something different than not guilty to manslaughter? and how did he prepare himself? i can t speak to what he was thinking because it changes. he was the only person who had to be there every single there. he encountered every juror, every bit of testimony, and we did not because we were excluded from the courtroom. george is a spiritual person, i know that he feels that he is innocent and he felt well represented. we often times as lawyers, we work hard during the day and we say good buy to our client and work and prepare for the next day. the client goes home. and we never really have time to find out how the client s doing. are there moments of great sorrow and nervousness, did george cry during this time? my parents were in the courtroom, and my parents said he did get emotional right when
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and so tying all those together, and the injuries that george zimmerman had, that s where i came to my conclusion that it was justifiable. b37 criticized zimmerman for not going back to his car, what do you have to say about that? you know, there s i was fine with that. he was i think at the time, he was trying to keep an observation and communicate to the police and was not being confrontational. he had the right to be where he was and, you know, i don t have i don t think he had to go back to his car. when you heard the verdict, what was going through your mind and how did it make you feel? well, what went through my mind was, actually, was that i thought that it was an accurate verdict. and the next thing that went
george zimmerman defense. he was paid by the defense. the zimmerman team calling him as an expert in self-defense but on cross examination prosecutors trying to turn tables. there are always options in every force events it s just a matter of what you, as an individual see is being your option. the defendant didn t use any other option. if we go down where he was vocalizing he did scream for help and enlisted assistance from other people. he continued to try to resist. he was doing a like i said referred to shrinking technique trying to get who is around. i, you know, as far as drawing a conclusion i don t know what else he could have done based on his abilities. greta: he joins us, nice to see you, sir. thank you for having me. greta: now you were not a
shooting mr. zimmerman who had followed him in a car because he felt threatened? and if the answer to that question is at least ambiguous, then it seems to me that we might want to examine those kinds of laws. president obama speaking about the trayvon martin case for the first time since the zimmerman verdict. the president questioning whether stand your ground laws really contribute to peace and security. george zimmerman found not guilty in the shooting of trayvon martin. how did george zimmerman prepare for the verdict? we asked his brother, robert zi zimmerman? how is your brother tonight? his whole life changed, his life changed when those words were uttered, not guilty. it changed for all of us. we were waiting for that exoneration for a really long time. was your brother expecting