process, quite effective to a jury, where as on your side, you re left with, you know, his father, trayvon s father, and his brother, both having to concede that their initial reaction was, they couldn t tell if it was trayvon or not, which is not