>> the joke was horrible. >> george zimmerman. george zimmerman who? all right, good, you're on the jury. >> nobody got it. i didn't get it until later. then i thought about it, and i'm like, i guess that could have been funny. but not in the context he told it. >> was there a particular witness that stands out to you? who did you find to be the most credible? >> the doctor -- i don't know his name. >> the doctor for the defense? >> yes. >> what about him? >> i thought he was awe-inspiring. the experiences he had had over in the war, and i just never thought of anybody that could recognize somebody's voice yelling in like a terrible terror voice when he was just previously half hour ago playing cards with them. >> that is george zimmerman. >> a lot of analysts watching the trial felt that the defense attorneys, marks o'mara, don west, were able to turn prosecution witnesses to their advantage. chris serino, the lead investigator for example, did he make an impression on you? >> chris serino did. but to me he just was doing his job. he was doing his job

with which george zimmerman is charged, was committed, and george zimmerman is the person who committed the crime. george zimmerman is not required to present evidence or prove anything. whenever the words reasonable doubt are used, you must consider the following. a reasonable doubt is not a mere possible doubt, a speculative, imaginary, or forced doubt. such a doubt should not influence you to return a verdict of not guilty if you have an abiding conviction of guilt. on the other hand, if after carefully considering, comparing, and weighing all of the evidence, there is not an abiding conviction of guilt or if having a conviction it is one which is not stable but one which waivers and vacillates, then the charge is not proved beyond every reasonable doubt, and you must find george zimmerman not guilty because the doubt is reasonable. it is to the evidence introduced in this trial and to it alone that you are to look for that proof. a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of george zimmerman may arise from the evidence, conflict in the evidence, or lack of the evidence. if you have a reason

. >>> tonight, high drama in the george zimmerman trail. tray vob's mother testifying that the voice here on the 911 audiotape screaming in the background belongs to her dead son. and the attorney for trayvon's family is here to go on the record. >> have you ever heard him while he was growing up, heard him cry or yelling? >> yes. >> you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> there just were gun shots. >> just heard gunshots? >> yes. >> screaming or yelling, do you recognize that? >> yes. >> and who do you recognize that to be? >> trayvon benjamin martin. >> you know whose voice that was screaming in the background? >> yes, sir. >> whose voice was that? >> my son, george. >> are you certain of that? >> because he's my son. >> what was the manner of death, sir? >> the manner of death is home. he was killed by another person. he was still alive, and he was killed. he was suffering. >> objection. not a relevant issue. >> just a second. your objection is relevance? overruled. >> there's only one reason to squeeze the trigger at someone's heart and

with which george zimmerman has charged was committed and george zimmerman is the person who committed the crime. george zimmerman is not required to present evidence or prove anything. whenever the words reasonable doubt are used, you must consider the following. a reasonable doubt is not a mere possible doubt, a speculative, imaginary or forced doubt. such a doubt should not influence you to return a verdict of not guilty if you have an abiding conviction of guilt. on the other hand, if after carefully considering, comparing and weighing all of the evidence there is not an abiding conviction of guilt or if having a conviction, it is one which is not stable, but one which wavers and vase lacillates, then the ce is not proved beyond a reasonable doubt and you must find george zimmerman not guilty because the doubt is reasonable. it is to the evidence introduced in this trial and it alone that you are to look to that proof. a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of george zimmerman may arise from the evidence, conflict in the evidence, or the lack of evidence. if you have a reasonable doubt

that george zimmerman was lucky. i understand why angela cory would say what comes to her mind, murderer. i can understand that. >> i don't understand that. she's a prosecutor. she's got a certain -- supposed to have some ethics, which obviously she doesn't. supposed to be competent. you heard the juror say they played over and over the reenactment by george zimmerman. jeff, i think she will back me up but for these incompetent prosecutors putting it in there. >> big mistake by the prosecutors to put all those tapes in. they thought, oh, they'll show all these inconsistencies. >> they rewatched that. >> i agreed with her on that. >> that does it for this special edition of "360." join us tomorrow night. we'll have more of my interview with job b-37. also 10:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow, a special edition "race and justice in america," it an "ac360" town hall. you don't want to miss it, tomorrow night 10:00 eastern right here on cnn. [ female announcer ] last day, deb. checking out of the hilton shouldn't be a pity party.

