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Vehicle. but this will not be the last time a jury will consider this case in court. after last week s verdict was announced, florida state attorney angela corey vowed to dunn again on the outstanding charge of murder in the first degree. joining me are marcus mabry, the new york times editor of the new york times lead blog, seema eyre, a former prosecutor for the bronx d.a. office, khalil mohammad, and igor volsky, managing editor of thinkprogress.org. seema, i have to come to you, and ask, the dunn jailhouse letters, the one that i just read in the setup, let me read a little bit from another one in which dunn talks about thug culture. he says, i m really not prejudiced against race, but i have no use for certain cultures. this gangster rap ghetto-talking thug culture that certain segments of society flock to is intolerable. now, the prosecutor, john guy, ....
People are asking if corey mishandled the case. and some are also asking why letters that dunn wrote from jail weren t talked about in court. in one letter he wrote, quote, i m not really prejudiced against race, but i have no use for certain cultures. this gangster rap, ghetto-talking thug culture that certain segments of society flock to is intolerable. dunn also wrote, quote, i just got off the phone with you, and we were talking about how racist the blacks are up here. the more time i am exposed to these people, the more prejudiced against them i become. these comments are explosive. they generated a lot of passionate debate. but the jurors never got to see those letters. joining me now, a former u.s. attorney kendall coffey and criminal defense attorney john buroughs. ....
Thug culture that certain segments of society flock to is intolerable. now, you have talked about that there was a way that these prosecutors could have responsibly and this judge responsibly could have introduced the concept of racial bias into the conversation in a way that could have given the jurors more of an opportunity to say, you know, maybe we need to see this from a different per spect pif. sure. and the most obvious would have been in response to the defense witnesses who said, michael dunn is gentle and peaceful. that s what the jurors heard over and over again from a series of witnesses. at that point, the prosecutor should have leapt to their feet on cross examination, waved the letters around. are you aware he said, for example, the more i get to know those people, referring to african-americans, the more prejudiced i am? the prosecutor should at least have attempted to call his neighbors, who are on videos online on globalgrind.com, saying that he use the n word ove ....
Cultures. this gangster rap, ghetto talking thug culture that certain segments of society flock to is intolerable. to his daughter he says, this may sound a bit radical, but if more people would arm themselves and kill these expletive idiots when they re threatening you, eventually they may take the hint and change their behavior. i m sure we re all going to be accused of race baiting, but those comments go to a certain bias that this person had when he potentially saw those four young men, heard that music. it sounds to me like that triggered something for him. well, i think also, karen, unlike the zimmerman case where we sort of talked a lot about race and wasn t really sure if he profiled him or he was black or whatever. here we have specific evidence of this man making very, very racist comments. the one thing i would say about what s happening in america right now and michael dunn s fear of the young black male is ....
These people, the more prejudiced against them i become. and, quote, this gangster rap ghetto talking thug culture that certain segments of society flock to is intolerable. these phone calls and letters are shocking, but none of them were part of the trial. the judge ruled they were irrelevant because they came after the shooting. but prosecutors say they ll pursue a new trial. does that mean we could see a new ruling? what about new arguments, new strategies? how will both sides adjust to a new jury? joining me now are former prosecutor faith jenkins, florida criminal defense lawyer ken padowitz, and former prosecutor marcia clark. she is also the author of killer ambition. thank you all for being here. thank you, reverend. thank you. thank you. faith, let me good to you first. lawyers may understand why the ....