i think because everyone knows it s a verdict but it s still a tragedy. was there an indication of what might happen? because the martin family was not in court. that is interesting. it was, they have not been in the courtroom all day today, we have been called in a couple of times. jury questions, things like that. george zimmerman s family was there. not to equate in any way, we certainly expected. i was going up the elevator and it was crowded. a lot of journalists racing up, we get the doors open and we are joining a crowded car, the trayvon martin attorney, rides up us and we said how are you feeling and what are you feeling? and he said, he was feeling confident and he looked confident. but of course the rule dg not go the family s way.
there was no gasp. there was no shock. and the judge had warned there shouldn t be. i think with the zimmerman family, there was, as you say, palpable relief, george did not burst into a smile or anything. i think because everyone knows it s a verdict but it s still a tragedy. was there an indication of what might happen? because the martin family was not in court. that is interesting. it was, they have not been in the courtroom all day today, we have been called in a couple of times. jury questions, things like that. george zimmerman s family was there. not to equate in any way, we certainly expected. i was going up the elevator and it was crowded. a lot of journalists racing up, we get the doors open and we are joining a crowded car, the trayvon martin attorney, rides up us and we said how are you feeling and what are you feeling? and he said, he was feeling confident and he looked confident.
so they would only get to that s really only that third question, the self-defense question, and it s manslaughter. but you know, don, i just want to back up for a minute and talk about lawyers and what these lawyers now, the defense lawyers and prosecutors, they re pacing around wondering, analyzing the jury questions and they re saying the same things that we are, but there s an alternative theory here that could be going on, and it s why lawyers are so often wrong when they analyze jury questions. this could be, for instance, that the jury has decided to acquit george zimmerman but one or two jurors are holding out and are saying, hey, we think it s manslaughter. and the other jurors are saying, all right, well, we re going to have the judge read it back to you and explain it to you, it s not manslaughter. and so they submit the question to the judge, the judge says it s not specific enough, and now you re going to have a readback. that happens quite frequently, and a lot of times
deliberate from in the jury room for about 12 hours. conventional wisdom always says that usually and generally you get an hour for each day. there is sorry about that, sunny. there is george zimmerman walking into the courtroom. you see his parents walking behind him and his wife as well. funny, i ran into them this morning as they were leaving the courtroom. you see him sitting down next to don west and also mark o mara on the far side. this is a very difficult time for attorneys, because the case is out of your hands at this point. you ve done everything that you could have done. you know, you are living with the would have, should have, could have, and the only guidance you have is from these jury questions. so it s a little like reading tea leaves but not really. because if they ask you for another definition of manslaughter, clarification on
to bring himself into this type of case. but i think at the end of the day, all this discussion really, i don t think the prosecutors had to do a lot of some of these because these are going to be jury questions and whether the jury really sees these as significant. they re not going to want to believe that a guy that s had mma experience for eight months has no skill, as these people are trying to say. it defies logic and doesn t make sense. they didn t really help themselves. they overreached with this particular witness. i think it helped the prosecution more than they thought it would. from the jury s perspective, and i don t want to the go t o too far here, but i thought they were falling into the stereo types where you have the young, agile african-american kid and