state of florida versus george zimmerman. we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. so say we all foreperson. >> welcome everybody to this special edition of new day. that was the moment we have all been waiting for. the reading of the verdict in the george zimmerman murder trial. jury's decision, you heard it, not guilty. some people expected it. many did not. thanks for joining us. i'm chris cuomo. >> i'm kate baldwin. it's 8:00 in the east on this sunday july 14th. thank you for joining us for "new day." it was inevitable after the verdict came down that one side would be happy and one side would express relief, declare justice -- they would also declare that justice had been done and they would want to move on. listen here. >> your bond will be released. your gps monitor will be cutoff when you exit the courtroom over here and you have no further business with the court. >> thank you, your honor. >> but we knew from the beginning if trayvon martin was allowed to be killed and the man that did it to not go to jail there would be outrage and there is. civil rights

and family of george zimmerman who say that's george zimmerman's voice screaming for help on the 911 call before the shot rings out. we heard from three family and friends, witnesses who said it was trayvon martin's voice. i have been thinking about this and recalling that there were neighbors who were not associated with either side, james sudaka who said it soundsed like a boy it's voice screaming for help. ultimately those witnesses may be considered more in identi identifying the voice. >> now we have got two to one on the defense side saying that's george zimmerman's voice. but some say why would a grown man who's got a gun be screaming like that. >> the jurors are going to be listening to that tape carefully and listen to when the screaming stops, when the gunshot goes off the screaming stops abruptly. these are fact witnesses but it's almost as if they're giving character witness as well. one testified about george zimmerman tutoring kids. another testified about the training he received with his gun. they're trying to present not only factual testimony but also testimony abou

punched george zimmerman in the face. zimmerman thinking that he was dealing with a criminal, then acted in self defense to defend himself from what he thought was a deadly threat. there was, you know, there was fault on both sides but unfortunately, a 17-year-old is dead, and why? because there was a gun in the picture. what i take away from last night. every african-american that i have spoken to, sees their own children in trayvon martin. and says is, in america today, do we have to worry when our kid goes out that he will be shot? because someone thinks he is a burglar? and i know, if this case, i tried cases like this in new york, as a prosecutor. and we used to call it, if you bring a gun to a fight and you kill somebody, you will get convictimed of manslaughter, and there will not ab prosecutor holding a press conference as they did earlier this evening saying we support the right to bare arms. this is not about the right to bare arms. you never hear that in new york then talking about that. they do not believe in

george zimmerman. george zimmerman who? all right. good. you're on the jury. nothing? that's funny. >> a lot of people didn't find it funny, and defense attorney don west ended up apologizing later. other key moments, testimony from neighbors who witnessed part of the fight and called 911. we heard screaming in the background and the gunshot that ended trayvon martin's life. >> i can't see him. i don't want to go out there. i don't know what's going on. >> so you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> all right. what is your -- [ gunshot ] >> there's gunshots. >> there's two guys in backyard with flashlights. >> okay. >> and there's a black guy down. it looks like he's been shot and he's dead. >> okay. >> he's laying and there's multiple people calling right now i'm thinking. >> and, of course, the star witness for the prosecution, rachel jeantel, trayvon martin's friend, who was defiant and later criticized for her attitude in court. we want to warn you, some of the language you're about to hear may be offensive. >> describe iing the person is t made you think it was rac

>> george zimmerman's friend, mark osterman testified that george zimmerman told him that trayvon martin straddled zimmerman by his arm pits. de la rionda used a mannequin, once again, using the mannequin to show the jury once again what it would look like. >> he is showing the arm pits, how did he get the gun out? arm pits, how does he get the gun out? >> a few months after the incident, george zimmerman told sean hannity that he had no regrets about what happened that night. but today, he must have had regrets about talking to sean hannity. >> i feel like it was all god's plan, and for me to second guess it or judge it. >> is there anything you might do differently in retrospect, after time has passed? >> no, sir. >> i don't know whether i need to comment about that. it speaks for itself. >> joining me now, msnbc legal analyst, lisa bloom, former criminal prosecutor, faith jenkins and former prosecutor marcia clark, who is also the author of the new novel, "killer ambition." they want to lodge at least one central question at least in the jury's mind that leads to the answer of guilty.

