the gas station wrote down the license plate and went to michael dunn's home and then brought him out the issue of race was largely ignored in the trial. dunn wrote to family members that he thinks the justice system is unfair and biased to african-americans. he wrote -- but that was never brought up in court. >> there is great sensitivity to bring up race in the zimmerman case and in this case, we have to ask questions why. are notthe south, they ready to talk about these issues . i think the state prosecution is concerned to bring it up. these statements and michael dunn's actions show that he was a threat. that he willthing serve at least 60 years in prison. of these statements, it is clear he is a threat. >> the attorney for jordan davis's family released a video formerael dunn's neighbor. he said he had a history of violent behavior and cocaine use and insurance fraud and even bragged about once putting a hit out on someone. his first wife said that he had held a gun to her head and threatened to kill her. this is an interview of his former neighbor. >> he acted like he was smart

when you think about this vert recently with michael dunn, this stand your ground law allowed him to criminal liability for the death of jordan dunn just as george zimmerman escaped criminal liability for the death of trayvon martin. that's a problem, what messages we are sending out. when you think about these verdicts. when you kill an unarmed black child, you don't go to jail, but when you shoot and you miss attempted murder on the other occupants on the car you get held accountable. marissa alexander in jacksonville florida she shot a warning shot on the ceiling. she says stand your ground. what message are we send something don't miss? is that what stand your ground law means? don't miss? if you miss, you get off. if you kill a young black man, you go home, that's just troubling. >> do you think the verdict here would have been different had michael dunn been black and jordan davis been white? >> no question about it, this is an equal justice issue, where else does it work in america if you reverse the rolls and you have jordan davis killing unarmed michael dunn, or you have tra

announced it was deadlocked on a first degree murder charge against florida software developer michael dunn, the question so many have asked is what happened? yes, dunn was convicted of three counts of attempted murder for firing at a car with fourteens inside after an argument over loud music, but on the most serious charge, alleging the murder of 17-year-old jordan davis, the jurors could not agree. tonight in an abc news exclusive, we know why. abc's byron pitts has just finished the very first interview with one of those jurors for our series "crime and punishment." >> do you think michael dunn got away with murder? >> at this point, i do. myself personally, yes. >> reporter: she was juror number four. valerie is her first name. home care nurse administrator, she asked we not give her full name. for the first time tonight, we're hearing what happened inside the deadlocked jury room where 12 people struggled to decide the fate of admitted killer michael dunn. >> when you went to the deliberating room, you thought michael dunn was guilty? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: of killing a 17-year-old

in the michael dunn matter, you have jordan davis and michael dunn in two vehicles.y never come into contact with each other. the concept that someone needed to shoot nine, ten times to defend themselves is farfetched. >> and then the key witness. remember the friend of trayvon martin that was on the phone with him. >> you don't know the person. trayvon did not know him. >> in the michael dunn case the three young men in the car when jordan davis was killed. >> i went to check and see if he had a pulse. >> and what did you find? >> i did not feel one. >> there was a big difference in the caliber of those witnesses. >> we made a big deal about rachel genteel and how inarticulate she was and how the difficulties understanding what she was saying. but in the dunn trial we have these three young men who have been through a horrific experience. >> and finally the issue of the defendants taking the stand. zimmerman did not and dunn did. >> you said it looked like a shotgun? >> it was thick enough profile. it was a 12 gauge, to my eye, or 20. >> there is no evidence that an

that's what many are asking about the trial of michael dunn. the only testimony supporting dunn's self-defense claim was his own. and even that was contradicted by other witnesses. dunn was convicted on four other counts. but the jury deadlocked on the charge related to killing jordan davis. and for davis' parents, that's not an abstract legal issue. it's very personal. abc's byron pitts sat down with them for our series "crime and punishment." >> it has been an incredibly long 15 months for you two. it was his father ron davis who got the call. his boy had been shot outside a suburban convenience store the day after thanksgiving. >> all i remember hearing the doctor say is mr. davis, i'm so sorry, we were unable to revive -- >> and then he made that long walk a parent would rather die than ever take. >> and i asked to see my son. they said wait a minute, we don't want you to see him like that. and so they pulled a sheet up to his neck like that. when i saw him, he was laying there peacefully. had a little blood on his nose and his eye was open

