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They get back into the jury room, wolf, and they put their common sense hat on and their mother hat on theyre not going to go there. maybe they wont find this ill will, spite, hatred, though i think there is evidence of that quite frankly. but i cant imagine they wont find him culpable of something. >> as far as that manslaughter lesser charge as opposed to second degree murder, jeffrey, how significant is that decision by the judge to allow the jurors to consider the lesser charge? >> its enorm...

Presented it so there was no reason to put him on the stand, realizing hes already given five or six or seven statements that the jury can now consider. >> the state has asked for manslaughter and aggravated assault be included in the charges in addition to second-degree murder. a lot of analysts expected that to happen. why do you feel thats legally inappropriate? >> well, i dont think that the facts of the case support a manslaughter charge. i think the facts of this case support nothing but s...

Punks. the possible curer to says these phrases exhibit ill will on the part of zimmerman and those are necessary for a jury to convict of second degree murder. martha: the closing arguments are going to be fascinating. we know mark omara is not at the table. hes work on his closing argument. he has been a strong force for the defense. well get to watch that play out this afternoon. lot to come in sanford, florida. gregg: george zimmerman is charged with second degree murder. the state has to pr...

Hours in his closing. and then dont forget, everyone. the prosecutors get to do a rebuttal closing. because they have the last word. they have got the burden of proof. jeffrey, i know as a former prosecutor that was probably the one excellent thing that you always could look forward to. that you got the last word in front of the jury. >> huge. >> huge, right? it cant be overstated how huge it is to leave it hanging with the jury, your final narrative. stand by for a moment. when he come back aft...

But his act was intentional, it was not or reckless. she would be within her right in not giving manslaughter. martha: we heard the testimony from one of the police detectives that when she shared the information with george zimmerman that trayvon martin died he was shocked. could you say he did not have an intent to kill. he killed as a result of his actions and therefore manslaughter charge is valid? >> the standard is the depraved mind with ill will, spite or hatred and he caused the death. n...

Theyre talking about. in fact, he suggested the perfect gun to get. he describes in detail what part of the gun the victim touched. no dna. only the defendants dna. i guess that got washed away, too? or is it another lie that he tells? maybe the nine degrees, et cetera. at some point he goes i wasnt sure whether he was dead but then he holsters the gun. all right, lets talk about ill will in terms of one of the elements in terms of murder. dreams of hunting fugitives, those were some of the docu...

Other than thats how he feels? now, defense may get up here and tell you, oh, he was just angry. well, you decide. i would submit to you on behalf of the state of florida thats more than a little angry. thats frustration. thats kind of ill will, hatred, that youve made up your mind hes a criminal and youre tired of these criminals committing crimes. and, my god, hes not going to get away. [ muted ]. >> sir, what is your name? >> why was it necessary to, again, utter the words fing punk? if he ha...

Trial. the great seal is what the camera is showing now which means you are not missing anything. they are about to start up at any moment. in case you missed this, you must see it. because it is a critical part of the prosecutors closing argument. dont forget that one of the key things they need to prove in second degree is that there was some kind of ill will, hatred, spite or evil intent. how can you prove that? by suggesting that george zimmerman was a profiler from the beginning. have a loo...

Part of the accused demonstrating depraved mind without regard for human life, ill will and spite. so there are a lot of different element associated with that. well be explaining that a bit more. martha: well see the defense rest then it will be on to the closing arguments, and then the jury will get this case perhaps over the weekend. zimmerman is claiming self-defense. if hes found guilty of second degree murder he will face a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years. the charge is a first degr...

Yet all of that does not deter zimmerman. >> why does this defendant get out of the car if he thinks that trayvon martin is a threat to him? why? why? because he has a gun. he has the equalizer. he is going to take care of it. he is a wannabe cop. he is going to take care of it. hes got a gun. and my, god, its his community and he is not going to put up with it. >> and as you said, bernie de la rionda, using those words of george zimmerman where he says these blanks always get away, and these bl...