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a blockbuster day in the george zimmerman trial. in a moment, i'll speak to mark o'mara, a day in which witness after witness testified george zimmerman is the man heard screaming on the tape, not trayvon martin. >> you said you heard the tape several times, is that mainly listening to it on tv? >> yes. >> were you able to identify mr. zimmerman's voice during the first time you listened to it? yes, my immediate reaction to it was, that is george's voice. >> that's georgy. >> it's george zimmerman, and i wish to god i did not have the ability to recognize that. >> i pushed away from the table and shook my head and said, i can't tell. >> and the judge rules the jury will hear about trayvon martin's alleged pot use. joining us to talk about a busy day in court, mark o'mara. mark, busy day. pretty important day in many ways. how significant is this late breaking decision to allow trayvon martin's toxicology report including his cannibis use to be made available to the court? >> good evening, piers, it's good to chat with you again. we

>> he believes zimmerman was telling the truth. >> this is george zimmerman's best friend. >> recounting what zimmerman told him about the gun. >> friend said that george zimmerman was shot. >> did you notice in those pictures the cut on mr. martin's knuckle? >> are any of those abrasions life-threatening? >> they always get away. >> we have it on the short delay. in order to mute some of the foul language. >> is the word -- [ bleep ]. >> we'll take you back to the trial right now. >> we're back on the record. >> today, the prosecution called jacksonville medical examiner dr. valerie rao as an expert witness to testify about the injuries george zimmerman said he sustained on the night of february 26th, 2012, the night that according to george zimmerman he shot and killed 17-year-old trayvon martin in self defense. here is dr. rao's key finding. >> after reviewing all of those items, in terms of severity, how would you classify the injuries to the defendant's head? >> they were not life-threatening, they were very insignificant. >> dr. rao came to this conclusion after reviewing evidence

george zimmerman is not guilty. if you have just a reasonable doubt that he acted in self-defense. >> the defense also played a controversial animated video based on zimmerman's deposition. one that the judge had prevented the defense from entering as evidence during the trial. yesterday prosecutor bernie de la rionda -- >> a teenager is dead. he is dead through no fault of his own. he is dead because another man-made

zimmerman, friends of george zimmerman testifying about whose voice it was on the 911 call. whose voice do you think it was in. >> i think it was george zimmerman's. >> did everyone on the jury agree with that? >> all but probably one. >> and what made you think it was george zimmerman's voice? >> because of the evidence that he was the one that had gotten beaten. >> so you think because he was the one who had had cuts and abrasions, he was the one getting hit, he was the one calling for help? >> well, because of the witnesses of john good, saw trayvon on top of george, not necessarily hitting him, because it was so dark, he couldn't see. but he saw blows down toward george. and he could tell that it was george zimmerman on the bottom. he didn't know who it was, but he knew what they were wearing. >> the juror who didn't think it was george zimmerman's voice, who thought it was trayvon martin's voice. do you know why they thought that way? >> she didn't think it was trayvons, she thought it could have been trayvons. >> she wasn't sure? >> no. she wanted to give evan absolute

zimmerman and exonerated george zimmerman. reale talking about in a way is criminalization. we are talking about school to prison pipeline, zero-tolerance policies which are the reason is that of being in a restorative justice program in high school that trayvon martin was in the dead of night going to a store in orlando instead of being at his high school in miami. we are going to ask our commerce people to address stand your ground, which may not have had as much influence on this but creates an open season for young people of color. we're going to address the law enforcement who uses racial profiling to create a dragnet over our communities and strike fear in our communities. we're going to call on our congress people to come back to work because though george zimmerman was found guilty, florida is very guilty. >> we're going to take a break and then come back and also going to be joined by lisa graves of the center for media and democracy, who for the last year has been investigating alec . we're going to talk about the st

