[laughter] >> i think anderson cooper had a point to make.erson cooper did say when he said the tea bagger deal, i think he shouldn't have said that and people were after him, saying he shouldn't. >> he intentionally said that -- let's be honest -- anderson cooper. he intentionally said it -- >> let me be clear. i don't care what he says. neither, apparently, does the rest of america. but that's not the point. >> whose show is higher rated? >> the point is this. i agree with what he said here. but he's going to make that attack against alec, he has to live up to his own standard. >> he absolutely does. he's issued apologies. >> who? >> anderson cooper. >> he apologized for that? i didn't see that -- >> are you demanding one? >> no -- [overlapping dialogue] >> no, i don't deman apol jees from anybody. >> sean -- >> no! let's get over it. let's have freedom of speech and all liberals stop attacking conservatives and they can say anything they want. >> i have to go -- up next, the video of the day. how'd you d9 out of 10.iz today? 9 out of ten?

>> i think anderson cooper had a point to make and i think anderson cooper did -- when he said the teaple were after him. >> he intentionally said that. let's be honest. >> who? >> anderson cooper. >> of course he did. let me be clear, i don't care what he says, and neither apparently does the rest of america. >> really? whose show is higher rated? >> i agree with what he said here, but the reason to make that attack against alec, he has to live up to his own standard. >> he does. absolutely does, and issued apologies for what he said in the past. >> who? >> anderson cooper. >> did he apologize for that? i didn't see it. >> i don't think anybody demanded one. >> demanded? >> are you demanding one? >> i don't demand apologies from everyone. >> i have to go. >>> good to soo yee you both. up next, the video of the day. ♪ [ male announcer ] with everyone on the go this summer, now's the perfect time to get home security for protection while you're away. and right now you can get adt security installed starting at just $49, a savings of $250. but hurry. offer ends soon. don't wait. call rig

anderson cooper's exclusive interview. watch. >> did you cry in the jury room? >> i cried after the verdict. i didn't cry out when they were reading the verdict out in the jury room. because were all crying before we went in. >> what do you mean you were crying before you went? >> we were in a separate room when -- when the foreman hand bailiff our verdict, we were crying back there before we went into the jury room. they gave us about 20 minutes to try and get everything together. >> what do you think you were crying about? >> the pressure. the pressure of all of it. and everything just kind of came to a head. because i kind of tried to keep everything out emotionally out during the whole process and it just flood in after it was done. >> but you want people to know, and the reason you're speaking is, you want people to know how seriously you took this? >> i do. i don't want people to think that we didn't think about it and we didn't care about trayvon martin. because we did. we were very sad that it happened to him. >> and you want his family to know that as w

i'm anderson cooper. that's it for our "a.c. 360" special report. >> if that's all you know about her, you've got to see this. >> what is your view of george zimmerman? >> weak. scary. >> rachel jeantel answers every question i put to her. she even answers questions from our studio audience. >> do you feel your testimony strongly impacted the case at all? >> yes. >> in a negative way? >> no. it might have said why she kept it too honest. >> rachel jeantel in her own words. this is "piers morgan live." >>> i want to begin with the young woman who was on the phone with trayvon martin moments before he died. this is rachel jeantel's first interview since she testified for the trial. rachel, welcome to you. >> hi, how are you? >> you're very famous now. everybody watched your testimony. everybody saw somebody who look ed like they didn't really want to be there but also suffering from fact you lost your great friend, trayvon. tell me, first of all, your reaction to the fact that george zimmerman was acquitted

juror b-37 spoke to cnn's anderson cooper in shadow. the only question she left unanswered in her interview. for the next hour she explains the deliberations that ultimately left her and the other five jurors in tears. here's anderson cooper. >> when you first sat down on the jury, when you first gathered together, what was it like? did you know how big -- >> it was unreal. it was unreal. it was like something that -- why would they want to pick me, you know? why would i be picked over all these hundreds of people that they interviewed? >> and when the trial started, what was the first day like? there were the opening statements. don west told a joke. what did you think of that? >> the joke was horrible. i just -- nobody got it. i didn't get it until later, then i thought about it. i'm like, i guess that could have been funny, but not in the context he told it. >> going into the trial, did you have an idea in your head about what happened? >> no, because i hadn't followed the trial at all. i mean, i had heard bits and pieces of what had

