Be so complicated that it creates a conflict with our spirit of justice. Now that i am returned to my family and to society in general, i have realized the best direction for me to go is away from writing any sort of book and return instead to my life as it was before i was called to sit on this jury. That is her statement. Well, the development follows the jurors extensive interview on cnn where she discussed jury deliberations, including the initial vote. We had three not guilties, one seconddegree murder, and two manslaughters. I was not guilty. Because of the two options you had, seconddegree murder or manslaughter, you felt neither applied . Right. Well, because of the heat of the moment and the stand your ground. He had a right to defend himself. If he felt threatened, that his life was going to be taken away from him or he was going to have body harm, he had a right. Its a tragedy this happened, but it happened. I think both were responsible for the situation they had gotten the
Right now the state is in the middle of the closing arguments and were in a short recess. So lets start with lisa bloom. Lisa, if we had a word cloud to mark his words in this closing argument, i think the biggest one would be assumption or assume, and second, would be lying. So hes trying to advance the idea that George Zimmerman was profiling or making assumptions about Trayvon Martin and that hes been lying to this court. Well, thats right. And he brought up the language that george szimmerman used on the police call. The words he used when he initially saw Trayvon Martin and immediately came to a negative conclusion about him, he assumed he was a criminal. We all know that assumption was wrong. He was simply a teenager coming back with an arizona fruit drink and skittles, and i think thats an unassailable point. I dont think the jurors are going to disagree with that. Id like him to get to the fight. He hasnt gotten there yet. But if he didnt make those assumptions, we wouldnt be h
This is consistent with mr. Zimmermans account that he that mr. Martin was over him leaning forward at the time he was shot. A top expert on gunshot wounds takes the stand and supports zimmermans story, again. Is this injury consistent with mr. Zimmermans head having impacted a sidewalk . Yes, sir. And again. Is this injury you see in this exhibit consistent with having been purnched in the nos . Yes, sir. The prosecution hit back and ill break it down with the legal eagles and the man that defended Casey Anthony. How he thinks the defense team is dog. I want to bring in ashleigh banfield. So significant, wasnt it, the testimony of this man, dr. V vincent di maio. Reporter of course. The lights on behind me, this is a see quested jury so they are getting as much done as fast as they can and accomplished so much with the witness you just talked about. Dr. Vincent di maio. Heard of him . Probably. Hes like the grand dad of pathology, he was the medical examiner in beaux county in texas a
It too honest. Rachel jeantel in her own words. This is piers morgan live. [ applause ] a young woman who was on the phone with Trayvon Martin moments before he died, this is Rachel Jeantels first interview since she testified in the trial and she joins me now exclusively along with her attorney. Rachel, welcome to you. Hi, how are you . Youre famous now. Everybody watched your testimony and saw somebody who looked like they really didnt want to be there but also suffering from the fact that you lost your great friend, trayvon. Yes. Tell me, first of all, your reaction to the fact that George Zimmerman was acquitted. Disappointed, upset, angry, questioned and mad. The jury decided after a long deliberation that the prosecution hadnt proved the case. They believed it was trayvon on top of George Zimmerman, that it was George Zimmermans voice on the tape calling out for help and therefore, they concluded he had acted in selfdefense. What do you say to that . B. S. Just b. S. In your hear
Lets get to the next round in this debate. This public verdict on the Trayvon Martin tragedy. The battle over stand your ground. Perry bacon is an msnbc contributor and Political Editor with the grio. Com and radica jones is the assistant managing time editor for time magazine. Tell me about what you think is the reason why the attorney general, eric holder who is in a somewhat political position but also primarily in a Public Service position, why he would be speaking as he has come out of talking about the trial of George Zimmerman, begin to talk about stand your ground, the law in florida . Well, i think eric holder is in a unique position to talk about this. He comes from a person perspective, he comes to it as the first africanamerican attorney general and he will also obviously brings a legal perspective to it. When we started recording on the stand your ground loss in the background of this case last year when the case came to prominence, we discovered even some state attorneys