>> that was absolutely george zimmerman. >> no doubt in your mind you believe it's george zimmerman? >> there's not a single doubt in my mind. >> he have yelling over and over help, help? >> yes. i heard like other screams help but the screams in particular, i could tell, i knew that was george zimmerman. >> you heard other screams too that you weren't sure of? >> there was help. those particular emotional, obviously when someone is in dire straits whether be combat or anything else your voice obviously changes. i've heard 250 pound men sound like a little girl screaming, but before you get there you know who he is. >> you had -- you believe there were george zimmerman and others you can't make out? >> the voices i heard screaming and for help are george zimmerman. there's other voices on top of that in the tape. there's 911 operator. there's other stuff which oddly enough i'm familiar with because in the den of battle you have a loot of extraneous other noises going on at the same time. >> other people yelling or other people speaking? >> other people yelling. at the same time you h

of george zimmerman? >> i think george zimmerman is a man whose heart was in the right place but just got displaced by the vandalism in the neighborhoods and wanting to catch these people so badly that he went above and beyond what he really should have done. but i think he was a little negligible in doing what he did. >> negligent? >> negligent. sorry. but i think his heart was in the right place. it just went terribly wrong. >> do you think he's guilty of something? >> i thing he's guilty of not using good judgment. when he was in the car and he called 911, he shouldn't have gotten out of that car. >> he shouldn't have gotten out -- >> he shouldn't have gotten out of that car. >> do you feel george zimmerman should have been carrying a gun? >> i think he has every right to carry a gun. i think it's everybody's right to carry a gun. as long as they use it the way it's supposed to be used and be responsible in using it. >> george zimmerman obviously did not testify, but his testimony essentially was broug

. >> george zimmerman has been silent. but it was mark o'mara, his lawyer, that spoke out. >> we are ecstatic with tehe results, george zimmerman was never guilty. i am glad the jury saw it that way. >> and this is really not the end for george zimmerman as we have been talking about this on the panel the last hour. there could be other charges against zimmerman? >> yes, that is absolutely right. there has been a request by the naacp that there be an investigation into the possibility of civil rights violation, the breaking of civil rights, trayvon martin, due to george zimmerman's actions. the department of justice says they have been investigating and will continue to look into that. and they want people to be sure that they're looking into that, that is ongoing. meanwhile, president obama has weighed in. remember, he spoke just weeks after this incident. and the latest statement coming from the president goes like this. and he says the death of trayvon martin was a tragedy, not just for his family or for any one communi

zimmerman, verdict, we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. so say we all, foreperson. >> it was interesting that he didn't have -- sorry, mark. i was just saying is he had absolutely no reaction in that moment. >> right, yeah. when you looked at his face, i wasn't even sure he had heard it quite clearly. it was flat. there was no reaction. his wife, shelley, was there. she began crying quietly. we looked over and it was noticeably obvious that trayvon martin's parents, who had been there throughout, tracy martin and sybrina fulton, were not there. >> yeah, and i talked to darrell parks, the attorney for the martin family. he said that was a predetermined thing, that they decided in advance they wouldn't be there for that. they did make statements on twitter. >> right. they have. they've spoken out, essentially. i'm paraphrasing very quickly here, but what they said was their faith -- or their hearts were broken but their faith has not been broken. they reiterated something they have maintained throughout. that is they asked for public calm. i

have been afraid of george zimmerman. too get that across, mark o'mara fought hard to get in this grainy photo of trayvon martin. portrayed thesis young trayvon martin photoings that was sweet and adorable, that's not the trayvon martin you saw. he showed the grainy photo from the 7-eleven and this completely irrelevant picture of trayvon martin with a takeaway gold grille. what message was that other than to say -- the picture of trayvon martin taken within ten days of his death was trayvon martin riding a horse. had he shown the picture of trayvon martin, it was a picture of him in a pink shirt with his mom riding a horse. those were the most recent photos. he never showed those photos, neither did the prosecution. >> no evidence for george zimmerman to look out the window that he was an a-hole and a punk. he was walking slowly in the rain? really, really? does that have any credibility? could anyone possibly believe that? >> he said he looked like he was on drugs. how do you look like you're on drugs. he's on his cell

