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Acquittal. i dont see a guilty verdict here. fact arent there. >> judge declined motion of acquittal today. and mark omara said you havent proved the case. insufficient evidence to show the second degree, the judge in this case denied that motion and then, of course, we saw the defense begin their case. based on what youve heard, the forensics, the medical examiner testimony, the prior statements of george zimmerman introduced by the prosecution, should george zimmerman take the stand at this po...

Clothing in a plastic bag. its we will when he looked at it. when he is finished, his office puts in a plastic bag. the ballistics woman, it was still wet, so the dna she was looking at, the dna person, also damages by being kept wet. she puts it into a plastic bag. sort of a -- >> its problematic, remind me of the o.j. simpson case, saying perhaps there was sloppy forensics. didnt do a job to do the job in the right day, which could point the jury into the direction of reasonable doubt. thank y...

These witnesses were not good for the prosecution, ultimately, this is going to be a jury question and then well see what happens, but the defense i think starts out in pretty good shape right now. >> what does the defense need to do further then next week when court resumes? >> not much. youre going to see a minimal defense here, i believe, at least im not with them, but i believe it should be a minimal defense. they put on dr. demayo, who will educate this jury on forensics and how a medical e...

To say im sorry for your loss. it is -- im not going to be not human. >> jurors had plenty to consider. remember, they are sequestered so they are just thinking about it. did the prosecution make the case for second-degree murder? matthew rosengard is a former federal prosecutor and monitoring the case as closely as we have. we appreciate that. i have a ton of questions. greg and write on live yesterday during some of the most riveting testimony. a lot of inconsistencies in this case, first of a...

To show the jury itself defense and goes back to the prosecution to show beyond a reasonable doubt, its not self-defense. >> martin, 30 seconds, what is coming up monday? >> well, i think youll see some witness deja vu. some of those witnesses people already said for the prosecution sounded like they ought to be for the defense. so we may see them back. i expect the defense to call their own scientific experts, especially in forensics, maybe three days, four days of testimony and then it may be ...

Been about forensics, thats been about, you know, details of, you know, who said what, who was on top when they were wrestling, what we now recognize is that this was a 17-year-old young man. i think that is the point that the prosecution wants the jury to leave with. >> yeah. and craig, i want to bring you into the conversation. as you well know youve been covering this, the martin family, sybrina fulton included, has always said what we want to have here is a trial, is to have this incident br...

Prosecution winding down the case and the zimmerman trial in black and white. my exclusive with the man that defended o.j. simpson and his trial. hell tell me whether he thinks zimmerman should take the stand. beginning with martin savidge outside the court live in sanford, florida. martin, another day, another gripping day of what could be vital testimony, the gun, the dna and so on. tell me about what happened today. >> yeah, a lot of forensics, piers. experts and evidence. much of the after...

>> i got a partial dna profile, and that matched trayvon martin. >> the dna. >> this would be a buckle swab taken from george zimmerman. >> where does the case stand right now as the prosecution begins to wind down its case? the zimmerman trial in black and white. my exclusive with the man who defended o.j. simpson in his murder trial. i want to begin with cnns martin savidge, live for us in sanford, florida. martin, another day, another gripping series of witnesses, t happened today. >> a lot o...

Investigation, and in a trial such as this, andrea, its very important that you substantiate all of the facts that occurred in this particular case, including the type of weapon that was used, how close was this weapon to the deceasdent a the time the decedent was shot. all of the things very important when it comes down to the actual trial. so you kind of have to go through this. so everything that we saw stoed today is normal. i dont think anything is surprising out of what came out of the tes...

And that is why strategically the prosecution is putting trayvon martins mother at the end. although she is a fact witness to corroborate the 911 call, their position it is trayvons voice, she will evoke sympathy, plus the autopsy will be very, very damaging to the defense case, seeing mr. martins dead body. >> kendall, day eight testimony done. if you agree with what seema is saying here, could they turn it around on friday? >> well, i think, actually, it was a pretty good day for the prosecuti...