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After the verdict, a muted response. nothing on camera, just a paper statement void of any mention of racial tension. the president wouldnt want to be seen as coming down on one side or the other. but that doesnt mean he wont talk about it in the near future. for now, though, hell leave decisions about a possible federal case against george zimmerman up to attorney general eric holder. the first african-american to hold that post. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> a lot to talk about. with us tonigh...

Other or changing their minds. thats why they call it deliberation. you can have a system where everybody presses a button and you have a majority vote. >> how often is it that theres one holdout? b37 was saying at the end, there was really one person left who wanted some sort of a charge against george zimmerman, and that essentially they wore her down, in her opinion. >> its frequent. i see it a lot. i can think of a case i had in riverside county where i tried that case twice and it was a hun...

Argument or with an opinion itself. we expect something sometime in the fall. >> one of the most interesting things about this case is not just the stand your ground, but the issue that just drives me crazy is she was ordered not to speak about her testimony overnight with her lawyer. the judge actually insinuated themselves into the attorney-client privilege, which i think is outrageous. this whole case just shows exactly what weve been talking about for three weeks. angela coreys office prosec...

Clicks become different and youre forced to be there every sick single day, its a high pressure situation. the cost factor i always thought that the media should pick that up, because generally the reason youre sequestering them is to keep them isolated from the media. so ive always thought if the courts were smart, they would charge for the pool coverage or something like that. >> easy for you to say, mark. >> i dont take a position on that. its interesting when you have a jury like this, six p...

Given or their side has given. >> its important to say also, theres nothing improper about jurors trying to influence each other or changing their minds. thats why they call it deliberation. you can have a system where everybody presses a button and you have a majority vote. >> how often is it that theres one holdout? b37 was saying at the end, there was really one person left who wanted some sort of a charge against george zimmerman, and that essentially they wore her down, in her opinion. >> i...

Except for maybe that marisa alexander, in almost every case i tried, theyre almost always divided initially. thats why when youre picking a jury, its really more jury deselection. youre looking at who am i going to get in there thats got a strong enough way to drive the case? i always call them drivers. theres goats and sheep as one of my clients said. you want somebody that takes charge. other people will follow along. so thats how it usually happens. if you can pick that person who is going t...

Reasonableness of the d.a. a lot of them are very reasonable. >> she was offered -- she had a different attorney on the first trial, but they were offered a plea agreement, a three-year plea deal. she turned it down. >> three years in prison for trying to save her life. >> but look at the larger picture. the larger picture is your stand your ground law in florida. she thought she had the right to stand your ground. >> shes almost served three years, but its -- they talk about stand your ground. ...

This? >> no, theyre not victims! they were not hit! its surreal. >> she made them a victim. >> she can pretend that theyre victims. look, i love the american legal system. this is what i do for a living. but you watch a case like, this and the only response is despair. i dont have any great instigt. the idea that this case could have been prosecuted, prosecuted successfully, sentenced the way it was. >> who is the judge that didnt use -- there are ways to get around these mandatory minimums. jud...

If this was a pretty white woman, it never -- you wouldnt see 20 years. you just wouldnt. what weve been talking about, what ive been saying, it just wouldnt happen. youre not going to have -- it may be a situation where somebody pulls the trigger on a serial beater who beats all his babys mommas and doesnt hit nibble and shes white and doing 20 years, i would like to see that case. >> mark, heres the bottom line from our perspective. whether we agree with you or disagree with you, this woman is...

Him -- according to her. the jury didnt obviously believe it, and therefore she is in prison. it very, very disturbing. here in the trayvon martin case we didnt have trayvon martin, unfortunately, may he rest in peace because he was deceased, and the jury did believe that the final confrontation or the only confrontation, depending on your point of view was such that george zimmerman did use force, reasonable force under the circumstances that he was in imminent fear of death or great bodily har...