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Rebuttal here by the state, assistant state attorney john guy, who was well received, according to courtroom observeres, all three weeks long in this trial and actually gave the opening statement for the state. very forceful. he was the first person to bring in the big f been, and the a-hole, quoting zimmermans first call to police, and that is absolutely critical that they hammered it in their closing argument. the state did. they had to show that hate, ill will, and spite to justify under flor...

And he says -- we got used to using this in front of regular people. we know what he said, we are not going to use the words anymore. but we used the words enough in this courthouse so far. then he says are you following him? what does george say in his anger and hatred and plan to track down and kill his unknown person. unknown is important because ill will, hatred and spite is difficult for someone you dont even know? how do you get to a level necessary for second degree murder when you dont k...

Break somebodys nose, did he? did he suggest that that was even near the spectrum of violence allowed, the spectrum of force allowed in a situation like that? unfortunately, you know, there was some anger and hostility and ill will and spite maybe that night. it just had nothing to do with george zimmerman. well, thats not true. it had something to do with george zimmerman. he was the victim of it. because you cant look at those pictures and say that what was visited upon george zimmerman was no...

Reasonable? because i kind of heard in omaras closing that as long as you have any doubt, is was self-defense, then youve got to acquit george zimmerman. >> well, and not any doubt, but a reasonable doubt for sure. and its the prosecutions burden to not only prove their case in terms of a second-degree murder, but also disprove that george zimmerman was justified. they have to disprove that he had a reasonable belief in his own eminent death or great bodily injury. and so its a burden for the pr...

Human life. an act includes a series of related actions arising from and performed pursuant to a single design or purpose. an act is imminently dangerous to another and demonstrating a depraved mind if it is an act or series of acts that a person of order near judgment would know is reasonably certain to kill or do serious bodily injury to another, and is done from ill will, hatred, spite, or evil intent, and is of such a nature that the act itself indicates an indifference to human life. in ord...

Questions as whether or not manslaughter would come in. if one side asks for in florida, and there is any type of evidence that supports it in the case, manslaughter has to be read to the jury. so it really was not a debate. you have to be aware of the crime. the top of the pyramid being second degree murder, the charge that is filed against mr. zimmerman. and then under that is manslaughter. it is subsumed within the higher crime. so the judge will tell them you have to start with the highest c...

Instructions are everything in this case. and there really are no questions as whether or not manslaughter would come in. if one side asks for in florida, and there is any type of evidence that supports it in the case, manslaughter has to be read to the jury. so it really was not a debate. you have to be aware of the crime. the top of the pyramid being second degree murder, the charge that is filed against mr. zimmerman. and then under that is manslaughter. it is subsumed within the higher crime...

>> if im the defense lawyer, i focus on the fact that it was all the questions the state threw out. if i were the defense attorney, i would have my legal intern go home tonight and go through all the number of questions that they asked during their closing argument, which is not what youre supposed to do as a prosecutor. youre supposed to say with certainty exactly how it happened. how did the fight start? who threw the first punch? all we know for certain is how the fight ended. and that is one...

This. lets call it out. >> there absolutely. it comes from a the time when barack obama said if i had a son, he would look like trayvon. you to remember this is a southern town, a very conservative town, a very republican town, a very red state sort of part of florida. and those jurors come from the community. theyre a part of the community. so i can understand why neither side wanted to weigh too deeply into the issue of race because no one wants the jurors to feel pressure one way or the other...

Please get an officer over here, is his response. seen ill will and hatred necessary because you want to kill somebody because you hate them? please, please get an officer over here. twice. let me know if he does anything else. twice. okay. well, it makes sense. thats i think probably what theyre supposed to ask. and then the person hearing that says, okay, or does something to let me know if he does anything else. these assholes, they always get away. his words. listen to the tape. i have a tap...