>> the joke was horrible. >> george zimmerman. george zimmerman who? all right, good, you're on the jury. >> nobody got it. i didn't get it, until later, when i thought about it, and i'm like, i guess that could have been funny, but not in the context he told it. >> was there a particular witness that stands out to you? who did you find to be the most credible? >> the doctor, and i didn't know his name. >> the doctor the defense called? >> yes. >> what about him? >> i thought he was awe inspiring. the experiences that he had had over in the war, and i just never thought of anybody that could recognize somebody's voice yelling, in like a terrible terror voice, when he was just previously a half hour ago playing cards with him. >> that is george zimmerman. >> a lot of analysts who were watching the trial felt that the defense attorneys, mark o'mara and don west were able to turn prosecution witnesses to their advantage. chris advisory serino, for instance, the lead investigator, did he make an impression on you? >> chris serino did, but to me, he was jus

george zimmerman found not guilty. >> the verdict, we, the jury, find george zimmerman not guilty. >> this morning george zimmerman is a free man acquitted of all charges in the shooting death of trayvon martin. we break down the case with our team of legal experts straight ahead. >> and was it all about politics from the beginning? did the prosecution even have a case? we take a harsh look at how we got to where we are. >> then as the verdict was announced, people took their opinions to the streets. what ari

zimmerman, george zimmerman was still in his car. ms. jeantel corroborated that at the time of the second to last call disconnected is when she told trayvon martin to run and he did. because the next time she talked with him, he told her that he had lost the man. the reconnect time was about 20 seconds. and then they stayed on the phone for the next 3 or 3 1/2 minutes. in the meantime, george zimmerman is on the phone for a good bit of that time with the police. so what we know from that in and of itself is that trayvon martin had two or three minutes to get home, to get home 348 feet. he had 2 or 3 or maybe 4 minutes to do that and chose not to. he decided either to go home and come back or that he decided to hang around and wait for george zimmerman to get off the phone so he could confront george zimmerman and ask him whatever he said, why are you following me or, man, what's your problem, whatever that was he said, he's the one that initiated it. that's clear from ms. jen jeantel and frankly any other evidence. we know that happe

we have seen a bloody picture of george zimmerman. there's no dna of trayvon except for a few spots on george zimmerman's jacket. i think this is very important. i think the jury is going to wonder why are trayvon's hands not -- they don't have the dna and why the gun doesn't have the dna. >> there's another theory that the -- that the prosecution case was from the very start destined to fail, but you went for the murder charge because it was more likely you could get a lesser conviction of manslaughter. is there any merit to that argument? >> i think there is no merit to that. we have heard theories that the star witness of the case would be john good or rachal. but he is the star witness of the case. listen to the non-emergency call that he made where he made by his own admission he categorized trayvon in the group of these a-holes and "fing" punks. that is enough to show he was the aggressor here. >> thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >>> what maybe the biggest unanswered question in the case will george zimmerman take the sta

>>> state of florida versus george zimmerman verdict we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. so say we all, foreperson. >> geraldo: george zimmerman dramatically but not unexpectedly found not guilty. not innocent. he wasn't found innocent. he was found not guilty. not guilt in i am sure when the jurors finally speak and they have told us they are not in the mood to speak tonight will tell us i think that they believe that george zimmerman was responsible obviously for the death of this unarmed youngster but did not commit is a crime. how did this case come to the place that it came? how did it occupy everyone from the white house to the governor's office. rick scott's office here in florida to the appointment of the special prosecutor. how did it become and ben crump the family attorney's words the civil rights case of the 21st century. in my friend and colleague phil keating has been tracking it throughout. so tell us, brother, how did it -- describe this evolution from tragedy to political extravaganza? >> really started very slowly a crescendo in the month of march of 201

zimmerman, friends of george zimmerman testifying about whose voice it was on the 911 call. whose voice do you think it was in. >> i think it was george zimmerman's. >> did everyone on the jury agree with that? >> all but probably one. >> and what made you think it was george zimmerman's voice? >> because of the evidence that he was the one that had gotten beaten. >> so you think because he was the one who had had cuts and abrasions, he was the one getting hit, he was the one calling for help? >> well, because of the witnesses of john good, saw trayvon on top of george, not necessarily hitting him, because it was so dark, he couldn't see. but he saw blows down toward george. and he could tell that it was george zimmerman on the bottom. he didn't know who it was, but he knew what they were wearing. >> the juror who didn't think it was george zimmerman's voice, who thought it was trayvon martin's voice. do you know why they thought that way? >> she didn't think it was trayvons, she thought it could have been trayvons. >> she wasn't sure? >> no. she wanted to give evan absolute

