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HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT GOING TO
BE DO YOU THINK IN DETERMINING
THE OUTCOME?
>> MANY ATTORNEYS WILL TELL YOU
THAT A CASE RESTS ON JURY
SELECTION.
AS FAMILY MEMBERS, WE HAVE
CONCERNS.
WE HAVE FAITH IN JURIES THAT
THEY'RE ABLE TO RIDE TO THE
OCCASION AND FIND A JUST
OUTCOME.
BUT WE'VE BEEN LIVING UNDER
CONSTANT THREAT OURSELVES AND
NOT HAVING THE POOL SEQUESTERED,
I'M TALKING ANT THE NATURE OF
THE MEDIA, I'M SURE THE MEDIA
WILL BE INTERESTED IN FINDING
OUT WHO THESE JURORS ARE.
FLORIDA INCLUDES LESSER INCLUDED
OFFENSES IN THE CHARGE.
IF GEORGE IS NOT CONVICTED OF
SECOND DEGREE ***, IT
WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME THAT
JURORS FEEL PRESSURED TO CONVICT
HIM ON MANSLAUGHTER OR
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
>> IN TERMS OF GEORGE HIMSELF,
HE'S PUT ON A LOT OF WEIGHT,
RAISING SOME PEOPLE TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT HIS PHYSICAL AND
PERHAPS MENTAL CONDITION.
HOW IS HE AND WHY HAS HE PUT ON
SO MUCH WEIGHT?
>> I THINK GEORGE PUT ON THE
WEIGHT BECAUSE OF THE STRESS.
HE'S BEEN COMPLETELY RAILROADED.
THIS IS NOT A CASE ABOUT RACE.
HE WAS, AS YOU CALLED HIM A YEAR
AGO, THE MOST HATED MAN IN
AMERICA.
EVERYTHING THAT HE HELD DEAR AND
SACRED, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM, THE TRUTH, THE POLICE,
FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THEY WOULD DO
THE RIGHT THING WAS TOSSED OUT
THE WINDOW AND HE WAS CHARGED
WITH ***.
THAT'S THE WAY HE'S RESPONDING
TO THE STRESS.
>> OBVIOUSLY, IF GEORGE HAD NOT
HAD A GUN ON HIM THAT NIGHT, THE
DISTINCT LIKELIHOOD IS THAT
TRAYVON MARTIN WOULD STILL BE
ALIVE.
DOES HE REGRET NOW CARRYING A
GUN AROUND NOW?
>> I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> DO YOU REGRET SNIT
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
IF WE DON'T HAVE A GUN, OUR
ATTACKER WOULD STILL BE ALIVE.
MAYBE GEORGE WOULD NOT.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A
STRAIGHTFORWARD SELF-DEFENSE
CASE.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT TRAYVON
MARTIN WAS GOING TO BEAT YOUR
BROTHER TO DEATH?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA.
>> HE HAD A PACKET OF SKITTLES
IN HIS BARE HANDS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK WOULD
HAVE HAPPENED IN THAT CASE?
>> I THINK THERE'S BEEN EVIDENCE
THAT'S COME FORWARD THAT SHOWS
MR. MARTIN ENJOYED FIGHTING.
>> BUT NOT BEATING PEOPLE TO
DEATH.
>> LET ME FINISH WHAT IS
EVIDENCE THAT HE ENJOYED.
HE ENJOYED BEATING PEOPLE UNTIL
HE SAW ENOUGH BLOOD, GOING BACK
TO ATTACK PEOPLE UNTIL HE SAW
ENOUGH BLOOD.
HE WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED HE HAD
LOST FIGHTS BECAUSE SOMEONE HAD
SAT ON TOP OF HIM.
HE HAD AN INTEREST IN GUNS,
MARIJUANA PLANTS, DRUGS.
>> HOW MUCH IS THAT RELEVANT
THAT ON THAT NIGHT, A
17-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH NO GUN
MEETS YOUR BROTHER, THERE'S AN
ALTERCATION.
IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE GUN,
THEY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE WALKED
AWAY.
>> I THINK IT'S RELEVANT TO YOUR
QUESTION, BECAUSE YOU SAID IS IT
LIKELY THAT IS WHAT WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED?
I DON'T KNOW THAT WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED.
I THINK ONE HAD A PROVEN