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Reasonable? because i kind of heard in omaras closing that as long as you have any doubt, is was self-defense, then youve got to acquit george zimmerman. >> well, and not any doubt, but a reasonable doubt for sure. and its the prosecutions burden to not only prove their case in terms of a second-degree murder, but also disprove that george zimmerman was justified. they have to disprove that he had a reasonable belief in his own eminent death or great bodily injury. and so its a burden for the pr...

Darkening around the eyes. sadness in the mouth. depleted body language that says volumes but i dont believe the jury will look at him and find contempt or liking sarcasm or arrogance. i dont see that in george zimmerman. he doesnt portray that. im sure the jury is feeling the same thing. jon: our esteemed counselors were telling us as we watch the trial underway, had he been their client they would have him sitting up and not slouching so much, because at the center of this is a teenage boy who...

Demonstrative aids and minimize theory effectiveness by how he talked to the jury about them. i thought it was brilliant by the prosecutor. >> marcia, your view of the two contrasting on those particular items we showed. >> you know, to me, its kind of a lesson to be learned there is such a thing as a bridge too far when it comes to the demonstrative exhibits. a little bit is good. can be very effective to punctuate the important points. and then you tibb overboard and you turn into disneyland. ...

Because george zimmerman mind set becomes very important as he got out of the car about the things that he said. as you recall, those are the first things that john guy said at the beginning of his closing in rebuttal. >> he did certainly. mr. crump, i want to quote to you defense attorney mark omara. he said this. this is a young man who used the available items from his fists to the concrete, to attack george zimmerman. once again, sir, i have to ask for your reaction to that, because this was...

I scratched my head. maybe that was not the proper legal thing to do. of course, this case has been about race. you pointed it out several times in the past couple weeks. surely the idea of being able to get justifiable homicide in a situation when there are minor injuries has to be predicated if they can get it on this idea that these women might agree with the idea that fighting a black man in the dark would be very scary for any individual and the next blow could possibly be fatal. >> that wa...

Both may have been effective, but how did it play to the jury? the panel is back with me. faith, we saw animations and graphics from the defense, and more emotion from the prosecution. what approach was more effective? >> well, the defense obviously doesnt have the emotion on their side in this case, and thats why you saw omaras closing arguments really lacked the drama throughout it. and he made a point of trying to paint trayvon as this very scary individual. he brought out the cardboard figur...

Wannabe, not one. they may want you to assume that it would seem. and you would have to assume it because you cant find it. so you have to assume this neighborhood watch guy was just some crazy guy walking the neighborhood looking for people to harass. except thats an assumption without any basis in fact whatsoever. not one. another note from mr. guy. if im wrong about that, let me tell you, lets show the point where mrs. jones said i was scared about him, i didnt like the fact that he kept circ...

Then he made an analogy. he said, imagine the situation were reversed and trayvon martin was the shooter and he was on trial and george zimmerman were the victim and we all know what the verdict would be, implying it would be guilty. then he said this case is not about race. i was kind of scratching my head about that because i thought the point of that story was that it is about race. >> well, sooem eema, what do yoe of that? >> i agree with my friend lisa here. it was almost inappropriate and ...

Brief moment about the prosecution sort of hanging their closing words on the notion of heart and at one point john guy said to the living we owe respect, to the dead we owe the truth. urging the women of the jury to look in their hearts and find the truth that apparently they know is in there. >> absolutely. it was a very emotional -- it was almost sermon-like. unlike mark omara, it was very methodical. he was almost giving a sermon. in the end he said trayvon martin is 16 years and 22 days for...

Other things that if you combined them with that grainy 7-eleven photo, the photo of 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 underst...