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>> you certainly -- had to hope that was your son screaming, even before you heard it. correct? >> i didnt hope for anything. i just simply listened to the tape. >> uh-huh. >> and in your mind as his mother, there was no doubt whatsoever that it was him screaming. correct? >> absolutely. >> what a moment in the trial there. joe davis, let me ask you about this approach by mark omara, the defense attorney there. did he make a mistake there by seeming to underestimate the slidty, the power of the ...

>> you certainly hope as a mom, you certainly hope that your son, trayvon martin, would not have done anything that would have led to his own death, correct? >> what i hope for is that this would have never happened and he would still be here. thats my hope. >> absolutely. and now dealing with the reality that hes no longer here, its certainly your hope as a mom, hold out hope as long as you can, that trayvon martin was in no way responsible for his own death, correct? >> i dont believe he was. ...

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Later for the defense. >> do you know whose voice that was screaming in the background? >> yes, sir. >> and whose voice was that? >> my son, george. >> and earlier defense attorneys cross-examination was interrupted after just a few words. >> we apologize for your loss. >> improper. >> im sorry. >> trying several times unsuccessfully to get martins mother to consider the possibility that zimmerman was the person screaming. >> if you were to listen to that tape and not hear your sons voice, that ...

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I thought that i was clayton for a second. >> it happens all the time. >> take it away. >> yesterday the prosecution rests their case in the george zimmerman trial and the defense began. interestingly, both ended and started in a similar way. watch. >> maam, that screaming or yelling, do you recognize that? >> yes. >> and who do you recognize that to be, maam? >> trayvon benjamin martin. >> do you know whose voice that was screaming in the background? >> yes, sir. >> and whose voice was that? >>...

Voice, correct? >> had i not heard my son screaming, is that what you are asking me? >> yes, maam. >> i heard my son screaming. >> zimmerman pleaded guilty to second degree murder. >> i heard him yell, not like that, but yes. >> the state rested their case. the older brother. >> i believe trayvon martin was alive for one to ten minutes after he was shot. >> reporter: concluded martin was not killed instantly. >> he can still feel pain? >> yes. >> reporter: defense challenged him to revise it one...

Son, trayvon martin, would not have done anything that would have led to his own death, correct? >> what i hope for is that this would have never happened and he would still be here. thats my hope. >> absolutely. and now dealing with the reality that hes no longer here, its certainly your hope as a mom, hold out hope as long as you can, that trayvon martin was in no way responsible for his own death, correct? >> i dont believe he was. >> i know. and thats the hope that you continue, correct? >> ...

Of the worst things you went through to listen to that tape? >> absolutely. >> if it was, in fact, your son screaming as you testified, that would suggest that it was mr. zimmermans fault that led to his death, correct? >> correct. >> and if it was not your son screaming, if it was, in fact, george zimmerman, then you would have to accept the probability that it was trayvon martin who caused his own death, correct? >> i dont understand your question. >> okay. if you were to listen to that tape a...

That thats their son screaming on the tape. so i think theyre going to look outside of that and look at the actual evidence of the tape itself and the surrounding circumstances of george zimmermans own statements. if these jurors do not believe george zimmermans story, they will not believe thats him screaming on the tape. so theyre going to discount that completely. and on the other hand, if they dont believe that the state has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he did not act in self-defen ...