they could not agree on first degree murder charges but did find 47-year-old michael dunn guilty of attemptedurder charges and for shooting at an suv. >> you will not kill me and i stopped. >> reporter: with dunn heading to prison the parents are still seeking justice for their son who would have turned 19 on sunday. >> they will continue to stand and we will continue to wait for justice for jordan. >> reporter: under florida law dunn could serve at least 60 years in prison for the attempted murder convictions and possible 15 years for shooting at the parked suv. >> it's in disbelief and has not sunk in and when he sat next to me he is saying how is this happening. >> reporter: john guy convicted dunn of first degree murder during opening statements. >> pointed that pistol at the careful of teenagers and started and continued to pull the trigger. he was guilty of shooting into an occupied vehicle. guilty of three counts of attempted murder and guilty of the first degree murder of jordan davis. >> reporter: once jurors delivered their verdict they voiced frustrations outside the courthouse. fr

>> the second trial they were really going after michael dunn shooting. if you recall, he left the scene. prosecutors say, guilty people leave the scene. not guilty people wait and help law enforcement. >> this was also a matter of choice. there was a conviction in the first trial, not for murder 1 but in this case, why did the prosecutor and in indeed the family want to continue for second trial, when they could have gotten the same result? >> do you this so you guarantees not something coming up on appeal, that quintessential first degree murder, in the first trial they were deadlocked on that charge. in this trial they cake came at it and focused and were able to get it. >> "america tonight" sarah hoye, thank you. >>> another case of unarmed black man being shot and killed by police, john crawford, shot and killed in a walmart, after having a beebee gun. an in-depth look into that shooting from "america tonight's" christof putzel. >> what is your emergency. walmart. there is a gentleman with a gun in the store. >> has he got it pulled out? >> yeah, he'

davis was getting out of the car to try to kill or hurt with a deadly weapon, michael dunn. hey backed up behind him, right behind mr. dunn's car. mr. dunn puts his gun out the window with his door open and as they drive away, doesn't want fire back. because now they've got a perfect shot at the back of mr. dunn's head. and he puts two bullets low into the car. and as you can see, the bullets go up. and you'll hear it. bang bang bang. quick. no long pause. >> with a white defendant and a black victim, the trial has generated national attention, because of the parallels with the trayvon martin case. martin, a black 17-year-old, was shot and killed by george zimmerman who is white, in early 2012, during a dispute in sanford, florida. zimmerman was acquitted. following verdict, president barack obama surprised many by commenting from the white house on the case that captivated the country. >> when trayvon martin was first shot i said, "this could have been my son." another way of saying that is, trayvon martin could have been me, 35 years ago. >> today, it was another father who

they did find 47-year-old michael dunn guilty of the. >> who would have turned 19 on sunday. >> people continue to stand. and we will continue to await. for justice for jordan. >> under florida law, dunn could serve at least 60 years in prison for the attempted murder convictions and possible 15 years for shooting at the parked suv. >> he is in disbelief. during his opening statements. >> in that defense -- point they'd pistol at the car four unarmed teenagers and started and continued to pull the trigger.

but we do not know what's dog until the verdict cups out. >> as michael dunn is behind bars, some of the states could opt to retry him. and dunn could appeal the convictions that he already has. we're still talking the rest of his life, joey. >> thank you very much, sarah. >>> this time now, we want to take a closer look at the verdict. and ken jones us from fort lauderdale, florida. so we appreciate you being with us, ken. when we talk about a mistrial on the most important charge here, that's the shooting of jordan davis, and does this amount to a prosecutorial fail. >> it is. because the whole purpose of having a trial is to seek justice, and justice is interpreted as having a resolution, and in this case, there's no resolution october first count of first-degree murder. and there's no resolution, so there's a fail on the part of the prosecution, and now they have to use taxpayer's money and retry this case, and try again with a jury of 12 people, and it's a first-degree murder charge. >> is that a strategic charge? going after the murder 1 charge? >> absolutely, i continuously sai

