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You know, in the robert blake case, i didn't want him -- i was his lawyer at the time. i didn't want him to interview with barbara walters and he insisted. during his trial the prosecutor brought that in. he didn't testify because he didn't have to. he protested his innocence on the tape and was acquitted. in the michael jackson case, the prosecution brought in the martin bashir interview with michael jackson. i didn't have to put him on and subject him to cross-examination either and he was acquitted as well. right now i think the question is do you hold george zimmerman responsible for a ser...

Holds up a picture with a bullet wound through trayvon's heart, talked about his heart. if there's any strength to the prosecution case, jake, it's that these jurors may say, yeah, it could have been self-defense but ultimately we're all mothers or we're pet owners and the child died here. what is this case really about? a child who died and we have to hold someone responsible. so i thought guy of all the prosecutor was the most effective. far more effective than bernie de la rionda yesterday. >> tom, what do you think were the key themes from both sides today? >> well, i think the key themes ...

Says i have to defend myself from a situation i created. i thought mark o'mara's chart on reasonable was very effective. it's the same chart i used in the michael jackson trial and i borrowed it from johnnie cochran who used it in the o.j. simpson trial. you go up the scale, is it probably guilty? guilt is certain, guilt is likely. you show how all of these very strong burdens of doubt are lower than proof beyond a reasonable doubt. it's responsibility versus reasonable doubt as i see the case. >> we've heard over and over from the prosecution that trayvon martin was unarmed the night he was k...

Discussion and civil discussion about this case. >> or even loud discussion. i mean, demonstrations in this case would not be unusual at all. we're expecting whatever side win, we're expecting there will be people on the other side disappointed and think the case was waged in too political a manner. jeffrey toobin, we heard earlier from somebody representing the sanford government, basically cautioning people not to demonstrate in a way that is violent. and don lemon, one of our cnn anchors, said that he was taken aback by that, that as an african-american man he thought that was sending the s...

Of concrete. do you think that that had an impact on the jury? >> well, i think the argument is really right interest for the jury to consider, and this is one of the great paradoxes of this case, something i've wondered about from the beginning. we all know that george zimmerman suffered some injuries and he had a bloody head and a bloody nose. the defense has been saying from the beginning that's because trayvon martin was pounding his head against the concrete. but were these injuries really very serious? was that concrete really very damaging to george zimmerman? you know, he was not serio...