you have to show george zimmerman. one of the reason he's shot trayvon martin was based on his race. i just don't think that happened here. i think he made a lot of wrong assumpti assumptions. a lot of mistakes and assumed things about trayvon that simply weren't true but i don't think they'll be able to prove he shot him in part because he was african-american. >> what do you think about the possibility of a civil lawsuit, a wrongful death civil lawsuit? a lot of us remember what happened to o.j. simpson after he was found not guilty. a few years later, the family filed a wrongful death civil suit and they won. they collected some money, not a whole lot, but they collected some money. you think the george zimmerman family could be expecting -- that george zimmerman could anticipate a civil lawsuit if you will? >> yes, i think they can. and the standard in civil court is very different from criminal court. you are looking at a preponderance of the evidence, a much lower standard. but mark o'mara elude ealluded other da

zimmerman, verdict, we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. so say we all, foreperson. >> after a 14-day trial and 16 hours and 20 minutes of deliberations, the wait of facing decades behind bars is lifted. >> your bond will be released. your gps monitor will be cut off when you exit the courtroom over here, and you have no further business with the court. >> thank you, your honor. >> a few minutes after the verdict, george zimmerman cracks his first smile. his parents, who both testified on his behalf, seemed to reserve their reaction while in court. his wife shelley fights back tears after hearing the verdict. minutes after it was read, george zimmerman walks out of the court a free man. trayvon martin's parents, who attended every day of the trial, were not in court for the verdict. >> first and foremost, on behalf of tracy martin and sybrina fulton, who are just heartbroken really right now, we ask you keep them in your prayers. >> they spoke through their lawyers and on social media, tracy martin tweeting, god bless me and sybrina with tr

zimmerman. >> george zimmerman who? okay, good you're on the jury. >> what didn't the six female jurors hear and why? >> the judge excluded a number of negative personal items about trayvon martin. >> for a year the defense team desperately wanted the jury to see what it called 17-year-old trayvon martin's checkered past. like the three school suspensions including one for having been caught with traces of pot. and another for allegedly having burglary tools in his backpack. there's in video martin shot himself, the only available sample of his voice laughing as foolishness played out. then are these photos from his cell phone, him giving the finger, marijuana plant, blowing smoke. the only reason to introduce that picture would have been to smear trayvon martin. that's not what this case is about. >> what's the most important piece of evidence they didn't hear? >> i think they had the right to hear about trayvon martin's past. >> zimmerman's defense attorney mark o'mara is talking about tex messages in which martin pos

day 22 of the george zimmerman trial, the defense has rested and george zimmerman has chosen not to testify although not before a tense exchange between judge debra nelson and defense attorney don west as the judge asks zimmerman whether he wanted to testify on his own behalf. it was a day in which both prosecution and defense attorneys used a mannequin to demonstrate what may hav

. >> we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. >> reporter: those two words breaking george zimmerman's solemnity, forcing that smile inside the courtroom. but outside -- >> murder is a crime! >> reporter: fury and protests across the country. >> we will commit ourselves to ending the plague of gun violence on our streets! >> reporter: the reaction to george zimmerman's acquittal in the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin has been as contentious as the case itself. >> let's talk about ill will. >> reporter: but there's mounting criticism that the prosecution overreached, going for a hard to prove second-degree murder charge doomed to fail. >> we wouldn't have filed it if we didn't believe in it. >> reporter: the former prosecutor spoke exclusively to abc news, offering a narration of what they thought really happened that night, that zimmerman pulled his gun when martin tried to get off of him. >> he got the gun out. >> reporter: and that zimmerman killed him in cold blood. >> nobody just gets a gun out and shoots. it's a very difficult process that even trained police officers

