you know, everyone worked really hard and it s very difficult tonight for everybody, for the family of both the defendant and the decedent, so this is not a night for anyone to be jubilant. we ve now seen our justice system work, you know. everyone wanted to see justice. both sides a had an equal opportunity to present evidence, and the jury has now spoken. we should all respect the verdict. you know, greta, we re watching live pictures as we talk with greta van susteren by phone. a couple of things strike me. in the beginning of this, the judge said no outburst upon reading of the verdict, and there was not one, but as you look at george zimmerman, we ll go back to him for certain. as you look at george zimmerman, he smiled a bit, subdued. this has got to be exhausting for him as well, but you re right. i mean, there s not a huge amount of celebration in all this. this has been tough all along for everybody involved, and now for trayvon martin trayvon mart had pushed so hard for au
anything in the apartments might have been able to see more or see less. you can see there is not a lot of lights back here other than the occasional apartment casting light ow. when the lights aren t on here, i can tell you, i can t identify someone five feet in front of me, it s that dark back here, at least now. and i assume the lighting conditions back here are very much similar to what they were at night on february 26th. this is the area right here to my right, where the decedent s bow was found and george sfwlimer mown says he was lying and where his head was pounded against the cement was about here. here, to orient you, this is the t area right here, and george was down to my left, made his phone call to the police, and he
7-eleven. it s not unlike any other 7-eleven this is where trayvon martin, dressed in the hoody. have you seen the shot of the hoody with the bullet hole. he went into the 7-eleven and made a purchase the iced tea and skittles. in this area, he eventually ran into george zimmerman. this is where it all began. at the time this purchase is made, 6:24. dark outside and a very rain knee night. eyewitness testimony in a case like this one is critical. the decedent can t tell you, and george zimmerman has given a re-enactment of what he says happened. we came out to sort of fact check and see whether or not
in because the defendant s own statement, this is hearsay, meaning there s two things you don t do in a trial. you never ever cross examine the decedent s mother. do you actually hope that your son wasn t responsible for his own death? he s dead. what is she going too do, bring him back from the grave. i totally disagree with that. but we ll leave it there. the defense is asked to go out to the scene. this is the request from some time ago, and the judge said no. shouldn t the prosecution agree on that? if you reallien watt to have the jury understand this particular case, does it make sense to go out there late at night and take a look? in general, where there s witnesses who have testified, i think it would be a good idea. i think it would really bring some light, even though it s
in because the defendant s own statement, this is hearsay, meaning there s two things you don t do in a trial. you never ever cross examine the decedent s mother. do you actually hope that your son wasn t responsible for his own death? he s dead. what is she going too do, bring him back from the grave. i totally disagree with that. but we ll leave it there. the defense is asked to go out to the scene. this is the request from some time ago, and the judge said no. shouldn t the prosecution agree on that? if you reallien watt to have the jury understand this particular case, does it make sense to go out there late at night and take a look? in general, where there s witnesses who have testified, i think it would be a good idea. i think it would really bring some light, even though it s