ed, thank you very much. we appreciate it. turning to the legal view, bring in cnn legal analyst paul callen and mel robbins. i first want to start with the manslaughter law that would apply in this case, paul and mel. let me read it to you. it says, every killing of one human being by the act, procurement or culpable negligence of another under provisions of this chapter are not murder or manslaughter or excusable or justifiable homicide is manslaughters in the second degree. break that down for us. what sticks out is the notion of culpable negligence. what do prosecutors have to prove? you know, it s a very low standard to prove this charge in oklahoma. you know, in most places, to prove homicide it has to be an act of reckless or gross negligence that et so severe, so off the scale you would say that s criminal conduct.
murder which many felt was the proper charge. we can reasonably guess when it came to second-degree murder for jordan davis, they got hung up on the issues of either self defense or simply the complexity of the jury instructions. if you read the jury instructions for all the murders and all the manslaughters in florida and in really every jurisdiction, they can be very complicated and they don t get any easier just because a judge reads them slowly and out loud to a bunch of jurors. these are highly abstract. when you read them and you understand, even to us lawyers they can be confusing. there is a lot of potential overlap. when they were going-over this coupled with their having to deal with self defense, you can understand how they may have gotten hung up. the fact that they convicted on seconding it attempted murder means for all of the crimes they probably had second-degree murder on their mind ultimately
saving time by booking an appointment online, even smarter. online scheduling. available now at meineke.com. we had three not guilties, one second-degree murder, and two manslaughters. so half the jury felt he was not guilty, two manslaughters and one second-degree? exactly. from anderson cooper s interview tonight. the verdict s in, but there are still a lot of unanswers questions. joinings us, judge hatchett. also, defense attorney, jamie weintraub. i ve got to ask you straight off the top, your reaction to rachel jeantel s interview. you were almost gasping watching
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did you take an initial vote to see where everybody was? we did. so where was everybody how was that first vote? we had three not guilties, one second-degree murder, and two manslaughters. so half the jury felt he was not guilty, two manslaughters, and one second-degree? exactly. can you see do you want to say where you were on that? i was not guilty. so going into it, at once all the evidence had been presented, you felt he was not guilty? i did. i think the medical examiner could have done a better job at presenting trayvon s preserving trayvon s evidence issue the state medical examiner i mean the state. they should have bagged his hands, they should have dried his clothes. they should have done a lot of things they didn t do. do you feel you know truly what happened? i have a rendition of what i believe happened and i think