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to reach a unanimous decision. the first day of deliberations ended without a verdict and it started with this. the surveillance video capturing the sound of gunfire, the night 47-year-old michael dunn shot and killed jordan davis at this jacksonville gas station. it was the first of several requests made by the jury. they re definitely being methodical. it usually means they re working through every piece of evidence. can you get that dummy with the sticks. reporter: that was the jury s next question referred to both the defense and the prosecution to show the path of the bullets through davis body. that request was denied. we cannot send that back to you as it was a demonstrative exhibit. that was a big point on both sides. i thought he really sort of brought some questions to bear
angles. they re definitely being methodical. them asking to see things means they re working through every piece of evidence. can you get that dummy with the sticks. reporter: that was the jury s next request, referring to this mannequin used by both the defense and the prosecution, to show the path of the bullets through davis body. that request was denied. we cannot send that back to you as it was a demonstrative exhibit. it was not offered into evidence. therefore, it cannot be sent back. that was a big point on both sides. and i thought kory strolla really sort of brought some questions to bear on that science. and he said, look, that s junk science, junk in, junk out. they might want to test that back in the jury room. but they re not going to be able to do that. this is what an actual jury room looks like inside the courthouse. there s not much in it. there s a table, there s some chairs. there s even a bathroom. and then when the jury has a request or a question, th
their side of the courtroom watching mark o mara s calm and gentle contrasting closing argument presentation contrasting the closing arguments of bernie de la rionda. we can show some of that computer animation that judge nelson did not allow o mara to enter as evidence but did say as a demonstrative exhibit he could use it in the closing argument which they did. it opened up with the figures george zimmerman and trayvon martin at the t of the sidewalk and it shows trayvon martin throwing the first punch. there is no eye with itness to that happening. that was george zimmerman s version of events. after mark o mara wraps up his
casually and conversationally, a folksy manner as opposed to the fiery moments bernie de la rionda, the prosecutor yesterday. so george zimmerman there standing up next to mark o mara. tried to humanize his client, the defendant here charged with second-degree murder, who really has pretty much just sat there across the room from the jury this entire three week trial. pretty much not making many expressions. finally, mark o mara got to show this jury that computer animation he tried so hard to get into the trial earlier this week, but the judge wouldn t allow it except for losing arguments as a demonstrative exhibit, so they saw that computer animation clearly showing trayvon martin throwing the first punch. that s why prosecutors objected to it, because there was absolutely no evidence that that was exactly the way the whole altercation s claimanted in the beginning. so now we ll have a short rebuttal in about ten minutes by john guy with the state prosecutors, and then this afternoon