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Asked that several times the last several days. i'm 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 can't 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 it's unfortunate. i don't know her or didn't talk to her. but what i saw and what i see now is that she displayed an attitude, a personality that doesn't have credibili...

All that stuff we know is true does not lend itself to a guy trying to avoid trouble. >> but it doesn't lend itself to murder, either. the problem here is, as you say, the only person that really knows what happened, who can really speak to what happened and speak the truth, one would hope, is zimmerman who has every reason not to be truthful and not to be honest. >> right. >> i think as the prosecution picks away at stories and prior statements, i think you see that he has not been entirely honest in his description of what occurred, but all the defense has to do is raise a reasonable doubt. ...

Impossible to keep race out of it, but the evidence of rachel jeantel is controversial. you heard him being squaiting about her. what is your reaction to the young black woman in a very difficult situation that she didn't really want to be in? >> you know, i'm glad that you pointed out that this is a young woman who was in a difficult situation, that she didn't want to be in. one thing that the previous guest said that i completely agree with is that as a prosecutor, you don't get to pick and choose who your witnesses will be. we don't get to pick and choose who our victims are going to be, wh...

Trayvon martin's friend? >> you know, piers, i've been asked that several times the last several days. i'm 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 can't 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 it's unfortunate. i don't know her or didn't talk to her. but what i saw and what i see now is that she displayed...

And the right to self-defense is a law that existed in this country since the begin sglg we only have zimmerman's word for it -- >> true. >> that he was acting in self-defense. >> that's the problem. we only have zimmerman's word -- >> we can't hear from trayvon martin and him getting out of the vehicle, ignoring advice he's been given on the phone by the police to not follow him, all that stuff we know is true does not lend itself to a guy trying to avoid trouble. >> but it doesn't lend itself to murder, either. the problem here is, as you say, the only person that really knows what happened,...