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Criminal defense attorney. thank you both for being here tonight. >> good to be here. >> zachary, the defense bleeping punks was just slang. your testimony on this about ill will and spite. >> ill will and spite, sure. i think the jury is going to have an opportunity to view the totality of the circumstances, not just one phrase, but his whole course of conduct, the fact that he referred to them as a-holes, the fact that he talked about them being f-ing punks or worse, depending on how you hear ...

Will happen getting on the defense side of the case. >> bill: when good was cross-examined. did he -- did they make any inroads to his credibility? >> they did. they made a few inroads because he was not favorable clearly not somebody who likes lawyers lets put it that way. difficult witness for the prosecution and the defense. didnt want to give an inch. what that has resulted in is the defense has now put the theory of self-defense in front of the jury and florida law, once you present the the...

Acted with ill will or a depraved mind. >> thats why the prior 911 call, even the nonemergency calls are so important. he snapped that night, that that was it, he was angry already he was predisposed to being angry and taking out that anger and that anger happened to be this victim. thats what the prosecution has to argue. >> but for not everyone has been to law school, so youre going to stick around and when we come back in a couple of minutes some legal 101 questions about the law and about wh...

. all right from today. lead detective again. >> when mr. zimmerman said the words (bleep) punks. did he say it in a stretching loud a aggressive way the way it was recounted to you? >> no, sir. >> yesterday they asked him if he believed that mr. zimmerman was evidenting ill will and hatred and he said no. the prosecution tried to rehabilitate that today. judge alex is with me now. they are going back and forth because the prosecution heard damaging testimony from the detective when they tried t...

[ doorbell rings ] ...and let the good life in. did george zimmerman act with a depraved mind when he shot and killed trayvon martin? today a crucial witness was back on the stand. lead investigator chris serino, who questioned zimmerman multiple times. he took the stand with gripping testimony, shedding light on zimmermans state of mind the night he killed trayvon martin. the prosecution focused in on zimmermans own words, asking serino whether zimmerman acted with ill will and spite, two con...

And i said, well, as far as what youve said to me, if what youre saying is true,iss alwa somebody. and i said, well, as far as what youve said to me, if what youre saying is true,tss alwa somebody. and i said, well, as far as what youve said to me, if what youre saying is true,s always somebody. and i said, well, as far as what youve said to me, if what youre saying is true, yopg god meant you cant save your own life. >> and a lot of questions, too, about ill will, how george zimmerman spoke the...

Lets go back into the courtroom. >> you are speculating, correct? >> which question? >> all the questions he asked you you about whether you knew mr. zimmerman the defendant had ill will, hatred or angry at trayvon martin. you dont -- you arent able to get into mr. zimmermans mind, were you? >> no. >> you werent able to get into his mind as to why he followed this person, were you? >> only what he told me. >> so you didnt know what he was in his heart or his mind at the time he sought ought or t...

Whether it was him or somebody else, somebody would have heard it. >> someone potentially heard it because they came out and he said he seen them. >> right? >> he said he seen at least one person. >> right. he, the defendant, is claiming it was him. you cant say whether it was him or not, can you? >> im sorry, i dont understand the question. >> you cant say it was mr. zimmerman who was screaming for help. >> i cant say that, no. >> thank you, maam. >> just so were clear, i had you talk about whe...

Guys always get away. why is mr. zimmermans state of mind so important in this second-degree murder murder trial? >> this is everything. this is where the north pole and the south pole come together. we have it on the 911 tape, and now we have the same phrase heard again. this is a window into george zimmermans head. we cant take a knife and cut it open and look inside. but he is just provided us that transparency, where we know what he is thinking. and the prosecutions main thing they have to p...

Head at the time of the shooting. but you could hear omara, i want to get a little bit of the language so you can see for yourself. he is asking whether zimmerman seemed to have spite or ill will toward trayvon martin and officer sting elton is saying no. the jury is writing down notes, according to our in-courtroom produce are, during exchange. mr. omara has been doing this with other state witnesses as well. asking, did you see spite or ill will. did you see a bad attitude toward trayvon marti...