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>> theres a real suspicious guy. looks like hes up to no good. >> someone screaming help. theres a gunshot. >> theres a black guy down. it looks like hes been shot and hes dead. >> he sat up and looked and said youre going to die tonight. and i pinched his arm and i grabbed my gun and fired one shot. >> we dont have anything to dispute his claim of self-defense. >> were hearing that another young black man is killed and nothing is going to be done. >> this was the tensest situation id ever walke...

One of the most recognized men in america today? david mattingly puts it all in perspective in this investigation into the case and the trial that riveted a nation. >> theres a real suspicious guy. looks like hes up to no good. >> someone screaming help. theres a gunshot. >> theres a black guy down. it looks like hes been shot and hes dead. >> he sat up and looked and said youre going to die tonight. and i pinched his arm and i grabbed my gun and fired one shot. >> we dont have anything to dis...

When prosecutor john guy recreates the fight with a life size dummy and puts martin on top. >> as the defendant described it to you -- >> its a stunning flip-flop. >> they came in with all the range of witnesses and said what? they said that george zimmerman was really on top. and then when that completely fell apart almost towards the end of the trial when they had that dummy presentation, what did they have? they had george zimmerman on the bottom. never even gave the jurors a hypothetical tha...

Inadvertently helped his sons killer. in a surprise, the defense puts martin on the stand. and he does his best to push back. >> if i didnt tell him no, that wasnt trayvon, i think that i kind of pushes away from the table and just kind of shook my head and said i cant tell. >> so your words were i cant tell. >> something to that effect. but i never said no, that wasnt my sons voice. >> the defense then tries to prove martin is the aggressor in the fight. the man on top. >> so, youre saying tray...

I heard gunshot. hurry. theyre outside my house. >> im pretty sure the guys dead out here. holy [ bleep ]. >> zimmerman shoots martin in the chest. the bullet hits his heart. >> and i just pinched his arm and grabbed my gun and fired one shot. >> martin is not breathing and police cant revive him. searching his pockets they find a pack of skittles and a can of fruit punch. george zimmermans nose is broken. police take his gun and he told them he pulled the trigger because he feared for his life....

>> he also defends his star witness saying rachel jeantel may not have been eloquent, but that doesnt make her a liar. >> her using colorful language doesnt mean her testimony is less credible. just because shes not the highly educated individual. >> sunny hostin believes its much-needed damage control. >> there wasnt anything about rachel jeantel that seemed not credible. you dont get to choose your witnesses as a prosecutor. so witnesses that are out at 3:00 a.m. watching someone get killed, i...

Cant keep the secrets anymore. sanford doesnt have secrets anymore. were letting pandora out of the box. >> weve had some break ins in my neighborhood. theres a suspicious guy that looks like hes up to no good. >> the retreat at twin lakes is a gated community of condos, a place recently troubled by break ins. 28-year-old george zimmerman calls it home. trayvon martin is just a visitor, staying with his dads girlfriend for a few days while hes suspended from school. >> this guy, is he white, bla...

Enforcement is always pro gun control, too. >> so there is that tension, too. >> now you have eric holder talking about looking at stand your ground. >> the florida legislature, which is very conservative -- >> and eric holder is not the poster child for the florida legislature. >> eric holder, one of the most disliked members of the obama administration by republican legislators. its just not going to happen. its not going to change. >> him saying that to the naacp in orlando, that ensures -- t...

The federal government relooking at stand your ground -- >> zero. the florida legislature which is very conservative, rick scott -- >> eric holder is not the poster child for the florida legislator. >> youre talking about eric holder, one of the most disliked members of the obama administration by republican legislato legislators. its just not going to happen. its not going to change because of the politics. >> him coming out and doing that and saying that to the naacp, that enas you weres, i me...

Lost. now lets look at how the defense won. two major areas to focus on. first, tone is king. thats what my mom told me throughout growing up. throughout the trial and especially during closing, we heard a dramatic difference between defense attorney mark omara and prosecutor bernie de la rionda. were not the only ones who noticed it. even omara pointed it out in his closing. >> does it really help you decide this case when somebody who is not george zimmermans voice screams at you or yells at y...