new revelations from juror b-37 speaking exclusively to our anderson cooper.ted to convict zimmerman just couldn't find a way legally to do it. this as protests continue across much of the country, though much more peacefully overnight, everyone will say thankfully. >>> and we've got to talk about the heat. soaring temperatures all over the place. what you're looking at there is one of the outcomes we have to deal with economically here. the gas pump. congress now holding hearings on it, assume they go >> all right, i want you to look at this, a fellow nantucket man wrestling a shark onto the beach. why is he doing this? we'll hear from him coming up. >> all you'd hear from me are the screams only a dog could hear. >>> we're going to begin with the growing danger from oppressive heat, 50 million americans dealing with this dangerous heat. look at this, see the red? that is showing the states in the northeast, mid-atlantic and midwest that are going to be sweating it out all the way to the weekend. indra petersons is outside of new york times

she spoke to cnn's anderson cooper.timony, the deliberations, and the not guilty verdict. the juror called b-37 told anderson she doesn't believe race or racial profiling were factors in the trial. listen to this clip that's been getting lots of attention. >> the prosecution didn't use the word racial profiling during the case. they used the word profile. >> uh-huh. >> that was something that was worked out between the judge and the lawyers when the jury wasn't in the room. >> right. >> do you feel that george zimmerman racially profiled trayvon martin? do you think race played a role in his decision? his view of trayvon martin as suspicious? >> i don't think he did. i think just circumstances caused zimmerman to think that he might be a robber or trying to do something bad in the neighborhood because of all that had gone on previously. there were unbelievable number of robberies in the neighborhood. >> so you don't believe race played a role in this case? >> i don't think it did. i think if there was another person, sp

>> exactly. >> from anderson cooper's interview tonight. in, but there are still a lot of unanswers questions. joinings us, judge hatchett. also, defense attorney, jamie weintraub. i've got to ask you straight off the top, your reaction to rachel jeantel's interview. you were almost gasping watching it. >> if that went on for five more minutes, she would have her own show. i thought it was so fascinating. she's such a big personality. and i thought she gave us a picture of trayvon martin, of that night. it was just a good example of how courtrooms don't give you the full picture. i'm not sure what she said was legally all that relevant, but it just, as a journalist, i thought it was fascinating. >> i thought it was compelling too. >> i thought what was interesting to me was the way she completely took on the drugs issue for example. she said, look, trayvon took weed a couple of times a week, i never saw it make him aggressive, he used to get the munchies, very classic kind of teenage behavior for many americans. what do you think of what sh

. >> did you hear that juror who spoke out with anderson cooper and what did you think when you heard her say that she believes that trayvon played a huge role in his own death? >> i don't think she knows trayvon. trayvon is not a confrontational person. so instead of placing the blame on the teenager, we need to place the blame on the responsible adult. there were two people involved. we had an adult that was chasing a kid and we had the kid who i feel was afraid. >> trayvon martin's mother says she wants president obama to go through the case with a fine tooth comb and the parents didn't say whether they plan to file a civil wrongful death lawsuit against george zimmerman. let's bring in the former federal prosecutor sunny hostin watching this trial from the very beginning as has the criminal defense attorney mark nejame. both are cnn legal analysts. sunny, i understand you will be speaking with trayvon martin's parents later tonight as well after their interview with anderson cooper. what is the main thing you are hoping to get from them? >> you know, i think that what has been los

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later this hour we're going to hear some of anderson cooper's conversation with juror b37.

. >> the juror who was interviewed tonight by anderson cooper, said she felt sorry for you. but she also said this, let's watch the clip. >> i want to ask you about some of the different witnesses. rachel jeantel, the woman who was on the phone with trayvon martin at the start of the incident. what did you make of her testimony? >> i didn't think it was very credible. but i felt very sorry for her. she didn't ask to be in this place, she wanted to go. she wanted to leave, she didn't want to be any part of this jury. i think she felt inadequate toward everyone because of her education and her communication skills. i just felt sadness for her. >> you're uneducated. you have no communication skills. what do you feel about what that juror said about you? >> angry. upset. and the closing, when the state closed they're trying to explain what kind of person i am. you can see the kind of person i am. out of the whole stand i never cussed out don. even during -- since march i've been dealing with don west -- >> you actually saw him here? in the cnn show -- he was here to do anderson'