in a confession she said she felt michael dunn got away with murder. >> do you think michael dunn got away with murder? >> at this point, i do, myself, personally, yes. >> when you went to the deliberating room you thought michael dunn was guilty? >> yes, sir. >> of killing a 17-year-old boy. >> what convinced you? >> to me it was unnecessary. >> not everyone on the jury agreed with her. and she revealed why. >> you all first took your first poll on guilt or innocence on the murder of jordan davis. what was your vote? >> 10-2. >> so two said self defense. so as we expected it came down to self-defense. the controversial stand your ground law that says you have no duty to retreat if you feel threatened and you can use deadly force. michael dunn said he was in fear and that he saw a gun. no gun was ever found. it was his word against everyone else's that he felt he was threatened. juror four also had a message for the parents of jordan davis. >> i would say i am sorry, of course. nothing will bring back their son. i hope that they feel that we didn't do them a disservice. >> back with u

michael dunn says it was all in self defense. his girlfriend when they pulled into a convenience store to get a bottle of wine. she went in to get the wine. next to his car, four teenagers playing very loud music. he didn't like the music, he asked them to turn it down. words were exchanged, so was gunfire. at least one-way gunfire was shot. the woman who is at the center of testifying about what the scene was like is that fiancfia rhonda auro rhonda our. have a listen. >> did the defendant say anything about the music when he parked the car next to the red car? >> yes. >> what did the defendant say? >> i hate that thug music. >> and what was your response to the defendant? >> i said, yes, i know. >> rhonda rouer, talking about thug music, four black teenagers, and the defendant himself has had some pretty choice words to describe the african-american community, at least in the jail where he has been held since all of this happened. my next guest has a lot to say about that. he's a prominent pastor at a local church here, and he

i think on retrial the prosecution is going to focus heavily on the cross-examination of michael dunn him than they did in the first trial. >> beside the letter, dunn's phone calls were also considered irrelevant. here is what he said on one phone call to his fiancee. >> so being in a room by myself kind of sucks, but i guess it'd would be better than being in a room with them animals. >> well, you know, they probably wouldn't think too highly about what is going on. and so it is best. but i can only imagine. >> now, it's better than being in a room with those animals. couldn't the prosecution when they were cross examining -- when they were direct examining the fiancee, who was their witness, when he said he never mentioned a gun, couldn't they have played this phone call with him and her from jail saying even on this call he never mentioned a gun, and let them also hear the kinds of thoughts this man had by putting this into the trial? >> no. the judge would not have allowed that in. that statement would have been more prejudicial than probative. they could have gotten easily in the

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the state might try and go after dunn's character using a letter michael dunn wrote from jail. quote, this jail is full of blacks and they all act like thugs. in is dunn writing. another. this may sound a bit radical, but if more people would arm themselves and kill these idiots when they're threatening you, eventually they may take the hint and change their behavior. i mean, if this were presented in front of this jury, it might have not only changed this juror's feeling, it might have changed others. >> this is toxic, explicit racism of the kind that you rarely get in courtrooms today. you know, a lot of times we're guessing. is this guy racist or not based on his conduct? well, here we have in writing very clear language from michael dunn himself just months after the shooting where he is clearly a racist with the capital r. that evidence should have come in. but i do not blame these jurors, as you say. they were not given the evidence. they were instructed to follow the law. they did follow the law. stand your ground was a great big problem for them. that's not their fault.

to what one of the jurors had to say about the case. >> the verdict in the michael dunn murder trial is raising questions. >> the jury delivered a verdict. >> he's accused of killing a teenager. >> dunn fired ten rounds. >> the shots killed 17-year-old jordan davis. >> dunn says he shot davis in self-defense. >> no gun was ever found. >> no weapon, however, was ever found at the scene. >> this was a mixed verdict. >> guilty on four of five charge against dunn. >> that's three counts of attempted murder. >> and one count of firing into the vehicle. >> jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict. >> the jury was unable to come to a decision on the charge of first degree murder. >> retrying the case is something that we've all had to do. >> the prosecutor said she would retry the case on the outstanding charge. >> and we'll give it the same full attention. >> he had no duty to retreat and had the right to stand his ground proop. >> for the stand your ground law -- >> something that's become sort of a matter of confusion over this case. >> stand your ground. >> stand your ground, the prin