. >> they could not agree on the first degree murder charges but they did find 47-year-old michael dunnlty of the. >> who would have turned 19 on sunday. >> people continue to stand. and we will continue to await. for justice for jordan. >> under florida law, dunn could serve at least 60 years in prison for the attempted murder convictions and possible 15 years for shooting at the parked suv. >> he is in disbelief. during his opening statements. >> in that defense -- point they'd pistol at the car four unarmed teenagers and started and continued to pull the trigger. guilty of three counts of attempted murder. and guilty of the first degree murder of jordan davis. >> once jurors delivered their verdict protestors voicedtheir frustrations -- their frustrations outside the courthouse. meanwhile dunn's daughter says she's barrel stopped crying since she heard the verdict. >> i love him so much. like a kid, he is going to do. >> dunn was indicted back in 2012 for murder after fatally shooting davis over loud music. davis and three friends were parked in a suv. dunn, who pleaded not guilty ad

michael dunn, the shooter feared for his life when he shot and killed young jordan davis in 2012. he thought davis had a gun but davis didn't. last february the jury deadlocked but a different verdict comes from a new jury. "americ"america tonight"'s sarae reports. >> we find the defendant guilty of first degree murder. >> the fate of michael dunn was once again in the hands of a florida jury. a jury comprised of eight men and four women that found 47-year-old michael dunn guilty of first degree murder for the killing of jordan davis. the verdict was reached after less than six hours of deliberations. state attorney angela cory called the verdicting gratifying. >> we're very pleased. >> after an argument over loud music in 2012. wearing a suit and tie dunn took the stand in his own defense this week. his testimony and cross-examination lasting just showrshort of two hours on tues. it was the day after thanksgiving when undunn and his then fiancee stopped at ogas station in jacksonville, florida, he said he thought his life was in danger when he fired ten times into an suv carrying

a guilty verdict could put michael dunn in prison for life, over shooting jordan davis. he had no choice but to stand his ground. "america tonight"'s correspondent sarah hoye brings us up to date. >> as a nation waited for a verdict in the so-called loud music trial the jury hit a wall in the deliberations and were sent back to their hotel for the evening. mike dunn was indicted in 2012 for murder after fatally shooting 17-year-old jordan davis during a dispute over loud music. dunn and his fiancee stopped at a gas station in central florida where davis and his friends were parked in an suv. the jury heard from the fiancee. >> what did the defendant say? >> i hate that music. >> i hate that music. i heard pop pop pop. >> you got back in the passenger side of the car. did you see a firearm at that point in time? >> yes, michael was putting it into the glove box. >> throughout deliberations, jurors asked to watch that surveillance video twice. >> and with two hands -- >> during closing argument, assistant state attorney john guy told jurors the case wasn't about self defen

michael dunn shot into a car jordan and his friend were sitting in, upset about loud music. one jury acquitted him. a second sentenced him to life. mr davis, i know you are coming through a difficult week yourself, this is the anniversary of your son's pass of course, and i know you share the depreef of the brown family that you have been connected to and frustration. the browns did not see the case come to trial. >> i understand. you know, 23 november was the second anniversary of my son jordan davis's death and emotions were running high. with this decision it was a worse time for me and my family. they didn't get a chance to go to trial to tell their story and have the public see what happened to their child. it's incredibly insensitive of the law enforcement in ferguson to not afford them to go to trial, and have the story told. >> did you have communication with the family. i know you have been close to michael brown's father as well. did you have communication, did they have a sense of what is coming down? >> yes. all last week me and mike brown were texting each other

why did they decide to put michael dunn up? >> that's a very good question and there is a very stark difference between the zimmerman case and this case. >> difference is that the prosecutors in the zimmerman case made a serious error. they took self-serving statements of mr. zimmerman and the evidence code would prevent them from being introduced and the prosecution put those on telling the entire defense and the defendant zimmerman didn't have to take the stand after that. in this case, mr. dunn has to get on the stand. it's an affirmative defense claiming self defense. the defense has no other witnesses or evidence to show self defense. so mr. dunn has basically compelled even though he has a 5th amendment right not to take the stand, he basically has to take the stand in order to put forward this claim of self defense. so they didn't really have a choice. mr. dunn had to testify the way he has, and they have to make the argument that he was defending himself. the problem, again, is going to come back to credibility and the