later this hour we're going to hear some of anderson cooper's conversation with juror b37. she's the only one to speak out about this case so far. our piers morgan, though, had a very special interview with this young lady, rachel jeantel. she was on the phone with trayvon martin that fateful night, and she took the stand at the beginning of the trial. piers joins us live now in studio. and i've got to tell you, piers, that was amazing and compelling. i can't imagine it was easy to get her to do that interview in the first place. >> when she arrived at the studio, she was very tense, very nervous, very like the rachel jeantel that we saw on the stand. and giving an impression she didn't really want to be doing this again. but i sat her down in my office. we had a long conversation, maybe 20 minutes. and i said to her, look, you've seen all the social media reaction to your appearance. a lot of people think you're stupid. i looked her straight in the eye. i said -- >> how did she react to that? >> she reacted very well. she said i know, they do. i said so this is your chance

she was interviewed, as you recall, by anderson cooper on cnn. entirety. thank you for the opportunity to vent some of the anguish which has been in me since the trial began. for reason of my own i needed to speak alone. there will be no other interviews. my prayers are with all of those who influence and power to modify the laws that left me with no verdict option. other than not guilty in order to remain within the instructions. no other family should be forced tone dur what the martin family has endured. for the alleged book deal, there is not one at this time. there was an agreement with a literary agent to explore the concept of a book which discussed impact of sequestration on my perceptions of an attorney who was closely following the trial from outside the bubble. the relationship with the agent ceased the moment i realized what had been occurring in the world during the weeks of my e sequestration. my prayers are with trayvon's parents that their loss i wish for me and my family to recover from being selected for this in jury and return

and anderson cooper.ors breaking their silence talking about what happened in the room. >> it is an amazing interview. you want to listen to everything she had a say. it's the first time you are hearing from anyone inside the jury room. we are going to talk about this story. they are calling it a miracle. the 6-year-old boy buried in the sand for more than three hours in indiana. they dug him out. now doctors say he is expected to recover, thankfully. what a terrifying story. we have been following it. >> we thank pamela for doing the reporting on that. you come to us and tell us what's going on. >>> we all know actor jason patrick. a big star for how he looks and acts. he's in the middle of a battle. he's fighting for partial custody of his young son. he was called by the mother a sperm donor. it involves a law on the books in a fight to change it. it's an intriguing case. we'll tell you about it this morning. >> interesting perspective. >> getting back to the zimmerman case, all the talk we have been do

anderson cooper starts in a few moments. ♪ >>> good evening and welcome to "360 town hall."justices in america. tonight, a conversation sparked by current events, in this case, the acquittal of george zimmerman and killing of trayvon martin. it's a conversation rooted deep in american history. for 2 1/2 centuries, the subject has changed from slavery to jim crow, from poll taxes to voting rights. however, even as the issues evolve, the theme stays constant. race and justice. namely whether justice applies differently and is seen differently, depending on skin color. race, justice, who we are as americans. it's an important conversation coming up, with distinguished voices from many points of view. but first, the case that brought us here. no homicide can be called routine.

in fact, anderson cooper talked about that with juror b37. let's listen to what she had to say. >> because of the heat of the moment and the stand your ground and he had a right to defend himself. if he felt threatened that his life was going to be taken away from him or he was going to have bodily harm, he had a right. >> so, definitely was in the mind of jurors and you could argue that it very much came into play in the zimmerman case. >> well, i think we do want to empower law-abiding citizens to defend themselves from violent attack. we actually have a shared goal with our critics. we would like to see reduced number of victims of violent crime. and, unfortunately, i think this is a distraction and really attacking the statute is just some way of trying to bring some relief to the situation or we have an underlying problem. >> that juror said she took it into consideration and come to the conclusion that george zimmerman was not guilty. so, is it a distraction? >> well, i think it is, but this case was not decided based on the provisions

anderson cooper did the first interview with another of the six jurors.he was seated in darkness, identified only as juror b37. she talked about rachel jeantel, who was on the phone with martin just before he was shot dead. he asked her what she thought about the testimony. >> i did not think it was very credible but i felt sorry for her. she did not ask to be in this place, she wanted to leave. she didn't want to be a part of the jury. i think she felt an adequate towards everyone because of her education and her communication skills. i just felt sadness for her. >> like she was in over her head? >> she just did not want to be there. she was embarrassed because of her education and communication skills. witness.was not a good >> the the find it hard at time to understand what she was saying? >> a lot of times. a lot of times she was using phrases that i have never heard before. creepy asserm used, you sayhe that is simply how they talked to each other. ddc that as a negative, racial statement, as the defense suggested? really not think it is racial. it i

