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And we will continue to stand and we will continue to wait for justice for jordan. >> there are a lot of good kids out there, a lot of good nephew, a lot of good grandsons. granddaughters. nieces. and they should have a voice that they shouldnt live in fear and walk around the streets worrying about if someone has a problem with somebody else. >> florida state attorney and lead prosecutor angela corey said the state planned to retry dunn on the first-degree murder charge. not only to seek justic...

Lead prosecutor angela corey said the state planned to retry dunn on the first-degree murder charge. not only to seek justice for jordan davis but get another conviction in the event the attempted murder convictions are overturned on appeal. corey also expressed concerns about the jury instructions in this case. >> one of the things weve had a lot of problems with are the jury instructions. theyre about to change. the justifiable use instructions on us again. they changed the manslaughter instru...

They changed the manslaughter instructions in the middle of the trial. >> joining me, phillip agnew of dream defenders. weve been speaking for a while on the program. talking about the work theyre doing, taking on stand your ground, criminal justice system in florida in the wake of tray jon martins death. how are you feeling about this verdict? >> chris, thank you for having me. its sad but were not disappointed at all. when you look at the cast of players in this case and many others cases in t...

Was responsible for. >> valencia voice. when the jury asked for clarification of instructions regarding manslaughter, were there nel narratives that he would be facing the lesser charges? >> my understanding was that they were confused about i a confusing jury instruction. i said to the judge mr. west first argued one day and before i started my closing the next day, that the manslaughter instructions is very confusing. i dont want to get into the legal part of it, are but if you look at it just...

Case. >> i never thought the prosecution had a clear theory on this case. the opening statement was over the top. it was highly emotional but they never gave any facts. at the time the prosecution witnesses turned out to be good for the defense. it was clear they wanted to win this case on negative way trying to suggest that mr. zimmerman was lying all the time and they had this narrative he was a highly, sophisticated, wanna-be cop. i thought the jurors would have a hard time believing this was...

Starting with you. what happened here? >> i never thought that the prosecution had a clear theory on this case. the opening statement they gave was over the top. it was highly emotional but there were no facts at the time, all the witnesses turn out to be good for the defense. it was pretty clear they want to win this on a negative way. trying to suggest that mr. zimmerman was lying. and they had this narrative that he was a highly sophisticated wannabe cop. that evidence never did come through....

Prosecution had a clear theory on this case. the opening statement they gave was over the top. it was highly emotional but there were no facts at the time, all the witnesses turn out to be good for the defense. it was pretty clear they want to win this on a negative way. trying to suggest that mr. zimmerman was lying. and they had this narrative that he was a highly sophisticated wannabe cop. that evidence never did come through. i thought jurors would have a hard time believing this is a highly...

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Are willing to acknowledge sometimes or that we want to admit. this is a tragedy like many other loss of children. it is just not one that george was responsible for. >> when the jury asked for clarification on the instructions regarding manslaughter was there nervousness that george would face the lesser charges? >> my understanding is that they were confused by a confusing jury instruction. i said to the judge, mr. west argued one day and before i started my closing the next day. that the mans...