. >> michael dunn is awaiting retrial in may. what do you think about the status of what has happened with him, the shooter of your son? into well, retrying him on the one charge out of 5 was a shooting death of my son. they did find him guilty on the other four charges. they found him guilty of in a separate act going to the back of the vehicle and shooting unarmed teenagers in the car. >> do you believe that your son will have justice? >> i believe so. i believe there is an outcry in this nation where a gentleman can shoot at unarmed children and prove that these children are unarmed because if the children had a gun it would have been the gun found number one. number two is if somebody had a gun and aimed it at you and you are in the car with your fiance, you never spoke a word of a weapon. you had hours and hours of speaking about a weapon and you never said one word about a weapon. so, that tells me that you knew that there was not a gun, but you are trying to justify your actions. >> you testified before the commission toda

. >> as it turns out, michae there was no gun, but michael dunn is still justified in defending himself. under stand your ground, a person may. a former prosecutor with the broward county state attorney's office, i appreciate you being with us, and this whole notion of being able to say that you have to stand your ground because you thought you were under threat, even if no evidence is found. and how does that come together like that? >> unfortunately, this law in florida allows any individual to claim that they were in fear, and based on that fear of potential bodily injury, they can stand their ground and not retreat and fire a firearm and kill someone. so the law here is allowing the defendant, mr. dunn, to make that defense, which is a firm defense in florida, and the stand your ground language is part of the instruction that the jury will hear. >> i wanted to play a little bit of dunn's testimony. and this does speak to no gun being found. but he has said that he thought this was a gun used against him. >> talks between the syrian regime has happened. syrians in the city of hommes

. >> a partial verdict has been reached in the trial of michael dunn.s were deadlocked on the murder charge but convicted him of attempted murder. prosecutors will pursue murder charges. >> future syrian peace talks are in jeopardy, a u.n. mediator apologised after the second round of peace talks ended in failure. police are clashing with protesters, demonstrators are angry over inflation and crime. the u.s. is deeply concerned by reports that the government is mass arresting protesters. italy is without a prime minister. the country's president is expected to nominate the mayor of florence. he's the third italian prime minister to fall in three years. >> another round of snow is ripping through the north-east. 5-10 inches is expected in the boston area. it's the third snow storm in new england. >> american okinawa scored the game-winning goal in the hockey usa versus russia, 3-2. as for the meddle count. russia is in the lead. i'm morgan radford, stay tuned. >> a man who could become the n.f.l.'s openly gay player could face a backlash for coming out.

pulled back on the latest stand your ground controversy, we watched a jury debate the mate of michael dunn. over the death of jordan davis. we ponder the jury's decision. it misunderstand dunn guilty of attempted murder, but couldn't agree on the serious charge, first degree murder. now a juror probing her silence, telling abc news about the angry fight from the jury room and what they thought happened. >> a jury of seven women and five men convicted dunn on four of five counts of attempted murder. they were deadlocked on the first degree murder charge. juror number four identified as valerie says, "the claim of defense was the reason why". . >> i said you're not going to kill me you son of [ bleep ]. >> a life was taken, there's no longer a jordan davis, and there's one had been why that is. we pretty much knew after about two days with the self-defence thing that we'd be hung. the judge declared a mistrial on that count. the juror who spoke said the panel was split 9 to 3. dunn never denied shooting dave. three of the nine bullets hit jordan davis, who was in the rear passenger street. j