>> exactly. >> anderson cooper interviewed one of the jurors in the case.frey toobin and charles blow. also defense attorney jamie weintraub. i've got to ask you, jeffrey, your reaction to rachel jeantel's interview. >> i thought it was so fascinating. she's such a big personality, and i thought she gave us a picture of trayvon martin, of that night. it was just a good example of how courtrooms don't give you the full picture. i'm not sure what she said was legally all that relevant, but it just -- it was just fascinating. >> charles, what was interesting to me is the way she took on the drugs issue and said look, trayvon took weed a couple times a week. i never saw it make him aggressive. he used to get the munchies in classic teenage behavior. if she had been more like that rachel on the stand, could it have made a difference? >> i think it could have been, but she made some interesting points. first, a point she made in her presentation here by just being blatantly honest, like painfully honest in some cases, talking about the use of racial slurs. talkin

here's anderson cooper. >> did you cry in that jury room? >> i cried after the verdict. i didn't cry out when they were reading the verdict out in the jury room. because we were all crying before we went in. and then -- >> what do you mean you were crying before you went in? >> well, we were in a separate room when -- when the foreman handed the bailiff our verdict. and then we were crying back there before we went into the jury room. so they gave us about 20 minutes to try and get everything together. >> what to you think you were crying about? >> the pressure. the pressure of all of it. everything just kind of came to a head. because i kind of tried to keep everything out, emotionally out, during the whole process. then it just flooded in after it was done. >> but you want people to know, and the reason you're speaking is, you want people to know how seriously you took this. >> i do. i don't want people to think that we didn't think about it and we didn't care about trayvon martin. because we did. we're very sad that it happened to him. >> and you want his family to kn

she hardly mentioned the name trayvon until anderson cooper mentioned it. she said george throughout the entire interview. it was very clear culturally and personally and emotionally who she connected with regardless of what the evidence was going to be. >> yeah, and -- >> yeah, but -- >> just about the book deal, and i've got to get this in. she did initially with her husband want to write a book and she talked to payabler but she said she backed out of that deal and she wants to remain anonymous. just to so it's clear. but you are right, jason she did approach a publisher. mark, i want to ask you, the makeup of the jury in light of what jason said, was that the biggest mistake the state made? >> there are so many mistakes it would be hard to categorize the biggest mistake. the fact is the state was woefully inadequate of presenting trayvon martin as a person. they did not humanize him by just simply claiming skittles and tea was not enough to show who trayvon martin was. the defense, on the other hand, clearly by this juror's response humanized george zim

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by what rachel jeantel said he wants to pay for her to go to college and juror b 37 talking to anderson cooper. >> because of the only two options you had second-degree murder or manslaughter, you felt neither applied? >> right -- well because -- because of the heat of the moment and the stand your ground. he had a right to defend himself. >> tonight another controversial jury verdict, o.j. simpson's acquittal 18 years ago. what it's like to live with a verdict that shocked the nation. >>> i sat down with rachel jeantel what turned out to be extraordinary. she had a lot to say. >> they tried to paint a picture of somebody interested in guns, took a lot of drugs. let's get to the truth about that. did he ever talk to you about guns? >> no. >> did you ever see him with a gun? >> no. >> what about drugs? >> drugs? okay. weed. you say marijuana -- >> uh-huh. >> we in my area, we see weed. my area weed for trayvon, i can explain one thing. weed don't do -- ever him go crazy. it just ever him go hungry. when the state closed, they trying to explain what kind of person i am. you can see the kind of p

. >> more of anderson cooper's conversation with the juror known as b-37 in the zimmerman trial. plus, the latest statement she has just released. >>> also -- the attorney general of the united states, eric holder, blasting the stand your ground law. does that mean we can expect changes in the law? we'll examine the possibilities. >>> and it is certainly the question a lot of people in the northeast are asking right now, when will the heat end? we'll try to have an answer. this is "cnn newsroom." i'm wolf blitzer in washington. the only juror to speak publicly about the george zimmerman trial has just released a new statement to cnn. the woman known as juror b-37 spoke earlier and in an exclusive interview with anderson cooper in a new statement, she says this, let me quote. thank you for the opportunity to vent some of the anguish which has been in my since the trial began. for reasons of my own, i needed to speak alone. there will be no other interviews. my prayers are with all of those who have influence and power to modify the laws that left me with no verdict option other th

