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Murderer is portrayed as the victim. welcome to america. tomorrow, closing arguments from the defense and george zimmerman's fate is in the hands of the jury. the very latest where you tell me what you have to say about this explosive case that's tomorrow night. that's all for tonight. anderson cooper starts right now. the prosecution makes its closing pitch. good evening again. welcome to another "360" special report "self-defense or murder, the george zimmerman trial." today, the lead prosecutor tried to bring home his case. the state of florida's case to the jury, that a wannabe cop fed u...

His narrative paused just once for a recess and was interrupted at another point for an objection. the defense attorney mark o'hara says the state was wrongfully interpreting the law. the state often returned to its tactic of using zimmerman's own words against him. >> he does not want to admit at all that he's following him or chasing him or profiling him. >> reporter: while the jury sat for much of the delivery, zimmerman's parents in court for the first time as spectators since the trial started, looked at times incredulous as the state concluded for the day, a rare reaction from george zim...

And that's not alleged in the information that way. and i just don't think that the evidence supports that. >> reporter: the pressure, now on mark o'hara to close out the defense's case friday before it heads to the jury. martin savidge, cnn, sanford, florida. >> high stakes ruling, props, a power point presentation. even the prosecutor skipping around the room at one point. just about anything that can happen in the courtroom did happen today. plenty to talk about with our panel. sunny hostin and jeffrey toobin. danny savalos and mark geragos. danny, let's start with you this time. that lesse...

>> shouldn't civility mandate -- all counsel should relate that to each other. if you're going to charge somebody, you shouldn't argue that technically the facts support it. the attorneys should be placed on notice of it. they've had a year to prepare. felony murder is a very different kind of crime than your lesser included offense that. 's what was so unfair about it. felony murder is a different kind of defense than just a lesser included offense, which is all the same elements -- >> i was just going to interject one thing as to why this is a problem. when the prosecution says we're going t...

They told you. remember, a criminal case is a lawsuit. the prosecutor is the plaintiff. the defense is representing the defendant. except it's not for money, it's for your liberty. and so when you file this lawsuit, and you're defending against it, you're not supposed to be ambushed. that's what this morning was. this morning was basically another of the prosecutorial ambushes. one of the reasons why it's totally unfair to have lessers, if the defendant doesn't agree to it, because the prosecution has all of the things going for it. they have unlimited budgets, and when they bring their force ...