Mountains, close to where it all began. It comes less than 24 hours after a sighting of them had Police Searching in friendship, new york. We have sightings possibly matching the description of the fugitives. They were just coming up, my dog barked and thats when they turned around and ran back down. That search came up empty. Meanwhile, nbc news has learned that the investigation of prison workers is expanding. Already Joyce Mitchell is charged with giving them some of the tools they used to cut through steel walls and pipes. Now several guards are under investigation, and one, gene palmer, has been put on administrative leave. His Attorney Says palmer had extensive contact with the escapees and mitchell but didnt have advanced knowledge of the prison break. He plans on helping with any information that can help with the capture of mr. Sweat and mr. Matt. Today new York State Police are getting some help from their friends in the Vermont State Police a special Tactical Unit trained in
His hands but George Zimmerman will forever have Trayvon Martins blood on his. Heather dramatic moments during final arguments as both sides leave the jury with plenty to think about as they deliberate George Zimmermans fate. And theatrics. Jury watched as mark omara dragged a huge chunk of increment and prosecutors wrestled a dummy. How much do visual aids like these help . Lets bring in mary ellen otoole. I want to ask you about the importance of Closing Arguments in and of themselves. The Closing Arguments are very important but they are not evidence. What i heard and what i think is important is that, there are multiple motives in any Violent Crime. These motives can change over time. The intent and emotion are not the same so someone can say harsh words but the emotions they are feeling may be very different. To me that becomes very speculative and that really was an issue in both Closing Arguments. Heather what should the ultimate goal of the Closing Argument be towards those jur
Deliberations for the day and will resume at 9 00 a. M. Eastern time tomorrow. Theyve already asked the judge a question, in the short time since their deliberations began. They requested a list of all the evidence they were presented with and the judge arranged to have that list delivered. Today we saw the dramatic conclusion of the case as the defense attorney mark omara presented his Closing Argument and prosecutor john guy gave the states rebuttal. So this is what happens in a criminal case. The state has to take you from somewhere down here before theres any evidence, and he sort of presumed to be not guilty, all the way up the list in your mind. The person who decided that this is going to continue, that it was going to become a violent event was the guy who didnt go home when he had the chance to. It was the guy who decided to lie in wait, i guess, plan his move. Does it really help you decide this case when somebody who is not George Zimmermans voice screams at the you or yells
Zimmerman pleaded not guilty claiming selfdefense. A key witness, Trayvon Martins mother took the stand today along with trayvons and testimony disrupted on several occasions as the court grappled with issues related to its own evidence lock perp for the latest, live at the courthouse, give you the sequence of the events today . Reporter you just mentioned the evidence. That held up court for an hour. Whoever had the key to that evidence locker couldnt find them. We had to call a lock smith to get the evidence locker reopened. Sybrina fulton, you mentioned, the first witness today. Her testimony interrupt because they needed to get some evidence out. The most important piece of testimony from fulton this morning was the fact that she said, she testified that the screaming heard in the background of one of those 911 calls was in fact that of her son, Trayvon Martins. She also testified that the 17yearold was righthanded. That would be important later in the day. Then came trayvons older
Im jim axelrod with a western edition. The lines are drawn neatly in sanford, florida, where two camps of demonstrators are waiting for a verdict in the trial of the man accused of murdering Trayvon Martin, those who think George Zimmerman was acting in self defense in the altercation with the 17yearold and those who think hes a killer. After a full day of deliberations, jurors had a question for the judge. Mark strassmann joins us now from the courthouse. Mark, what do they want to know . Ow . Reporter well, jim, the question that they sent in is by far the clearest indication yet of the debate inside the jury room. The question reads as follows, may we please have clarification on the instructions regarding manslaughter . Trayvon. Justice. Outside the courthouse in sanford today, demonstrators were divided. George, guilty. George, guilty. Like so Many Americans are about whether George Zimmerman took the law into his own hands. Inside this courtroom, zimmermans future was still uncer