. >> the jurors who was interviewed tonight by anderson cooper for cnn said she felt sorry for you, but she also said this, let's watch the clip. >> i want to ask you about some of the different witnesses, rachel jeantel, the woman who was on the phone with trayvon martin at the start of the incident, what did you ever of her testimony? >> i didn't think it was very credible, but i felt very sorry for her. she didn't ask to be in this place. she wanted to go. she wanted to leave. she didn't want to be any part of this jury. i think she felt inadequate toward everyone because of her education and her communication skills. i just felt sadness for her. >> you're uneducated, you have no communication skills. what do you feel about what that juror said about you? >> angry. upset. and then the closing, when the state closed, they trying to explain what kind of person i am, and you can see the kind of person i am. i never -- out of the whole stand i never cussed out don. even during our little back since march i've been dealing with don west. >> don west. you seen him here. >> yeah, yeah, yeah

. >> reporter: earlier thursday night martin's parents spoke with cnn's anderson cooper. they talked about how they felt the jury would view their son. >> i just look at people as people and i thought for sure that the jury looked at trayvon as an average teenager that was minding his own business, that wasn't committing any crime. that was coming home from the store and were feet away from where he was actually going, and i just believe that they realized that. >> reporter: a second juror has also come forward. she was known as juror e-54 an alternate in the zimmerman trial, released before the deliberations began. he offered his view on whether george zimmerman should have followed trayvon martin on that rainy night. >> you know, i think at the time he was trying to keep an observation and communicate to the police and was not being confrontational. he had the right to be where he was. >> reporter: not the opinion of juror b-37 when she spoke exclusively with cnn's anderson cooper. >> i think he's guilty of not using good judgment. when he was in the car, he had called

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it's anderson cooper, everybody. oh, my gosh. >> i literally returned down here. got off the air at 11:00 and jumped in a car. i have to see cher. >> that's how awesome cher is, i show up, dressed more for a katie lang concert than a cher encounter, blathering and she was cool wit. so what did i do? did i calm down and sit there quietly like a normal person? bassing no. >> i watched c-span a lot and used to call in to c-span. the anchor would be on the air and there would be a voice saying okay, we're talking calls. and it would be like, i'm calling from malibu. and they would be like, is this cher? >> yeah. i did my cher impression in front of cher. seriously, i do not know what is wrong with me. but i will say in my own defense who else would have the nerve to do that? certainly not another cher superfan here at cnn who shall remain nameless. wolf blitzer. let it by known that i, anderson cooper, a part-time cher impersonator -- oh, man. man, nobody told me there would be a graphic. take that down, please. no, no! no! oh, man! but back to bravo the other night,

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when you read what they said in that interview with anderson cooper is a matter of law that turned the decision into a unanimous decision of when they studied the law and they realized the law, they made it clear that unless, you know you could deny the issue of self- defense, they have no case. >> no, no. >> it is a narrow league ruling. >> the role of the jury is to obey the law and to fulfill that law. that's what they were doing and that was the law. >> do you think what the attorney general said was helpful under these circumstances? >> i think it was helpful because he acknowledged that first of all there is a racial divide contrary to what the prosecutors even said that it had nothing to do with the case. but we all know better than that, in case that they had the family, you know, what they were trying to get zimmerman prosecuted. it probably would have never happened at the racial angle that wasn't capturing everybody's attention andsuspensions. the thing is that stand your ground laws, they are designed for the benefit of the defendant in cases like this. that it broadens the

the only juror to break silence does so with anderson cooper. and what they think happened. we'll talk to hln's vinnie politan about his interview. >>> we're watching stories for you, a north korean ship seized in panama was found with weapons onboard. we'll tell you more about that. >>> also, interesting story after actor jason patrick is pursuing a legal fight that could have serious impact on paternity laws, certainly a story you want to pay attention to. we have a busy day, let's get started. >> we will have all that, especially a interview with juror b-37. >>> first, protests turned violent overnight. a highway blocked, a walmart taken over, and a cameraman assaulted. alina machado has all that and more from sanford, florida. good morning, alina. >> reporter: good morning, things remain calm and peaceful in sanford, florida, but the third night in a row we have seen protests in other cities in the country. hundreds of protesters around the country voicing their opposition to the not guilty verdict. overnight in los angeles, police say incid