a partial verdict has been reached in the trial of michael dunn.urors deadlocked over a murder charm, but convicted him of attempted murder. he killed teenager jordan davis, in florida during an argument over loud music. prosecutors will pursue the murder charges again. >> the second round of syrian peace talks in geneva ended in failure. the u.n. mediator apologised to the syrian people. >> no date has been set for the third round of talks. >> police are clashing with protesters on venezuela's streets. they are deeply concerned. >> italy is without a prime minister tonight. the country's president is to nominate - expected to nominate the mayor of florence. he's the third prime minister to fall in three years. >> a round of snow is ripping through the north-east. five to 10 inches are expected in boston. it's the third storm new england has had. in sochi, the u.s. men's hockey team defeated russia. tj oshie scored the game-winning goal. u.s. 3, russia 2. as for the medal count: >> those are the headlines. "consider this" starts right now. >> a man

in the case of michael dunn, police say no we hope was found in davis's vehicle. >> at any point thatight, did you see anybody take a weapon of any kind out of that car? >> no, sir. >> but the defense argues the times had team to dispose of a weapon and dunn had the right to defend themselves under florida's controversial stand-your-ground law. the case has gone to the jury. if convicted, dunn faces life in >> america tonight, sarah has been following trial closely >> there is a lot of reading done into the prosecutors remarks and the defense attorneys remarks. one of the things brought up is whether or not this young man had any kind of weapons, a gun or anything else in the vehicle. do they know for sure? >> you have the defense saying one thing, prosecution another. the police did not find a weapon, we heard that, that is on the record. dunn swears he saw inches of a barrel, "i have reason to believe this kid had a weapon", that's his story, and he's sticking to it. >> "america tonight" sara hoy, thank you for following us up on this. >> joining us for a closer look is criminal def

in the case of michael dunn, police say no we hope was found in davis's vehicle. >> at any point thatight, did you see anybody take a weapon of any kind out of that car? >> no, sir. >> but the defense argues the times had team to dispose of a weapon and dunn had the right to defend themselves under florida's controversial stand-your-ground law. the case has gone to the jury. if convicted, dunn faces life in prison. >> america tonight, sarah has been following trial closely us here. >> arrest this young man had a weapon? >> the defendant is saying one think, prosecution saying another. we heard that. >> that's on the record. dunn said i saw inches of a barrel. i had reason to believe that this kid had a weapon. >> so that's his story and he is sticking to it, if you will? america's tonight, sarah hoy, thank you. >>> a closer look at this event, criminal defense attorney and former prosecute ken padowitz who jives us from dafshing, florida. we appreciate you being with us this evening. i know you were following the developments through the closing today. can you give us an idea where yo

the trial of michael dunn, accused of killing 17-year-old jordan davis in a dispute over loud music.unn says he was acting in self defense. the case has drawn compare songs to the death of tray von martin. >> the government says it will require cars to talk to each other. the department of transportation says the vehicle to vehicle technology is being developed so it will improve safety. it will allow cars to change speed and position to avoid crashes. those are the headlines. i am richelle carey. i will see you back. coming up, executed before a final appeal, "consider this" with antonio mora is next. check out our website at aljazeera.com. >>> it's the american dream, a good job, a home for your family, a better future for your children. somewhere along the way, that dream gave way to a harsh reality. >> paycheck to paycheck. >> that hard work alone is not enough? >> i feel like i am on a treadmill. >> to keep middle class families from falling behind. >> people are struggling today. >> their struggle is the story of today's america, a country that counts on those in the middle to

we watched as the jury debated the fate of michael dufner, accused of gunning down jond jon davis for loud rap music. it found dunn guilty of attempted murder but couldn't agree on the most serious charge. first degree murder for davis's killing. a juror has broken her silence. what the panel really thought happened. saturday the jury of seven women and tief men convicted -- 5 men convicted dunn on counts of attempted murder but deadlocked on the murder of jordan davis. the juror number 4 identified as valerie, the reason why. i shot. >> life was taken. i mean, there is no longer a jordan davis. and there's only one reason why that is. we pretty much knew after about two days, with the whole self defense things that we were going to be hung. >> the judge declared a mistrial on that count. the juror who spoke said the panel split 9-3. most believing the 47-year-old dunn was guilty of murder. dunn never denied shooting days of. of -- davis. three of the 9 bullets that struck davis, who was in the rear passenger seat. race was not a factor in their verdict and never came up during deliberations. meantime, davis's par