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Trayvon with the shirt off and the gold takeaway grill in his mouth, all of that was painting the picture of a scary black man. and recall, defense are the one that put on the stand a woman who had her home broken into. they were the ones who said who was breaking into homes? these young black men. so race was brought into the trial. its just that -- listen to john guys accent. this is a southern man. he understands he is trying a case in the south. people sometimes forget florida is still the s...

Do. if i believe someone is guilty the right thing to do is that you give them the talk. excuse me. you give them -- excuse me. >> anyway. you give them the top. however, you never know what a jury is going to do. you believe hes guilty of murder then also guilty of manslaughter because of the issues in this case there is nudge wrong. >> wait a minute. wait a minute. >> if you believe in guilty you should not be arguing emotional arguments to a jury this, is not a game. no, no. >> as a prosecuto...

Deliberations for the day and will resume at 9:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow. theyve already asked the judge a question, in the short time since their deliberations began. they requested a list of all the evidence they were presented with and the judge arranged to have that list delivered. today we saw the dramatic conclusion of the case as the defense attorney mark omara presented his closing argument and prosecutor john guy gave the states rebuttal. >> so this is what happens in a criminal cas...

Most involvement, the most that matters in this whole situation is them, trayvon was their son, and if they can accept the rule of law, we ask that everybody else accept the rule of law. we have a right to assembly in our country. we have a right to peacefully protest, and we have always asked for peaceful justice. >> prosecution do it well? did they handle it well? >> i thought the prosecution brought it altogether. >> really. >> in the closing. >> in the closing. >> i really do. you cant reall...

Outweighs the lawyering in this case. >> i have to say, i have to say, i agree but only up to a point. >> he never fully agrees with me, craig, ever. >> i know. i think she is brilliant and insightful, but i have a different perspective on things because i do think that lawyers bring their own personality to the forum and to a jury and those things do make a jury. those things do make a difference. i know someone like me as a prosecutor probably would have done the case a little differently and ...

For rebuttal is that he got us to key phrases, catch phrases if you will, which will keep the jury reminded of what the prosecutions position is, and lets just go back to bernie de la rionda who did the initial summation, and in that summation he did not have the catch phrases. he wasnt thematic. he didnt have the theory of the case, and now we see that mr. guy did. things that will resonate with the jury that they can take back to the deliberation room. and get the last word. >> seema, do you t...

And showing how we, as a community, can evolve to do better and be better. to ensure that we have an opportunity to speak our piece, peacefully. >> reverend al, you were one of the leaders of groundswell of public support, the movement that was borne out of the anger and frustration of charges not being brought. there was a change.org petition that 2 million people signed. this was all nonviolent. what do you think about the potential for public safety and rioting? >> well, i frankly dont unders...

Theyre very, very effective. a good portion of the closing argument he used photographs of each witness and said something about each witness. and it was flashed on a screen before the jury. very effective. the computer animation, i did the first computer animation in the state of florida. the one he used not effective. fell flat. wasnt a good use of animation. but now in the response from the prosecutor, that was brilliant. he turned it around. he had the last word, which that is what he had, a...

This is the first time now theyve been able to get within their group and talk about their feelings, their thoughts about the case. they havent been able to do that before. but whats more important, too, this is really how they communicate and their personality styles. those that tend to be more ex textr extroverted tend to be more agreeable. i think the woman in her late 60 sincere going to be the anchor of this group. so behind closed doors, this is whats happening. >> holly hughes is also wit...

Have been truly vindicated, because with the inconsistency of zimmermans story, there clearly should have been a trial. and there clearly should have been an arrest. i think what the public said there, and the community there said was that the sanford police would have behaved differently had trayvon martin been white. no one said that zimmerman or anyone else should be tried just on race. we said the decision was made based on what the sanford community said, who had a litany of problems with t...