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tonight you heard what trayvon martin's parents just told anderson cooper. >> it came as a complete shock to me, and the reason i say that is because i just look at people as people, and i thought for sure that the jury looked at trayvon as an average teenager that was minding his own business, that wasn't committing any crime, that was coming home from the store and were feet away from where he was actually going, and i just believe that they realized that, but when i heard the verdict, i kind of understand the disconnect and that maybe they didn't see trayvon as their son. they didn't see trayvon as a teenager. they didn't see trayvon as just a human being. >> now two african american minute sterps square off. one says any black child with a hoodie can be the next trayvon martin and the other says it's not white racism, it's black racism. one of the notorious crimes of the country, i'll talk to her tonight. >>> a year since aurora but their love is forever. an exclusive with the couple that vowed not to let the shooting stop their wedding. >> he did kind of save me, so of course i would

plus, tonight, they'll be live with anderson cooper. with cnn throughout the day. >>> the fight against florida stand your ground law goes on. for the third day, student activists are refusing to leave the florida governor's office. they want action following the acquittal of george zimmerman. they want the governor to call a special session of state legislature and repeal that conversational stand your ground law. joining me on the phone, victor, i know you're following the protesters. tell us more? >> well, the dream defenders, the group that's been here since 10:00 a.m. tuesday, they're actually right now in the reception area outside of the governor's office. at 10:00 a.m. sharp, they went up to the receptionist and asked if they could meet with governor scott. they were told for a third day that he is not here. they said they will not leave until they have that meeting. this again is the start of the third day. but they told me they are prepared to be here for weeks. right now they're starting the third day by telling stories of wh

. >> on monday, cnn anderson cooper did the first interview with one of the six woman jury's from thetrial. she was identified only as juror b37. talked about trayvon martin's friend rachel jeantel who appeared as a witness. she was on the phone with martin just before he was shot dead. cooper asked her specifically what she thought of the testimony. >> i did not think it was very credible, but i felt very sorry for her. she did not ask to be in this place. she wanted to go. she wanted to leave. she did not want to be any part of this jury. i think she felt inadequate toward everyone because of her education and her communication skills. i just felt sadness for her. >> you felt she was in over her head? >> know, but she just didn't want to be there and she was embarrassed by being there because of her education and her communication skills that she just wasn't a good witness. >> you do find it hard at times to understand what she was saying? >> a lot of the time because much of the time she was using phrases i have never heard before and what they meant. >> so that term, creepy ass cr

since her exclusive interview with c-n-n's anderson cooper, four other jurors have come forward -- noteak, but to once again ask for privacy. their statement read, in part: "we. understand there is a great deal of interest in this case. but we ask you to remember we are not public officials and we did not invite this type of attention in our lives. we also wish to point out that the opinions of b-37 expressed on the anderson cooper show were her own and not in any way representative of the jurors listed below." at times, juror b-37 says she thought there would be a hung jury.because one of the other jurors said she had a family issue and wanted to leave. ".and we convinced them, 'no, you can't leave. you can't do this. we have been in this too long to walk out now.'" the statement from four jurors calls their experience highly emotional announcer: announcer: you're on the right track to save big during sleep train's triple choice sale. for a limited time, you can choose to save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. or choose $300 in free gifts with sleep train's most p

this is from juror b-37 who talked of course at length to anderson cooper.is particularly about the struggle the jury had over what they were facing in terms of the law. >> there was a couple of them in there that wanted to find him guilty of something, and after hours and hours and hours of deliberating over the law and reading it over and over again, we decided there's -- there's just no way -- other place to go because of the heat of the moment and stand your ground. he had a right to defend himself. if he felt threatened that his life was going to be taken away from him or have body harm, he had a right. >> what i was confused by there and want to clear this up, why would she refer to stand your ground, given that was not the defense that was put up? >> because that's been on television and in the mind of many people in florida. stand your ground was not part of the george zimmerman case. but she was absolutely right that no matter how much you might feel morally that george zimmerman should pay some consequence, there was no basis in law for convicting