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>> so it should come as no surprise to anyone who has been watching the news or even listening to casual observers that there are serious disparities on the basis of race in the criminal justice system. both at the charging stage where the charges are levied and all the way through to sentencing. that shouldn't be shocking. the fact that it is being raised in such a blatant way in this particular case is actually newsworthy. judge ellis -- >> you're saying this is even worse than what someone familiar with how racist the system can be? >> likely because of the political overlay. this is not yo...

Defendant has no criminal history, that there was no violence used and so on and the defendant is not the leader of an organization and also that the defendant has disclosed everything he knows to the prosecutor. butch that but that's applied at the time of sentence. the attorney is saying he's going to disregard the mandatory minimums, disregard that remedial law that congress put in place answered sted instead s will make that decision at the charging stage when you know very little about a defendant right after he's arrested and many of those criteria may not be met. >> so you support the i...

Ground. zimmerman told police he acted in self-defense. in florida, there is such a thing called stand your ground law which you heard angela corey take a question about. let's get to some analysis of this from on the record host greta van susteren. thank you for being here. the preamble took a while but we got to second degree murder, the charge in this case. >> a little bit of -- we got a lecture in what the job of a prosecutor is, and shouldn't tried in the media. i suppose we all know that and if it's helpful maybe she wanted to tell everybody that. this is predictable. murder in the secon...