steve: alan dershowitz, famous harvard law professor. he was one of o.j. simpson s defense lawyers. i understand his record is something like he s won 13 of 15 murder and attempted murder cases that he has handled. he s somebody who understands what s going on. also they say to make their case, the feds would have to show zimmerman was motivated by racial hatred when he shot martin. the people who have observed this from the get-go say it is very unlikely the department of justice would get involved at this stage. gretchen: the question is what s next for george zimmerman? when the judge says you re free to go the other night, where does he go? he has a brother that we ve heard from. basically i think he s going to be in obscurity for awhile because of the reaction that this trial has had. some famous people tweeting some things that were probably inappropriate. is this man now going to live in fear for the rest of his life? and will he still have a gun to protect himself, brian?
that witness is a guy by the name of dennis root who is safety and law enforcement expert. our expert msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom has been watching this. we saw john guy for the prosecution demonstrate the angle necessary for trayvon martin being on top and george zimmerman on the ground. this 90-degree angle and the physical possibility or impossibility of how zimmerman would be able to get his gun. one thing and i think you were struggling with this too that john guy didn t demonstrate the fact that george zimmerman has said his gun was behind him, not in front of him. in the police re-enactment video george zimmerman was positioned behind him with his gun in the holster. that is a good point for john guy to make. i like the demonstration. i like him on top of the mannequin and showing it. a picture is worth a thousand words. when you actually see it, you think how is that possible? the expert, though, has said, look, a fight is dynamic, it s a
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whatever you think of george zimmerman s guilt or innocence, you can t help but notice the anguish on the face of trayvon martin s parents. they have to trust the prosecutor to do the best job they can. it hasn t been easy for the family and can t be easy for the lawyers, watching the state seem to struggle with the witnesses and perhaps with the case itself. i spoke about it earlier with the martin family attorney. how do you think the prosecution has done so far? i ve talked to a lot of analysts who think they are having a tough time proving second degree murder at there point. i think the prosecution has done exceptionally well in this case. from the beginning, they told us they were going to show
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