a little dorm room -- 2713. ♪ this magic moment ♪ >>> one of the jurors in the murder trial of michael dunn her silence. the jury convicted dunn of three counts of second -degree murder for shooting into an suv carrying four black teenagers, but they could not agree on the murder charge stemming from the death of 17-year-old jordan davis. we sat down with the woman known as juror 8. >> i never once thought about this is a black kid and that is a white guy, because that is not the case. >> and so the people who say, here is another white guy who got away with shooting and killing a black kid, what would you tell them? >> i would tell them that they really should acknowledge themselves. >> reporter: she is setting the record straight. sg>> i wanted to bring justice whoever it was. >> reporter: the 21-year-old was juror 8 in the michael dunn m d murder trial, and she sat down exclusively with cnn and the case and the heated deliberations. what was it like inside of the deliberation room? >> it was wild. >> reporter: wild as? >> well, it was like shout iing and a lot of yelling. >> reporter: an

no one said there was a gun other than michael dunn. so i think that to rely on his word, did espidespite the inconsistencies, the fact that he left the scene, ordered pizza that night, never called the police. it is the duty to call the police. if i fire my gun, it is my duty to call the police. i think this jury not being able to come to a decision, that the best possible outcome is to have another trial, with new prosecutors, and a new jury, and i think that lisa bloom is right. the new prosecutors have got to bring in all of the evidence. we've got to see the other mr. dunn, the mr. dunn that charlie hendricks' eight-year neighbor said existed. the man who threatened other people's lives. the man who may or may not have had other issues with alcohol. the man who said that this country was being taken over by minorities. we ought to see mike at dunn, the one he described in his own jail house letters. >> kerry sanders is outside the courthouse right now. bring us up to date. i just saw a whole group of people walk off, looked like th

. >> with michael dunn. let's move forward, martin. you mentioned earlier there are protests planned for the week ahead. what do you know about these protests. >> reporter: well, i think right now they're just sort of being loosely organized. some talked about wearing black bands or wearing black arm bands or black ribbons. this is something that would be organized both here in jacksonville and they're trying to encourage it across the country. these are protests always designed to be peaceful. in fact, when i was talking to protesters as people were awaiting verdict, i said, well, if it doesn't go your way what do you predict is going to happen? no one ever suggested anything along the lines of violence. what they said is there would be protests. there would be a very forceful message said that this would not be tolerated and that laws need to change in the state of florida. but always, always it was peaceful and it was always to be within the laws of florida. don? >> all right. martin, thank you very much.

>> we did, michael dunn. >> besides michael dunn. >> here we go, the only two people that know what happened, every single state's witness outside of the kids in the car indicate they were not looking over in that area until after they heard the gunshot being fired. as a matter of fact, the one witness who claims he heard mr. dunn say something, he even said, i only looked at the gun, i never looked at the suv, so not one single witness can talk about jordan davis being out of the car and even the kids in the car admitted he could have threatened michael dunn, but they didn't hear him. >> the prosecution has said it's going to retry on this top count. are you going to represent michael dunn in the retrial? >> as it stands right now, yes. there are things that come into play, we talked about the defense budget. >> what would having more money, what difference would that have made for the defense? >> we'd be able to bring in experts to show that when you are in a life and death fight or flight situation, what the mind goes through, what somebody may go through, and we get it. from day one we u

and we turn to florida where a verdict was reached in the trial of michael dunn the forty seven year old who shot and killed teenager jordan davis on saturday the jury in jacksonville found michael dunn guilty of attempted second degree murder for opening fire on three teens who were in the same as you vs jordan davis however they could not come to a consensus on whether to can. victor a quick done of the most serious of charges first degree murder in the two thousand and twelve killing prosecutors argued that dunn recklessly shot at the teens after complaining about the volume of their music in a convenience store parking lot three of his gun shots struck davis one of them cutting through his liver along and his aorta however dunn testified that his actions were all in self-defense that davis threatened him and that he thought he saw a gun sticking out of the vehicle that al davis and his friends don was found guilty on four of the five counts he was charged with and now faces up to sixty years behind bars in response to the verdict here's what the parents of jordan davis had to say

