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Prepare their appeal to the judge's decision. the attorneys claim hasan is defending himself in a way that will ensure he gets the death penalty. helping him do so would be unethical. meanwhile, more soldiers who witnessed the shooting took the stand today. captain brandy mason, who was wounded, told jurors she initially thought it was a training exercise. she said, quote, i continued to hear the gunshots and then something wet splashed across me. i looked at it, and i thought it was a simulated training round. paint balls. i found somewhere to hide. despite outrage leading up to the trial of ...

Francesca valez was pregnant and died there. so did the baby. hasan hays not questioned any of this witnesses on the stand today. >> shepard: heather hansen is with us now to give us a little context. this is tough stuff to hear about. >> it's a terrible trial and it's going to go fast if he doesn't question anybody. seems to be his plan to act as martyr, get the death penalty, not put on a defense at all. >> shepard: sounds as if -- i don't know if he is going to cross-examine him but my understanding if he decides to testify in his own, quote, defense, unquote, it could very well be him inte...

Back to our lead story tonight, george zimmerman on trial. we are in the final moments of this trial, everyone. sanford city manager took the stand today and the questions focused on one single event central here. it's a private meeting. and the 911 audio tapes that you have heard so much of that are at the core of this entire case from the night trayvon martin was killed were played for the martin family. >> who was present? >> the mayor, the martin family, and the attorneys, mr. crump and miss jackson. and trayvon's brother and then another individual i don't know his name. >> was there any ...

With the screams in the back fwrou ground, he thought that he said no, i don't think that's my son. and he mumbled it, wasn't exactly sure exactly what he said. the defense called tracy martin up to the stand today, and on the stand today, he said, no, that's not what i said at all and said under his breath once the state on cross-examination got a hold of him, what was going through your mind as you were hearing this awful 911 call with somebody screaming for help? he said what was going through my mind, this was my son's last call for help and it sounded like a man's life was being taken fro...

Tracy martin, in an attempt to counter last week's dramatic testimony from trayvon's mother, sybrina fulton. she told the court it was absolutely her son's voice yelling for help in the background of a neighbor's 911 call, but mr. martin previously said that it wasn't his son's voice. it was key testimony. at the heart of the issue whether or not zimmerman acted, as he claims, in self-defense. since the prosecution rested its case on friday, the defense has already called about a dozen witnesses, including zimmerman's mother, who said late friday that it was her son's voice on that tape, and n...