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Go on for awhile and cant come to a conclusion? >> it is always case-by-case and depends on the facts and evidence presented to them. i think the real question is whether or not prosecutors are punished in cases where outside evaluators feel like well, that case was overcharged. and you are adding too many charges to a jury to give them something to eval weight. but in a case like this -- to evaluate. in a case like this i dont think that the prosecution is going to be punished for overcharging ...

An entire state attorney, staff. that is not the state attorney for seminole county. she is based in jacksonville. had to move her staff and bring her prosecuting team in because the local state attorney recused himself in the case. all sorts of expenses. not to mention the extra expense of not just the sanford police but also the seminole county sheriff and florida law enforcement officials guarding the whole complex. >> a sense to want them to get it done so they dont want them to have more ex...

Earlier with family members and the lawyer of the family who said this they went to church today. im an religious person, but i so appreciate that they went to a place where they could reflect, bring themselves closer to god and perhaps hopefully find a way it move forward. >> aiesha, what do you think this case is going to mean for broader lasting -- for the broader lasting impact on race relations in america? >> that is such a big question. i think what this case has done has highlighted like ...

Enough to say only self-defense. i was not impressed with the prosecution. the defense attorneys did a great job. in fact, if this case was flipped on side of the head, the defense lawyers were playing defense. i never thought they were in the game in a real way. >> paul, one thing that struck me as we watched this unfold, particularly in high profile cases like this a, theres a certain graciousness that comes out of both fights. i fought the good fight. you disagree. obviously as the prosecutor...

Effective as it could be. you can make all of the flat tudes you could, but this time i think it really didnt work. >> what is your headline, amy holmes? >> craig, i cant even tell you how upset i am about this case and that verdict last night. my line is that unfortunately, in this country, if you are a young black male, you do not get the benefit of the doubt. and if i had children, i would tell them what my parent tell me. that most people are trying to dot right thing but some people arent. ...

To get a settlement in a civil case or a plea gar bargain in a criminal case they will encourage that. there are more cases waiting. an important point about the cost. after the cases are done we find out from the public information officers what the costs were. i would say well in excess of a million dollars to the county just to try this case. >> kerry, let me bring you back in as well. as we talk about preparations and having to prepare your client, you talked to the family, didnt you, in the...

At witnesses even when they put them on, they didnt seem to have much of a follow-up. the first time you saw a passion about the case is at the end when john guy came out with that passion, almost a sermon, but it hadnt been predated by a passionate defense of the evidence. one thing we all talked about here was this 25 feet or so from this "t" where the fight started to where the body ended up. how did they get from here to there? that was never brought up in the trial. there were so many times...

Presented with, the actual case from the prosecution -- i had watching the case these moments of thinking, it feels like theres something missing here but i didnt -- honestly, the first time i saw something feels amiss here was tonight. when the state attorney came out after this verdict, a verdict of not guilty, a verdict with whatever her own beliefs were, clearly she lost this case, in a mood that was odd. it was almost gleeful, thanking all around, victorious in its position. i have to say t...

>> laura: well, chris, my take on this is, look, if something happens and the police hadnt appealed for calm, i guess that means jesse jackson is racist which he tweets that everybody should not -- you shouldnt celebrate and you shouldnt riot. why did jackson tweet that. >> is he racist. and the black ministers in that area calling for calm are racist as well. this is a ridiculous statement. and this notion that this is somehow fear mongering is even worse. it makes no sense. law enforcement exi...

She is in charge and she calls the shots and has a right to ask that on the record. in the event he a polls and said i didnt know i had the right to testify or not testify. she has to get that herself, not from the lawyer. >> she made a point of mentioning if the jury is sequestered and she wanted to move the case along and clear and direct about that point. the defense was upset about the pace of the trial and she was so frustrated that she walked out at 10 oclock and turned the lights off out ...