of the comments of the prosecution in closing argument. the tremendous points with respect to inconsistencies with all the questions raised. why did he get out of car if he was afraid. unfortunately, if the burden of proof is beyond a reasonable doubt on the prosecution, you want to close those gaps on evidence instead of asking rhetorical questions. gregg: i want to play a soundbite because the prosecution did address the important issue was it reasonable, was it necessary. take a listen. to get involved, but he was over the line. he assumed things that weren t true and instead of waiting for the police, instead of waiting for the police to come and do their job, he did not. gregg: did the prosecutor not view that enough? did he not say over and over again, look, it s excessive. it s out of proportion to the circumstances. it was unreasonable?
address saying the overhaul of the nation s immigration system can provide a big boost to the economy, citing george w. bush s support of a comprehensive solution. and 23 people have bone injured during a stampede in the running of the bulls in spain, among them an american college student. gregg: as we await a verdict in the george zimmerman murder trial we want to take a look at the kinds of questions that jurors are likely considering as they make their decision. to come back with a verdict of second-degree murder, there it is. jury must find that zimmerman acted with ill-will or hatred, spite or evil intent and indifference to human life. that is the definition of it. lesser charge of manslaughter, look at this. pretty straightforward. jury has to consider whether zimmerman intentionally caused
doesn t look like there is any dispute in this case it was intentional. it solicits the focus on whether or not mr. zimmerman acted with justification which we ve been focusing on which is self-defense. gregg: manslaughter is the easier standard, is it not, but self-defense is a complete defense. it negates and excuses both second degree murder and manslaughter? it does, but here is the big issue. self-defense has to be reasonable. he had to reasonably perceive that his life was in peril. a lot of it is going back and forth. so he bought the skittles and expert says the injuries to your back of the head and nose whether it was fractured or bloody nose wasn t life-threatening. how can you come forward and you the jurors should accept that you legally perceive that his life was in danger.
prosecution did an effective job, the time line on the assessment on zimmerman s judgment started when he was in his car. from that moment when he engaged and pursue, you have the question can you inject yourself in a situation that results in an escalation of violence. gregg: the answer is you can, it depends on your state of mind the moment you pull the trigger. pit up the jury instruction on self-defense. it s all about that moment he pulled the trigger. the jury instruction on screen please. if he reasonably believed that it was necessary, that is pulling the trigger, to prevent his own death or great bodily injury, then he is justified. mercedes, it doesn t matter what happened in this four or five minutes beforehand? that is a great point. it really will be whether the jury is going to say, i am going to look at this
and compartmentalize everything that took in place. there is a inconsistent in that. we have two witnesses. we have best friend that wrote a book, no, zimmerman told me he had the gun in his hand. we have zimmerman telling the authorities that trayvon was reaching for my gun. you have to make sure the jury focuses and defense didn t hit home on that. gregg: i want to put up reasonable doubt because it applies to self-defense not just murder and manslaughter. if you have a reasonable doubt on a question of whether zimmerman was justified in the use of deadly force you should find him not guilty. you see the burden in florida shifts from the defense to the prosecution whether they invoke self-defense. they have to disprove it beyond a reasonable doubt, right? yeah, that is the tough part for the prosecution here as you pointed out. people have looked at some