it's the george zimmerman trial. right now we're hearing from a new witness, a neighbor of zimmerman's whose home was broken into while she was inside with her young child. that incident is why george zimmerman told police he decided to start the neighborhood watch. let's listen. >> -- the person or persons involved had not been caught, right? >> right. >> and you discussed that it was your belief -- i say yours collectively, you and him -- that that person responsible lived in retreat twin lakes, right? >> it was confirmed by the police. >> that they lived inside. >> yes. >> and you discussed that with the defendant. >> and other neighbors. >> and you discussed that person lived in retreat at twin lakes near the back gate, right? >> yes. >> and then it's your understanding that at some point that person was arrested. >> yes. >> and released prior to february of 2012. >> correct. >> you -- have you watched the proceedings in this trial? >> briefly. >> what parts did you watch? >> i believe i saw his uncle testify. >>

they said, oh, yeah, that's george zimmerman. i know for sure that's george zimmerman. just as background they talked about their relationship with him, what a great guy he is, what a great friend. one of them talked about how he taught george zimmerman how to tie a windsor knot on a tie. we heard about that, but technically they weren't character evidence. you're right. this is a great argument the prosecution can make. the defense went into this. it was character evidence. now we should be able to bring in the negative stuff about george zimmerman. so far the judge has not ruled that they can. >> lisa, this is patrick murphy. those six witnesses that the defense called up today that basically said this was not george zimmerman, they all had a personal relationship. what effect do you think that has on a jury? do you think they'll see through the system? >> absolutely. they said it is george zimmerman. we have seven defense witnesses, all of whom had a personal relationship with george zimmerman, saying that's him screaming on the 911 call for help. we have three prose

conceding george zimmerman on the top. not litigating the notion of why did george zimmerman get out of his car? which everybody talked about, like every day including on social media. but they didn't do it. so i think the prosecutors will go back and look at what they did. and they have to find a lot of mistakes that they made. you know what? they can't appeal. they have simply lost. >> there is a reason why african-americans are underrepresented. not only on this jury but on almost every jury in america. that's because a felony disenfranchisement laws which means convicted felons cannot serve on juries. in some states, that's as many as one in three or one in four african-american men. across the board, african-americans are underrepresented on juries and african-americans are overrepresented as defendants. meaning they're far less likely to get a jury of their peers. >> and far more represented in incarceration. even john guy said -- >> we're going to go listen to the state's attorney now. let's listen to their reaction

it's made by george zimmerman himself. now, he consults with his attorneys, they give him advice but george zimmerman is ultimately the one who makes that decision and we have seen, especially in the early days of this investigation, that he is independent minded and has a tendency to sometimes make decisions that perhaps those around him were not counselling him to do, specifically when he set up web pages to collect some money and there was some issues about money going back and forth within the family. so the attorney, mark o'mara, has said that from the beginning no decision has been made about whether george zimmerman will take the stand in his own defense. perhaps when he comes to the podium and talks to us and answers some questions, perhaps one of those questions will be just that and we'll hear what the answer is. it may be that still no decision has been made. >> kerry, what is your sense of folks down there in florida? do you think george zimmerman would take the stand? because, of course, he is saying it was al

what it proves is that if george zimmerman, if people understand george zimmerman to have been saying that trayvon martin grabbed him by the head in a manner that would cause some kind of dna from george zimmerman to get under his fingernails and slammed his head into the sidewalk, you might expect some amount of dna from george zimmerman to be under his fingernails. but it also might not. so i have to say it's helpful to the prosecution. it's not a slam dunk. it's not a big ticket item, but it is something to add to the evidence that the prosecution has presented to show that the contact between trayvon martin and george zimmerman may not be as zimmerman described. >> mark geragos, do you think some of this testimony was ultimately a wash? because the defense was able to get the dna expert to basically say just the fact that he couldn't find dna doesn't mean that there wasn't trayvon martin's dna on the holster or the gun. >> i do think it's a wash. i can't tell you how many times you will see, especially with guns and depending on what the kind of surface is of it, it's very difficu

deciding george zimmerman's fate, deliberating straight through lunch today. the case has sparked passionate debate on race in america and gun laws. people across the nation have very strong opinions. but it all comes down to six women to decide whether george zimmerman should go to prison for the shooting death of 17-year-old teenager trayvon martin or walk away a free man. the jury has four options. find zimmerman