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Prosecution has rested, whats missing in your view? how the state is laying out second degree murder that ca carried out by george zimmerman. >> theyve called witnesses, theyve made i think a stronger case for zimmerman than they have for against simmer man, some of the people theyve called, its astonishing to me. its almost as if they didnt know what they were going to say. >> so, its unintentionally the case. as if the prosecution was even surprised by what people were delivering. >> by their ...

>> can i respond further? >> no. i refer you to the rules. >> theres a lot going on with all the media and racial tensions. and to keep a tight courtroom is imperative. >> reporter: but she has a very different style from the judge in what was perhaps the most celebrated television trial of all. >> shes not lance ito from the o.j. simpson case. i think judge nelson has a firm control over this courtroom. shes very quiet about it. >> reporter: maria clash said she is more like the judge who presi...

Keep us in check with one another. for example, let me tell you about a florida law that this jury will listen to when evaluating testimony, the police officer, valerie rao, and others, this is what the judge will tell this jury in weighing the evidence. did the witness have an opportunity to see and hear what theyre testifying about? think about the witnesses that testified. did the witness have an interest in the outcome of the case? think about that. do you think rachel had an interest in the...

Star, great to have you back on the show. >> thank you. >> it really is a case i think dividing america and americans. everyone has an opinion, impossible to keep race out of it, but the evidence of rachel jeantel is controversial. you heard him being scathing about her. which many people have been. what is your reaction to the performance of that young black woman in a very difficult situation that she didnt really want to be in? >> you know, im glad that you pointed out that this is a young wo...

>> i was not in court today. i watched part of it and told mr. omara not too many days ago, his client is only hated by half the people. casey, apparently was hated by everybody. >> what do you think of the case? do you think that george zimmerman is going to get away with this? i dont mean that in the sense of hes an innocent -- a guilty man made innocent but will he get away with the fact that he did kill somebody without any punishment in the end? >> well, i dont know that, piers. the fact of...

In florida have guns. at least four members of the six women jury have family members who own guns and they may believe if you own one you have a right to defend yourself. >> having a family member who owns a gun is a lot different from owning a gun ones self. >> o.j. simpson got in a whole heap of new trouble. what are your thoughts on him today and whats happened to anymore >> when the trial ended and i wrote ant the trial, i wrote this little thing on the back cover and said we all get ours i...

Simpson case. you heard the debate there. its impossible to talk about this case without it turning into a race debate. you had exactly the same thing in the o.j. case. what is your take on the zimmerman-trayvon case? >> i think its a race case without question. it was made a race case and the defense played the race card when they introduced a statement made by trayvon when he referred to zimmerman as a cracker. so race is the case. >> how do you see it playing out? obviously florida has a part...

The apparent pressure. remember that in florida we have a grand jury. she could have given this case to a grand jury, but she did not do that. shes an elected official and we have to put this all in perspective. >> let me jump in. do you accept, having said all this, that had george zimmerman simply stayed in his vehicle, he had already rung the authorities, they told him not to pursue trayvon martin. if he had just stayed where he was, the police had turned up, they would have established trayv...

>> you know, piers, ive been asked that several times the last several days. im reminded of a prosecutor that made a closing argument in the first murder case i tried 40 years ago, and his words were to the effect you cant necessarily pick your witnesses, it would be nice if you could walk around with 20 nuns, so that anything that happened you would have 20 nuns to testify for you. now this is what the prosecutor got. they have to deal with her. i think its unfortunate. i dont know her or didnt...

Its so rare as we talked about to find and solve a stranger murder, and in this case, we actually were able to do that. im not going to say that every t is crossed and every i is dotted but the police are completely convinced he acted alone, and that he is the perpetrator. so, this family has some resolution as of right now. we will, of course, be following this until the trial comes to a conclusion. >> star, you did a terrific job in raising awareness. >> im very glad we had an opportunity to d...