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Now evidence that i believe uncontroverted evidence that supports my clients content that he acted in self-defense, that includes, of course, the most recent witness, mr. root. it includes dr. di maio and his expert testimony in regards to the gunshot and the other information concerning the injuries my client suffered. we also have a number of voice witnesses, if you will, those witnesses who have come back and testified before this court that they had no issue whatsoever and were quite firm in...

Public defenders, i didnt see a lot of deference to the defense side of the bar. >> never. again, i can spar with lisa because weve been friends for a long time. >> absolutely. >> are you kidding me? judges all across this country give defense attorneys a hard time. theyre always on the side -- >> this is a hard time? >> waited, wait, wait. let seema finish. >> i am turning this over to patrick because he is a former prosecutor from philadelphia. are you kidding me? judges are always on your sid...

The fact is this, theres both direct evidence and circumstantial evidence that was put forth by the prosecution that really bolsters the prosecutions case, and thats why the judge ruled in their favor and against the defense in their motion to acquit. >> and paul, part of what seema -- excuse me, part of what lisa was saying is that several of the elements here are essentially undisputed. >> correct. >> that the individual is dead and that another individual shot him. so what were looking at wou...

Mistakes from the lawyers about twitter, for example. did you tweet something? they followed somebody on twitter you know, whether you advertise or somebody talked about you on social media, lawyers make mistakes like anyone else. im not going to assume anything from the question. >> paul, what did you think of the opening question, the beginning of the prosecutions rebuttal? >> i think its an important point to make in front of the jury, which is why theyve asked it. the issue is like lisa refe...

George zimmerman on the bottom. it a wash? >> no, its not. what i dont understand is dont people realize that during the wrestling, they could have switched positions? why isnt this being brought out? and i think its a reasonable explanation for the differing statements. >> right. and kendall, that is a good point, because john good testified he saw only about ten seconds of the fight that was taking place. and so you do have these sort of cancelling one another out questions about who was on to...

>> morning. >> dont really want to be here, do you? >> i guess it has to be done. >> sure. you were very reluctant to be involved in the case at all, correct? >> correct. >> how does an attorneys demeanor affect not just how the jury sees the attorney, but more importantly, how the jury views the witnesses? were back with iyer, joseph haynes davis, kendall coffey. does it seem like theyre maying a little good cop/bad cop, or this is a question of witness we like, witness were not so keen on? >> ...

Get the jury to dislike her. so i think what happens is as youre questioning a witness, depending on how its going, i think thats when you do your game plan and you manipulate her, you maneuver along the way. i dont think he was too hard on her. i think he did what he needed to do. i think he tried his best. and you know, with this particular witness, you either love her or you hate her. you either think she was authentic or you thought that she was rude. but it just depends on each and every ju...

Think senators mccain and schumer would do best to stay out of trying to persuade house republicans, because those are the two of the senators that house republicans like the least. >> right. >> if they want to get a deal done, chuck schumer and done, chuck seemer and john mccain arent the face of getting john boehner and eric cantor and others off the ball. >> jonathan makes a really good point, who the salesman is really does seem to matter, right? initially it was thought marco rubio was the ...

>> and seema, not to have you play social critic here, but this has actually gone beyond the jury. the jury is sequestered. theyre not seeing sort of all of the other stuff that is going on. >> sure. >> but on social media you had lo lo jones come out and tweet that she is like medea, the tyler perry character, that he dresses in drag. you had some really insulting things said about her as a person. >> right. some harsh, harsh criticism. and now can we please understand why rachel jeantel spent ...

Happened when they confronted each other. no one knows who threw the first blow. no one knows how it escalated. nobody knows. and no one can say that. and i think thats a very important point. and i think probably by the time he was questioning her at that moment, he probably just got so frustrated and was just wanting to pound that one point home. she didnt know if trayvon threw the first punch. she didnt know if it was zimmerman who did. she didnt know. and so what seemed to be aggressive migh...