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>>> GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S DEFENSE
TEAM WILL DELIVER ITS CLOSING
ARGUMENTS TOMORROW, AND YOU CAN
BET THERE IS SOME TWEAKING GOING
ON TONIGHT TO RESPOND TO THE
POINTS THAT THE PROSECUTION MADE
TODAY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN
EXPECT, JEFFREY, SUNNY AND JOSE
ARE STILL WITH US.
JEFFREY, I THINK THIS IS GOING
TO BE CRITICAL TOMORROW FOR MARK
O'MARA TO COME UP WITH A
STRATEGY TO REBUT WHAT WE JUST
HEARD.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND LET ME JUST GIVE YOU ONE
POINT THAT I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING
TO HEAR A LOT.
SELF-DEFENSE IS A DEFENSE TO
BOTH *** AND MANSLAUGHTER,
THAT IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS
WAS SELF-DEFENSE, IT GETS HIM
OFF COMPLETELY, BECAUSE THE
DEFENSE HERE IS GOING TO BE VERY
WORRIED ABOUT A COMPROMISE
VERDICT, SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR
A LOT OF STRESS THAT
MANSLAUGHTER IS NOT A LEGITIMATE
COMPROMISE IN THE VIEW OF THE
DEFENSE.
>> JOSE?
>> YES, I AGREE.
THAT'S A GREAT POINT JEFFREY'S
RAISING AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE I
THINK THEY NEED TO ALSO SPEND A
LOT OF TIME ON THE JURY
INSTRUCTIONS.
NOW, BERNIE DIDN'T SPEND A GREAT
DEAL OF TIME ON THE LESSER
INCLUDEDS AND ON THE JURY
INSTRUCTIONS, AND THAT'S GOING
TO HAVE TO BE MARK O'MARA'S
FOCUS TOMORROW, BOTH CHARGES.
YOU DON'T IGNORE ONE AND THINK
THAT THE JURY'S JUST GOING TO DO
WHAT YOU EXPECT THEM TO DO.
SO, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAMMER
ON REASONABLE DOUBT AND THE
INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO
BE PROVIDED.
AND THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN
ARGUING WHAT THE JUDGE IS GOING
TO TELL THEM.
>> GO AHEAD, SUNNY.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THEY'VE
GOT TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE,
BECAUSE TODAY WAS WRONG
ASSUMPTIONS, YOU KNOW, INITIAL
AGGRESSOR.
THIS WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED
HAD HE NOT PROFILED.
THIS HAS TO BE ABOUT, WELL, IT'S
NOT ILLEGAL TO FOLLOW SOMEONE,
IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO BE A
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PERSON.
AND EVEN IF YOU FOLLOW SOMEONE,
YOU CAN'T USE THIS TYPE OF FORCE
AGAINST THAT PERSON.
AND THEY'VE GOT TO CHANGE THE
NARRATIVE.
AND I SUSPECT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO SEE.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE ALL ABOUT THE
FACT THAT TRAYVON MARTIN SOMEHOW
WAS THE AGGRESSOR.
>> SHOULDN'T THEY HAVE JUST,
SUNNY, QUICKLY, HAVE DONE
MANSLAUGHTER, THE PROSECUTION TO
BEGIN WITH, AS OPPOSED TO
STARTING WITH SECOND-DEGREE
***?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
I MEAN, INITIALLY, I DID THINK
THAT.
I THOUGHT WHY NOT JUST GO FOR
MANSLAUGHTER?
AND I THINK YOU AND I TALKED
ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR WHEN THE
CASE STARTED.
BUT AFTER HEARING ALL OF THE
EVIDENCE AND THE EXPLETIVES THAT
WERE USED AND THE HISTORY BEHIND