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Become a joke in some regards that he got off easy, because a lot of people believed hem to be guilty, but this is an interesting nugget. according to a new cnn poll, a majority of african-american respondents now today believe that the charges against o.j. were not true. what do you say to that, jim? >> well, i mean, look, you saw this case go down on racial lines, no question about it. the issue of race was introduced by the defense and allowed in by judge lance ito. i didn't really view this as a race case based on the facts, but that was irrelevant, because it was established as a race cas...

Point? >> we think it speaks to the mindset of michael dunn. technically the state attorney has said she doesn't view this as a race case. nonetheless, you talk to most people on the street, they believe that michael dunn shot and killed jordan davis because he was black. and these letters show a racial animosity. the word thug i think people have argued is the new n word. and he uses thug throughout these letters. and we thought it's good for the public to know who michael dunn is and that's why we requested the phone call. we think they probably speak more to who he is. and let me also say t...

Just not some of the witnesses they put on and a lot of things just didn't ever sense to me on that. >> what is interesting to me about that response from david is there is a theory on the o.j. simpson case a mainly black jury acquitted a black man. in this case, predominantly white jury acquitted a white/hispanic man. do you think, though, that race is that important in a jury's decision making from your experience. is it human nature? >> in a general sense -- >> in a general sense but leaning, as well in your experience being a juror in a highly motivated race case. >> in a general sense i w...

Seemed like every time they would put on a witness, it was -- they were on the defense -- defensive side, and it just -- a lot of things were just not some of the witnesses they put on and a lot of things just didn't ever sense to me on that. >> what is interesting to me about that response from david is there is a theory on the o.j. simpson case a mainly black jury acquitted a black man. in this case, predominantly white jury acquitted a white/hispanic man. do you think, though, that race is that important in a jury's decision making from your experience. is it human nature? >> in a general s...

White jury acquitted a white/hispanic man. do you think, though, that race is that important in a jury's decision hmaking from your experience. is it human nature? >> in a general sense -- >> in a general sense but leaning, as well in your experience being a juror in a highly motivated race case. >> in a general sense i wouldn't know for sure because you don't know what goes into people's mind sets in jurors but in regard to my experience, and the fact of the matter was with me in the o.j. simpson case, i actually voted my conviction that based on the evidence presented to me in that case at t...