i have no knowledge of an enhanced version. did you ever tell sir sybrina fulton you ex-wife, you listened to the tape at officer serino s desk. i had not told her. any reason why you didn t give her that information? a lot of stuff going on. we had just buried our son. a lot of emotions, and just don t think of every little detail that you have been through. obviously it was a tragic and still is a tragic time for us. so just to answer your question, did i tell miss fulton that i listened to the tape? i didn t, you were at the mayor s office when the tape was played for the entire family. correct? correct. and you were there as well shepard: i hate to do it but
least, is a liar, as has been proven by his testimony. it s going to be interesting to me to see how the prosecution ties it all together to make his case and bring all of the circumstances evidence into focus to allow the jury to make the argument, to get beyond the reasonable doubt and hold zimmerman accountable. that s what i m waiting for. that s what i want to see at the end when it comes time to hear a closing argument. seema, i have a question for you, and it involves tracy martin, trayvon martin s father. how likely is it that we could see the defense call tracy martin to the stand? if they were to do that, do you think that would be a good move for the defense? let s look at what tracy martin would testify to. tracy martin listened to the 911 call as we know from detective serino. tracy martin said, no, that s not trayvon martin. so your question is a terrific one. does the defense want to risk putting the father of the beloved victim on the stand and
20 times, i said it was i knew that it was trayvon s voice. i didn t direct that towards any family members. as a matter of fact, i think the family members had started. lea leaving the room. it was too much for them. they couldn t take it. and i just decided to sit there and listen to it. had you listened to the tape between the time that officer serino played it for you on about the 28th of february and about the 16th of march, when you heard it in the mayor s office? no. i listened to it and detective serino s cubicle it and then again in the mayor s office. no time in between? no. can i have a moment, your honor? yes, you may.
listened to a cleaned up version of the tape. okay. or an enhanced version? i have no knowledge of an enhanced version. did you ever tell sabrina fulton, your ex-wife, that you had listened to the tape at officer serino s desk. i hadn t told her, no. was there any reason why you didn t give her that information? there was a lot of stuff going on. we had just buried our son. a lot of emotions and, you know, you just don t think of every little detail that you ve, through. obviously, it was a tragic and still is a tragic time for us. so just to answer your question, did i tell miss fulton that i listened to the tape, no, i didn t. now, you were at the mayor s office when the tape was played
yeah. as he described. how powerful was that testimony? i think it was very powerful. and i think it was a mistake for the defense to do that. i think i believe it was lisa, who said during the cycle, that just leave it at detective serino and singleton saying that tracy martin said no. to put him on would be a mistake. and as we saw, you had the power of a grieving father on the stand, saying, i heard that shot that took my son s life. and also, he denied that he d ever said that he did not believe that was his son s voice. i never said that was trayvon s voice. jonathan capehart, thank you so much. and indeed, thank you to all of our guests and thank you for watching. stay with us all week for continuing coverage of the george zimmerman trial. hardball with michael smerconish is next. who was crying for help? trayvon martin or george zimmerman? let s play some hardball.