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They have to be prepared for. so it strikes many people as odd that no matter how the verdict plays out that white people or black people might riot and it shows that black people might strike out as bar beaear yanns d people think they were talking about black people here, and thats the difference. watching some of the social media, most people put it as a black-whitish u, and in some way its kind of profiling people who think that way. anyway, back to the subject at hand. lets talk about what ...

>> reporter: and again, you heard john guy saying there its a common sense case. thats something that he really wanted the jury to walk away with. >> george, there was a noticeable difference in each attorneys delivery from bernie de la rionda to mark omara and then to john guy with that rebuttal. what can it you tell us about the way the jurors respond and respond to each of these attorneys? are they receiving them as differently as the deliveries have been delivered, i guess? >> reporter: you ...

So i went back into the courtroom and the court officers directed me back to the fifth floor. i go to the fifth floor, chris and kate, and there is george zimmerman as i round the corner with his family. and i just look at him and say hello. they keep walking past me and they walk over a window and they look out. and then the prosecution team walks over as well. and then -- but they dont say anything to me. they dont get on the elevator with me. and as im walking down, the prosecution walks over...

That point? >> well, obviously, reverend al, it was a line. it was obviously designed to elicit emotion. and juror b-29, the juror from chicago, originally from chicago, with eight children, only one child over the age of 18, she wiped away a tear. i mean, it was very noticeable. she reached up and wiped the corner of her eye and the bottom of her eye twice to wipe away a tear. it definitely elicited emotion that i think john guy was trying to go for. >> all right, carl hightower, thank you so m...

And that wasnt lost upon the jury. i looked at them very, very closely, and some of them did seem shocked and offended almost by the words. >> i want to follow up -- >> reporter: at other times the jury seemed to be captivated by the defense, especially when defense attorneys pulled out a dummy in court to help illustrate the confrontation. >> i was very impressed when they stood up to get a birds eye view of when the actors, the lawyers were atop those dummies and trying to replicate or reprodu...

Attorney has to say. and i want to bring in one of my absolute favorite defense attorneys, the very fine defense attorney from florida, jane weintraub. jane, you and i have known each other a long time. i have great respect for your point of view. here is why i think this is so critically important and the prosecution could have made a lot more out of it. because the story that george zimmerman always told is that he is down on his back. trayvon martin is straddling him. trayvon martin sees the ...

Normal voice and then i know what its like to hear that same person screaming for their life, screaming in terror, screaming in pain. and so i think he brought a little bit of credibility that nobody else could. because who else has experienced that. and he listened to the tape and he said to me thats george zimmerman, and if you believe him, john, if you believe that sill s skill set, gives him unique knowledge. if zimmerman is the one screaming for help, then the self-defense claims stands, be...

Can go one of two ways, inconsistencies are inconsistencies or liar, liar pants on fire. the transcripts, tapes, all those come down to whether you think hes lying or cant tell the same story many times. the way he addressed it is he said look, the lead investigator, he believed it was credible because of his experience, and the state didnt call him. look at all the things the state didnt call. i had to call tracy martin. i had to call the lead investigator. that is a really, really damming indi...

Strateejically. what one lawyer does may be different than other styles, but mark omara and john guy, their information was very effective, they tied it all together. they pointed out very important things about this gun, this black gun and the inside holster not right to the side of him but kind of to his back. how in the world would trayvon martin ever see that where all the witnesses said it was very dark. we saw the pictures of how dark it was that night. he wasnt reaching for a gun. he didn...

Martin in self-defense or as a prosecutor john guy told the jury, quote, the defendant didnt shoot trayvon martin because he had to. he shot him because he wanted to. thats the bottom line according to him. >> i believe that the jury is going to dispense with the second-degree murder charge pretty quickly. i dont think that they established its burden in terms of showing depraved mind and ill-will. the manslaughter charge is what will keep them deliberating a longer because all they have to show...