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Casually and conversationally, a folksy manner as opposed to the fiery moments bernie de la rionda, the prosecutor yesterday. so george zimmerman there standing up next to mark o'mara. tried to humanize his client, the defendant here charged with second-degree murder, who really has pretty much just sat there across the room from the jury this entire three week trial. pretty much not making many expressions. finally, mark o'mara got to show this jury that computer animation he tried so hard to get into the trial earlier this week, but the judge wouldn't allow it except for losing arguments as ...

And see how long that feels. it's incredibly demonstrative as was the computer animation. it's not evidence, but, boy, it's in the mind of these jurors, brad, let me go to you on that. how do you think the defense did with that? did it work? >> i think it did. it's always tricky when it come to computers and wught on animation. i like to get there early to make sure all my stuff works. so it was awkward at first when he was fumbling around with it. but it's extremely effective. if you look at people's attention span with facebook and twitter their attention span is 30 seconds. if you can't cap...

One of the most widely watched trials in years is now in the hands of the jury. george zimmerman faces a second degree murder charge in last year's shooting death of trayvon martin. the judge is allowing jurors to consider manslaughter as well. the jury has just been dismissed for the night, without a verdict. correspondent phil keating has the latest from sanford, florida. >> you can't fill in the gaps. you can connect the dots from the state attorney's office. >> reporter: george zimmerman attorney mark o'mara giving the jury one last arguments that the evidence of self defense far outweighs...

Second-degree murder. overall, i thought he could have done a better job putting forth and punctuating those issues that proved the case as opposed to raising questions for the jurors to answer. >> ken, you have done 35 murder cases in florida. tell what's you think. >> well, it was a good closing argument for the prosecution, but it was not a great one. i mean, these rhetorical questions is effective if used sparingly to show the jury that you're a minister of justice, you're not just a salesman. but he used so many of these question, leaving them unanswered, some of them, that i think it was...

You've heard, based on what you read, was there ill will, spite, hatred in his voice when he made that call -- >> craig, can i say i was shocked as a lawyer watching that that he was allowed to answer that question. that, to me, didn't seem like the sort of thing you ask a so-called expert. that would be left for the jury. >> and there have been a number of attorneys who said the same thing, michael smerconish. not just that question, a number of other questions, as well, that he was asked and allowed to offer an opinion on what would seem to be outside the boundaries of his area of expertise....