it was just after michael dunn left the reception that the shooting happened. himself has not commented publicly on his side of the story. but since being in jail he has written many letters. they've now been submitted as evidence. in a letter dated july 14th, presumably to his fiancee, he writes, "i just got off the phone with you and we were talking about how racist the blacks are up here. the more time i am exposed to these people the more prejudiced against them i become." in another letter to his grandmother he complains, "the blacks seem to be calling the shots in the media and the courts." in yet another letter he acknowledges comparisons to the trayvon martin shooting. "cory, my attorney, says i have a much stronger case of self-defense than zimmerman does." this case does seem to have a lot of parallels to the george zimmerman trial. right down to the prosecutors. >> jordan davis gasping for air. >> reporter: these are the same two who tried to get a conviction against zimmerman. >> i don't see how stand your ground applies there. but in this case, wit

the jury in found michael dunn get on four of the five counts and a mistrial on the highest charge. ng 17-year-old jordan davis in thanksgiving of 2012. they apparently argued over the music coming from the suv. and surveillance video was played inside of the courtroom. dunn said he fired those shots in self defense. and it has been a busy 45 minutes, steve? >> reporter: certainly, harris and with this verdict it is easy to become confused because we are dealing with two different things. a guilty verdict and a mistrial. you have to separate the different counts. michael dunn is likely to go to prison for a long time despite the fact that the jury could not agree if he was guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of 17 year old jordan davis. there is a mistrial to the single charge. but the jury did agree and pronounced him guilty on four of the other charges. three of them are attempted murder. and firing a weapon and another possible 15 years and when the 47 year old computer programmer faces the music in sentencing next month he could be looking at 75 years behind bars,

florida man who shot and killed an unarmed teen will break down the verdict in the case and ask if michael dunn will face a retrial for the death of jordan davis all of that and more later in the show. it's monday february seventeenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm lynn neary david and you're watching our team america we begin today with the news that an attorney who represents former government contractor edward snowden says she was detained and questioned by heathrow airport border force in london while going through customs just one raid act was traveling along with former n.s.a. whistleblower thomas drake to meet with julian a songe at the ecuadorian embassy in london yesterday right back tweeted after her experience saying i'm fine he throws a border force was just trying to intimidate me who was at work snowden who do you know him where is bradley manning to talk about what happened exactly i was joined earlier by just one radar herself from london and i first asked her to tell me about what that experience was like. yeah i don't i mean everyone has to go through customs i get that and us

. >> you didn't think michael dunn had to kill jordan davis? >> i don't think so. >> stand your ground is part of the consciousness in florida and the other stand your ground states. >> even if we don't ever receive the verdict for jordan, he will still pay because he will spend the rest of his life in jail. and i feel sorry for him for that. >>> today, prosecutors announced that michael dunn will be retried for the first degree murder of jordan davis in may. and today, we heard from a second member of the jury, juror number eight, a 21-year-old who says she thinks michael dunn is a good guy, but she also thinks he is guilty of murder. >> i honestly think he was a good guy. i think he is a good guy. i don't think he hates everybody. i don't think he wants around wanting to shoot everybody. i think that he made a bad decision. >> the first juror to speak, juror number four, known only as valerie says race was not a factor in their deliberations. >> for a lot of folk in america, they would say white man shoots and kills a 17-year-old black boy. h

the top prosecutor in the michael dunn case now says the law needs to go. the top police officer in the dunn investigation now says the law should be fixed. and americans all across the country are demanding an end to this unjust law. it's been nearly a week since the dunn jury revealed that it was unable to reach a verdict in the shooting death of 17-year-old jordan davis. the mistrial shocked millions of americans and put a new focus on issues of stand your ground and self-defense. through it all, the parents of jordan davis have impressed with their composure, dignity, and grace in the midst of tragedy. and at the heart of this trial is the 17-year-old son they lost. he is no longer with us. but jordan davis has become the symbol of the rallying cry for all those fighting against this injustice. joining me now is jordan davis' father, ron davis, along with the family lawyer john phillips. thank you both for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you, reverend. >> first, ron, let me give my condolences for your loss. and let me ask you, it's been almo

