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Starts to put its witnesses or excuse me, when the defense starts to put their witnesses on the stand, who do you think we hear from? and at this particular point, any chance zimmerman takes the stand? >> i think the chances are very, very low. i'm sure his attorneys behind closed doors have said, we absolutely do not remind that you take the stand. why? there's no advantage for the defense. his story is already out there on video, the jury jurors have already seen it. why subject him to cross-examine that's going to tie him up in knots further. i want to give the defense perspective on this w...

Witness. what do you mean, they want to criticize him for 98%? they're the ones that called him. they didn't have to call him. they have a hard time in closing argument. as that 2% that's inconsistent, that when it goes to the jury. does the jury think that inconsistency is minor or do they think it is major? people don't have perfect memories. in this instance, is this something so significant to this jury that it really tests the credibility of the defendant? or will the jury think i can't remember what i had for lunch. perfect memories are sometimes a problem. don't want perfect memories in...

As well to talk more about this case. brian, race is an issue in this story. we know it is. what do you think about this jury? >> i think the fact that race is an issue in this case is very sad and it really is a reflection of some of the major problems we actually still have in our country even though it is 2013. that said, i think the jury is very interestingly made up of a lot of people from the community but for the fact they're all women. as a trial lawyer myself i'm not too comfortable with that i like a jury that is mixed. everybody brings something different to the table. and the fact ...

Earth do you cross examine these adore dorble children who were so young when all of this happened? >> it's really hard. as paul said, these kids are the ones that were there, they were at the forefront, and they were familiar with what michael jackson looked like, what he was eating, how his physical appearance was, medication that he took, and so from the defense perspective, what they have to do is just try to show that dr. conrad murray was the one who had direct contact with michael jackson and who decided that michael jackson should take propofol and that they had absolutely nothing to d...

Going to end up. how important is that in the mind of prosecutor or defense attorney picking a jury? >> starting out with the defense perspective, a lot of folks had thought maybe they're going to try to get out of seminole county because of all the intense pretrial publicity. they decided to stay in the county. i think the demographics is one obvious the reasons. where they go is going to be fascinating to watch. because there's a whole process, actually a protocol and formula that florida uses if either side prosecutor or defense strikes individuals of a special protective group. if that sta...