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Back the next day. didnt really expect that that verdict would come through. and when it came through, you know, you had people outside just in the front lawn here. the front lawn was divided by sort of a gate, a little fence, and you had people on one side very happy, you had people on the other not so happy. and heres the thing. in the press conference that was held, i was in there and i watched the defense team and the prosecutors basically explain their reaction to that verdict. this was rea...

Saying, this is absolutely second degree murder. you know, and then george, or mark omara saying on the other side that theres no ill will, hatred or spite and he repeated it over and over and over and. and you saw that so clearly in the style of the prosecutor, versus the style of oh, mare amp omara appealed to the intellect of the jurors, he said to them, this is the law and if you honestly take a emotion out of it, not that you are not going feel it, but do not apply it in your deliberations,...

Hatred or spite and he repeated it over and over and over and. and you saw that so clearly in the style of the prosecutor, versus the style of oh, mare amp omara appealed to the intellect of the jurors, he said to them, this is the law and if you honestly take a emotion out of it, not that you are not going feel it, but do not apply it in your deliberations, look at the self defense law as its written in the state of georgia, and he had a fantastic chart, do you think it could have been, might h...

Go back to sanford because thats where cnns george howell is. george, it was so late, it came so late, and i was up and watched you and it was terrific. but tell our viewers who might have gone to bed, what was it like right when that verdict was handed down? >> candy, this is interesting. lets just start with what we see back there. an empty parking lot. thats amazing because its been busy out here for several days. last night we saw a couple hundred protesters here. they all left peacefully. n...

Because the prosecution is speaking. lets watch and literature. >> due process for george zimmerman, that we would get all of the facts thanked details of this very difficult case before a jury and that we chose to do it that way because we felt that everyone had a right to know everything about this case. that for a case like this to come out i in in bits and pieces serves no good to no one. as mr. guy told the jury yesterday, to the living we owe respect, to the dead, we 0 the e truth. weve be...

She doesnt have a job where shes a -- supervisor, she was a director. there are two jurors that i felt were able to look through this logically and then together as a group, she was able to normalize them with their emotions. but i got concerned when i saw john guy, when he gave his closing argument, in the rebuttal, when i saw jurors starting to tear up. >> let me ask you about the fact that they were out about 16 plus hours. what does it say to you the longer the deliberations go on? is there ...

>> i put it 50- 50. i know a lot of people said the prosecutions didnt bear their burden. i dont know about. that this is a close call, because you know, it all came down to the closing arguments and the prosecutors did well. especially john guy with an emotional argument rebuttal and the jurors could focus on the self defense and say you know, it is unreasonable and it was not necessary to pull the trigger, the injuries were not that severe and the jury is asked to put themselves in the shoes o...

If you discharge your firearm, you are going to get a lot of support in florida. if you coupull a jury with no african-americans on it, you wont get people with the life experience of trayvon martin and his family. i never thought you had a case that was built for the martin family. it was never built to sympathize with their experience or with trayvon. the first time that the prosecution really brought home that emotional context for the death of this boy was in john guys closing. thats when he...

And we ask that you keep them in your prayers. at this time attorney crump will make a statement and then we will take a few questions. >> i am here along with the attorneys. sybrina fulton and tracy martin would like to thank the supporters throughout the nation and the world to everybody that attend ad rally, to the millions of people that signed petitions, to the prosecution, miss angela corey, mr. bernie de la rionda, attorney john guy and mr. rich manti and everybody from the prosecutors of...

What matters is what the jury that and i accept it. i dont know if that answered your question. >> mr. de la rionda, could i get your impression of the 2005 expansion of the floridas self-defense statutes? does this make your job harder? >> you know, self-defense has existed for a long time. and weve dealt with for a long time. i personally have tried, 10, 15 self-defense cases. theyre tough cases but we accept them. the law has not changed that much. stand your ground was a big thing but the la...