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Off. i said i want to help her. we have a foundation that helps students in historically black colleges and universities. the tom joyner has been around and raised $65 million to that end. we have done -- we have done full-ride scholarships before. i dont remember if you know the case of wilson a few years ago in georgia. he was convicted of rape and the law said that any underaged girl who had sex with anyone of any age could be convicted of rape. they since changed that law and he got caught u...

Cross-examination that every witness can expect to get in a courtroom because thats a tough place to be and it takes precision, questions and it takes precision answers and she cant just kind of engage in a narrative wondering around as she can frankly on a talk show. having said that, it was very -- we got a lot of insight into her last night in your interview because she was able to talk and say what she wanted to say in a more relaxed setting. i think the lesson of the trial is that it is a v...

Years of our injustice or even i would say as, in my opinion, as a black man having faith in the justice system. i mean, i believe thats where the tension originally came from when we were all introduced to the trayvon martin case and where it ended. we still dont have faith in the justice system. >> do you think that zimmerman racially profiled trayvon martin? >> i do. i believe so, because we all have issues with prejudice, and i think as a nation were afraid to own up to it. when you think ab...

Just not some of the witnesses they put on and a lot of things just didnt ever sense to me on that. >> what is interesting to me about that response from david is there is a theory on the o.j. simpson case a mainly black jury acquitted a black man. in this case, predominantly white jury acquitted a white/hispanic man. do you think, though, that race is that important in a jurys decision making from your experience. is it human nature? >> in a general sense -- >> in a general sense but leaning, a...

And get her ready for the sats test and then entered into college, but we are going to do that. we help students in historically black colleges. i told her she can go to any historical black college she wants to, particularly in florida. >> it would be a great thing, tom. >> she wants to go into criminal justice. >> which may be a fantastic thing for her to do. thank you for joining me and i wish you the very best in helping rachel. thank you. >> thank you. rachel jeantel and the "n" word, rea...

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 harm and that therefore he had a right to self-defense and thats why they acquitted him. angela corey, i want to say one ot...

Nothing to don west because my parent taught me better. thats an adult. you dont have the right to disrespect an adult. dont curse. okay. i did give attitude. >> joining me now is george zimmermans attorney mark omara. mark, welcome to you. congratulations on your victory because from a legal point of view you particular personally waged an extremely good defense of your client, and you got the result that obviously he wanted. >> thank you. >> it would be childish to say otherwise. in terms of r...

Couldnt use stand your ground, and she was found guilty, and is serving 20 years in prison. now when you compare that to what george zimmerman did, he killed a young teenager unarmed. where is the equalness, the fairness in this system? >> well, and piers, i think -- that -- >> let me ask gloria, first, if you dont mind richard. >> i was going to say the boggles the mind and doesnt ever sense and here we have in the case you described an allocation by a victim of domestic violence that in fact, ...

Trayvon like and described trayvon as her best friend and they talked about any and everything but you didnt say what do you want to do in life? thats when the lightbulb went off. i said i want to help her. we have a foundation that helps students in historically black colleges and universities. the tom joyner has been around and raised $65 million to that end. we have done -- we have done full-ride scholarships before. i dont remember if you know the case of wilson a few years ago in georgia. h...

Youre a jury consultant because the jury clearly wrestled with this a long time, over 16 hours. it clearly was an emotional decision for them and in the end, most legal experts would say they applied the letter of the law of self-defense that applies in florida and indeed around america and the prosecution failed in their case. >> well, and i think thats true. i mean, the truth here is that we spend our time looking at the psychology of human judgment, and jurors dont necessarily understand the ...