i say that even if you believe now that zimmerman is less than credible, then you may disbelieve hisself defense. if you disbelieve hisself defense that does not take away the state s burden. they still must prove depraved murder and must make their showing of malice, he had ill will or hatred. by the way, zimmerman has not even testified yet so his credibility is really only in question as to the statements he s given we heard on tape. but he told sean hannity he had never heard of stand your ground. if this professor is to be believed, is there no chance that s true. that s why not about him getting an a, about him getting an l for being a liar. that would be the prosecution. next one. i say that get back on this one, danny. i say that as the prosecution, that your theory, george zimmerman, that it was when trayvon martin grabbed your gun you were forced to use it, there are no prints on it, so how could he have grabbed it?
master of dna and the law. absence of evidence is not evidence just because you don t have evidence something didn t happen, secondarily, zimmerman says he was grabbing for the gun and maybe he never got it to. maybe that heightened hisself defenseness awareness. before we condition with i say-you say. if zimmerman s school records are relevant, does that mean trayvon martin s school records are relevant? quick answer on that? it s a different relevance standard, right? candidly, there s a strong argument that zimmerman s school records were never relevant because even if you tend to believe that it gives you an idea about his state of mind that night, we have a rule called 403 or whatever the applicable state rule is, that even if you believe that that goes to his state of mind that night, the potential for prejudice from showing that evidence is so high that it should be exclude. o mara has made that argument. however, some observers say in high profile trials there s a
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george howell breaks it down. reporter: the day started with a parade of witnesses from george zimmerman s past, from the professors who taught him about criminal justice. you see george over here? how you doing, george? reporter: to a representative from a virginia police department that rejected his application to be a police officer. mr. zimmerman had a problem with his credit? yes, sir. that would be a reason why you wouldn t be accepted as a police officer? that s the reason why we did not consider him further, based on that record, yes, sir. reporter: zimmerman s past could haunt him if jurors are swayed by the picture prosecutors are trying to paint, a wannabe cop who went too far. then, less than forthcoming about how well he knew the law on national tv. prior to this night, this incident, had you even heard stand your ground, sir? you never heard about it before? no. reporter: captain alexis francisco carter told the court
his first job in the rectory. that s the george zimmerman his family wants the world to know. in terms of his son s injuries, george zimmerman s father describes them for the court. his face was swollen quite a bit. he had a protective cover over his nose. his lip was swollen and cut, and there were two vertical gashes on the back of his head. robert zimmerman senior spoke to wofl in shadow for his safety early on and painted a picture that supported his son s claim of self-defense. trayvon martin said something to the effect of you re going to die now or you re going die tonight, something to that effect. and he continued to beat george and at some point george pulled his pistol. if any of the zimmermans are called to testify, a letter written by his mother might provide a preview of what they might say on the witness stand.