they're forcing michael dunn. the only person who says there was a gun is michael dunn. the stand to prove that point. >> well, it's a fascinating case. we will keep an eye on it. thank you to faith jenkins and michael skolnik. >> thank you. >> thank you, karen. >> up next, our disrupter of the week a man of the law who could become an all-time first. that's ahead. t on cue. it's more than just a meal, it's meow mix mealtime. with wholesome ingredients and irresistible taste, it's the only one cats ask for by name. [ male announcer ] new vicks dayquil severe. helps relieve your ugliest, nastiest, roughest, toughest cold symptoms. new dayquil severe. with maximum symptom fighting ingredients. ♪ new vicks nyquil severe. helps relieve your ugliest, nastiest, roughest, toughest nighttime cold symptoms. new nyquil severe. with maximum symptom fighting ingredients. ♪ i can download anything i want. [ girl ] seriously? that's a lot of music. seriously. that's insane. and it's 15 bucks a month for the family. seriously? that's a lot of gold rope. seriously, that's a signature lo

michael dunn has never denied he shot and killed 17-year-old jordan davis after an argument over loud muse nick a parking lot. dunn testified he feared for his life even though police never found any evidence of a weapon in the car carrying davis and his friends. there's been a lot of speculation about how big a role if any race played in the killing and the trial. in a moment you're going to hear from the parents of jordan davis as they react to juror number 8. first we want you to hear from juror number 8, her take. she was one of just two african-americans on the jury. she was also the youngest juror, just 21 years old. here's what she told our cnn reporter. >> what did you think of michael dunn? >> i honestly think he was a good guy. i think he's a good guy. i don't think he hates everybody. i don't think he walks around wanting to shoot everybody. i think that he made bad decisions. >> you still think he's guilty of murder, though. >> yes. i really think he's guilty of murder, but not guilty as charged. >> first degree. you don't think he's guilty of first degree? >> i think he's

look what we know about michael du dunn, from the letters from jail, his past history.istory of hate, ignorance, racism, anger. and it's led to his destruction, but even worse, the destruction of a young innocent man who's been taken from his family. no good can come from racism, from this hate and ignorance. we've got to resolve it. we've got to talk about it. we all have to be better. that's what makes america great. the fact that we can work on these issues. we've got to do it. we've got to talk about it. >> mark, everywhere i go, people say, i love the chemistry between you and mark lamont hill. i love listening to you guys and you guys are always disagreeing. i say, no, we don't, but even if we do disagree, we're talking about it in a civil matter which is important, which we all should. and many times i play the guy to mark lamont hill, the devil's advocate, the other way around, however you want to say it. i play devil's advocate so we can have a thoughtful conversation to make people think differently, mark lamont hill and i think we need to do more of that. >>

the jury in the michael dunn case deliberated for more than 30 hours over 4 days before returning itsnd guilty on four of five counts and faces up to 75 years in prison if not more. but the jury could not reach a verdict on the most significant charge, first-degree murder, and dunn is to be retried on that count. it was a mistrial on that count. 17-year-old jordan davis was shot and killed in november of 2012 after a confrontation over a loud music in jacksonville, florida. i want to get now to cnn's nancy grace who has been paying close attention to this. i told our audience, nancy, before the break, you want real, here it is. hln's nancy grace. nancy, what do you make of this? >> thank you for inviting me on. i've been literally on pins and needles as we all have waiting for this outcome. this is what i think happened. i think somebody was torn up on self-defense. even if it was not a legitimate self-defense, because there clearly was no gun in that car. in fact, michael dunn under police questioning even admitted seeing the gun, may have been in his imagination. so obviously it was

michael dunn's defense attorney cory strolla argued in court dunn's actions were justified. .threatened michael bitch." dead, you are going down. whatever it was, it was a deadly weapon. you will hear the law, and you will rule on that law. you will see the evidence. they can try to show you the forensics, but what they cannot do is match the trajectory of jordan davis getting out of the car. and it was not as mr. guy said, mr. davis was leaning over. there will be testimony that as dunnsell mr. -- saw mr. reach for the gun, everybody in the card duct. you know who did not dock? jordan davis because he was getting out of a car with a weapon after telling michael dun bitch. are dead, this is going down now." you have four man against one. you know what jordan davis did not realize? the other man was armed, and gode is an expression -- did not make all men equal, cold did, and that is a firearm. it is a tragedy. we are not here to change the law, to say anybody deserved to lose their life, but under the law it is justified. >> cory strolla attorney for michael dunn, the man on

