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There was no eyewitness to the last few seconds of the fatal attack so there is no hard evidence of those last seconds except for the one phone call with a loud, fearful scream that ends abruptly when the shot rings out. That being the case, it boils down to the hard evidence and common sense. From the beginning what Zimmerman has said happened has not been supported by the hard evidence. Now O'Mara used expert witnesses that testified that what Zimmerman said could have happened but that is a far cry from saying that is how it must have happened.

Even the defenses last animation did not fit the evidence as it shows Martin throwing a left hook that connected with Zimmerman, knocking him to the ground. That type of punch would have landed somewhere on the right side of Zimmerman's head (anywhere from jaw to temple) and not square on the nose. The injury to Zimmerman's nose was delivered by a left hand but it had to be square on, meaning a hard left jab, which is what you would expect from a defensive blow intended to keep the other person at bay.

The defense had no answer for how Martin could have seen Zimmerman's gun nor how he could have retrieved it given Zimmerman's story and the location of the weapon. It is like the prosecution said, Martin would have needed 3 or 4 hands to do everything Zimmerman claimed. There is little question but what Zimmerman is guilty. It is only a matter of whether his hate filled comments are enough to be beyond a reasonable doubt that Zimmerman had a depraved mind. Frankly, I thought the "they always get away" comment made this premeditated as Martin certainly did not "get away" and that 1st degree may have been easier to prove than 2nd degree murder.

While I did not think the prosecution did a very good job during the witness phase they did have a strong and compelling closing statement. Let us hope that justice is served.