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Social media. but they didnt do it. so i think the prosecutors will go back and look at what they did. and they have to find a lot of mistakes that they made. you know what? they cant appeal. they have simply lost. >> there is a reason why african-americans are underrepresented. not only on this jury but on almost every jury in america. thats because a felony disenfranchisement laws which means convicted felons cannot serve on juries. in some states, thats as many as one in three or one in four ...

They never seemed to come back at witnesses even when they put them on. they didnt have much of a follow yum. the first time you saw a passion about the case was at the end. when john guy came out and gave that passion. it hnlt been followed, had not been predated by a passionate defense of the evidence. one of the things. we talked about the t. how did they get from here to there? that was never brought up in the trial. there were so many times you wondered, are they really trying that hard? yo...

At witnesses even when they put them on, and the witness turned out to be more of a defense witness. the first time you saw a passion about the case was at the end when john guy came out and give that passionate sermon, but it hadnt been followed by -- or predated by a passionate defense of the evidence or a passionate statement, one of the things we all talked about here was this 25 feet or so from this t where the fight started to where the body ended up. how did they get from here to there, t...

At witnesses even when they put them on, they didnt seem to have much of a follow-up. the first time you saw a passion about the case is at the end when john guy came out with that passion, almost a sermon, but it hadnt been predated by a passionate defense of the evidence. one thing we all talked about here was this 25 feet or so from this "t" where the fight started to where the body ended up. how did they get from here to there? that was never brought up in the trial. there were so many times...

Do not read or listen radio, television or newspaper reports about the case. do not use any type of an electronic device to get on the internet to do any independent research about the place, people, places, things or terminology and do not read or create e-mails, tweets, social networking pages about the case. >> while they spend the night at a local hotel, the notes are locked up. the six women are carrying plenty around in their heads. >> reporter: for weeks the jury of six women has been a c...

Prosecution has to disprove it beyond a reasonable doubt. in addition to proving all the elements of their case. so its a very high burden. and i just dont think they met it in this case. >> prosecutor john guy he mentioned specifically and did not want the jury to forget, in this case, at the center of it, theres a dead teenager. lets listen to that. >> was that child not in fear? when he was running from that defendant. isnt that every childs worst nightmare, to be followed on the way home in ...

It was very telling. it showed how into this they were, how they were watching a tennis match. >> reporter: jurors were especially engaged when the mothers of both trayvon martin and george zimmerman testified. five out of six jurors are married and almost all of them have children. prosecutor john guy keyed into that here. >> was that child not in fear when he was running from that defendant? isnt that every childs worst nightmare to be followed on the way home in the dark by a stranger? isnt t...

Talk about. talking is a no-no outside the jury room. judge nelson today reading them a long list. >> do not discuss the case amongst yourselves or anybody else. do not read or listen to any television or news reports about the case. do not use any type of electronic device to get on the internet to do any independent research about the place. and do not read or create anything about the case. >> in addition, while they spend the night at a hotel, their notes are in the jury room. these six wome...

I had to call the lead investigator. that is a really, really damming indictment against the prosecution. >> when john guy did the close he referred to trayvon martin as a child but the defense painted him as a dangerous teenager. sunny, how do you think the jurors reacted to that? >> while mark omara did good, he did a good job on his closing, john guy hit it out of the park. he did great. if people were calling him mcdreamy before mark geragos, they are calling him perfect. the jury was river ...

Their head could at least start, set the early tone of the deliberations? >> i do. i think its a great question, john. what i think it is is the words of john guy the prosecutor said on his hands, blood on his hands. they will remember that. they will remember the autopsy photos of trayvon martin, that lifeless body laying there on the grass. i think theyre going to remember the prosecutor when he says that trayvon martin was walking home and that it was a childs worst fear. i think its importan...