seventeen year old boy yes or what convinced you that to me it was unnecessary you didn't think michael dunn had to kill jordan davis i don't believe most of the jurors while valerie thought that dunn should have been found guilty for the murder murder of jordan davis two jurors thought the dunn was justified in taking the actions that he did so why did those two jurors think that dunn was justified in opening fire on an s.u.v. filled with teenagers after argument over loud music because of florida's stand your ground shoot first law during closing arguments in the dunn case dunn's defense attorney corey stroll repeatedly instructed jurors to look over page twenty five of the jury instructions he said to them i'm going to talk to you a little bit about justifiable use of force is honor's going to instruct you in ages twenty five to twenty eight i ask you when you go back in the jury room go all the way to page twenty five and start there because the law is going to tell you very clearly here's what page twenty five of the jury instructions if michael dunn was not engaged in an unlawful activ

ask if xeljanz is right for you. >>> breaking news in the michael dunn murder case, there's michael dunnccused of killing a young man over loud music. we have just learned the jury hasached a verdict on four of the five counts, they appear to be hung on the fifth count. the judge has brought the jury in. this is a dynamite charge where he tries to push and shove and cajole the juror into going back into the jury room to deliberate more. >> i am required to read to you an additional jury instruction. i'm going to read that instruction to you now. and then i will provide a copy of it to each one of you when i'm finished reading it. i know that all of you have tried hard to reach a verdict in this case to each of the counts. it apparently has been impossible for you so far. sometimes an early vote before discussion can make it hard to reach an agreement about the case later. the vote not the discussion might make it hard to see all sides of the case. we are all aware that it is legally permissible for a jury to disagree. there are two things a jury can lawfully do, agree on a verdict or dis

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michael dunn accused of killing a young african-american teenager over loud music. that is not how dunn tells it. he insists he was in fear for his life when he pulled a gun and pumped nine bullet holes into a teenager's suv. this weekend's dunn's fiance said dunn said quote i hate that thug music. good morning. >> it is possible the state could rest early this week. this was a working weekend for the jurors with key witnesses taking the stand. after a rare and emotional session in which the prosecution called michael dunn's fiance it testify. she was shaken as surveillance video from november 23, 2012 played in court. >> somebody is shooting. >> what did you hear? >> i heard pop, pop, pop. >> reporter: minutes earlier she and dunn stopped at a jacksonville gas station and parked next to a red suv with a group of teenagers inside. >> what did the defendant say? >> i hate that thug music. >> reporter: what unfolded next is at the crux of the case. dunn told investigators there was an argument over loud music and then said he heard threats, saw a weapon, took his gun o

we're 4/5 of the way for michael dunn. le who want to criticize me, they're going to do that no matter what we do. mr. dunn is looking 9 0 years in florida state prison with 60 years minimum mandatory. how anyone can be unhappy with these verdicts knowing we intend to retry count 1 is beyond me. we're going to keep going into the courtroom and fighting for justice for our victims without regard to what people are saying even though what they're saying is completely uninformed and ill informed. >> we'll be right back. so i got the new nokia lumia icon. it's got 1080p video, three times zoom, and a twenty-megapixel sensor. it's got the brightest display, so i can see what i'm shooting -- even outdoors, and 4 mics that capture incredible sound. plus, it has apps like vine -- and free cloud storage. my new lumia icon is so great, even our wipeouts look amazing. ♪ honestly, i want to see you be brave ♪ ♪ impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe p

to the judge saying they have reached a verdict in 4 of the 5 counts against this man, this is michael dunnare dead locked on the charge of first-degree murder. dunn is charged with the murder of 17-year-old jordan davis. after an argument over loud music.

do you think michael dunn got away with murder at this point. i i do myself personally yes when you went to the deliberating room you thought michael dunn was guilty yes or of killing seventeen year old boy yes or what convinced you that to me it was unnecessary he didn't think michael dunn had to kill jordan davis i don't believe most of the jurors she told us agreed with her you all first took your first poll and guilt or innocence on the murder of jordan davis what was the vote tended to ten people thinking he was guilty yes i thought it was going to be killed valerie says that was a key moment in the trial dunn's insistence he believed he was in danger that in this final directive from the defense attorney check page twenty five start with page twenty five page twenty five reads the use of deadly force is justifiable that michael dunn reasonably believes that the force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm valerie went on to say that we all believe that there was another way out another option for him to the actions tha

