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designed to intimidate and to coerce the united states. although the defense claimed that the defendant was himself intimidated and coerced by an older brother, the evidence did not bear that out. >> reporter: while the jury was unanimous in sentencing tsarnaev to death, they did not hand down sentences for counts relating to the first bomb carried by tamerlan or to the murder of m.i.t. police officer sean collier. and as we said, yesterday, dzhokhar tsarnaev who has been in this court really since january. he sat through the jury selection process. and then, of course, the trial that spanned really 12 weeks. he left this court, he will not be back until his official sentencing in the next couple of months, christi. >> hey, deb, stick around. i want to discuss this case further with cnn commenter mel robbins. good morning to you.
perceived threat? i think that's a very important issue that needs to be explained to this jury. >> now, we obviously have whatever early views on this, faith. but we are dealing with the same prosecutor that lost the trayvon martin case. does that concern you? >> it concerns me because some of the -- we didn't see the voir dire that took place, the jury selection process that took place. and i'm sure the jurors were asked about their exposure to these prosecutors and if they watched any part of that trial. and if watching a part of that trial would have any impact on this case that. >> also this time asked the jurors about if the race of jordan davis would have any impact on them deliberating the case, and they all say. no. >> lisa, let you weigh in on this. >> you know, i just wrote a book that you mention at the beginning of the section about what a terrible job the prosecution did in the trayvon martin case. it was a winnable case. they had important evidence right under their noses that they missed, they bungled, they failed to argue, they failed to
said a number of things including that he was guilty but this issue of reasonable fear and the letter of the law and how it reads, enabled george zimmerman to walk out a free man. >> right. there are two distinctions about this case from the george zimmerman case. one, there were no eyewitnesss with george zimmerman. he killed the only other eyewitness that could testimony. you have three kids that were in the car who are going to testify. and then dunn, the defendant, he has no physical injury. so if you are reasonably in fear for your life and sitting in your car, you can drive away. that's where stand your ground comes in. there is no duty to retreat. there were other actions he could have taken instead of pulling out his gun and shooting it into a car. >> lisa, the jury selection process has started. that was also a very tense time in the trayvon martin trial as it relates to the breakdown of the jurors, the race of the jurors, the gender, so on. what do you think will be the
they have -- there was an explosion in a maintenance shed. we do not know why. martha: we have the department georgdefendantgeorge zimmerman. it is day two of the jury selection process. they said they needed more time. phil keating is live in sanford, florida. a bit of a slow start yet, we understand. >> reporter: attorneys questioned four potential jurors by the end of the day. we are hearing the critical weeding out of this 500-person
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