you have to buy michael dunn not guilty of every cow in dykeman every lesser included you don't even start your discussion they met their burden of beyond a reasonable doubt but the prosecution sees it much differently they argue that there was no reason for done to think his life was in danger when this defendant shot and killed jordan davis there was no gun in the rain there was no death there was no bag there was no life high. there was no gun. artie's nicholas l. donovan joined us earlier with more on this controversial murder trial and what happened inside the courtroom well it was day nine day of closing arguments in the michael dunn trial we heard prosecutors say that for dunn the shooting was just simply a target practice prosecutor erin wolfson was in charge of deliver in the state's closing argument and she said that when michael dunn pull up to the s.u.v. with jordan davis and his friends were as you said listen to music his blood literally started to boil obviously the state is trying to depict a picture of michael dunn where he was some way triggered by some sort of irra

michael dunn got into an argument over loud music with four teenagers sitting inside a parked suv. dunn fired ten shots at the vehicle. jordan davis was killed at the scene. dunn says the killing was in self-defense, and that davis threatened him with a gun. >> he says yeah, i'm going to [ bleep ] kill you. i look, and i'm looking at a barrel. he is showing me a gun and he is threatening me. he said he was going to f-ing kill me. but after he opened the door, then he looked at me and said you're dead, [ bleep ]. >> and were you still sitting this in shock? >> yes, i was. >> were you still in fear for your life? >> i became even more fearful at that point. >> okay. at that point, what did you believe was about to happen to you? >> i thought i was going to be killed. >> did you even think he might even be able to get a shot off? >> yes, i kid. >> that testimony wasn't backed up by any other witness or any of the evidence in the case. the prosecution says it never happened. >> when that defendant opened fire, jordan davis was sitting in his car seat with the door closed, with nothing i

you need to know this on saturday a florida jury convicted michael dunn of three charges of attempted second degree murder and one charge of shooting into a vehicle for shooting into an s.u.v. that was full of teenagers after an argument about their loud music that same jury . failed to convict on a first degree murder in the death of jordan davis a seventeen year old who was in the s.u.v. earlier today one of the dunn jurors identified only as valerie spoke with a.b.c. news about the case and about what she thought dunn deserved take a look at do you think michael dunn kind of with murder at this point. i i do myself personally yes when you went to the deliberating room you thought michael dunn was guilty yes or of killing seventeen year old boy yes or what convinced you that to me it was unnecessary he didn't think michael dunn had to kill jordan davis i don't believe most of the jurors she told us agreed with her you all first took your first poll and guilt or innocence on the murder of jordan davis what was the vote tended to ten people thinking he was guilty yes i thought it was

>> michael dunn's state of mind in this trial is key. he's going to assert self-defense, meaning he was in reasonable fear for his life. and so the state, they're going to argue, no, he was just angry. he didn't shoot inside of this suv at these kids because he had to. he did it because he wanted to. he was angry. they were playing this thug music. he referred to them as thugs before that shooting ever happened. and they're saying that he reacted based on a bias that he had towards these kids, not because of fear for his life. >> lisa, that face there, john dunn, a very familiar case to anyone who followed the george zimmerman trial. you've got to wonder what sort of lessons the prosecution may have learned from that trial, the lessons that they might try and apply here. >> right, and that's what the entire first half of my book is about. in my opinion, the state of florida did a terrible job in the george zimmerman case. they missed the key evidence in the case. they argued the evidence that they had very inappropriately. they lost a wi

but let's start at the top of the hour here with the trial of michael dunn and the shooting death of florida teenager jordan davis. the trial is over. the jury's verdict means dunn will go to prison but not for killing jordan davis. a mistrial was declared on the most serious count, murder in the first degree. but dunn was convicted of three counts of attempted murder and a charge of firing into a vehicle. prosecutors hope to retrial davis, retry dunn, i should say, on the murder charge. now kerry sanders live outside the courthouse. what has the reaction been in jacksonville? >> reporter: well, those who believed that michael dunn was guilty are very upset and they don't understand how it is that after all of the presentation made to the jury that they could not conclude that he was guilty of first-degree murder. it appears according to analysts that looked at this because we have not heard from the jurors, that they were hung up on the issue of first degree or second degree. and the reason it appear this is they're hung up on the two is because they did find him guilty of aterveted

i'm don lemon and the jury is hung up on the murder trial of michael dunn.some questions, and i have spoken to many people here on cnn, but none more heartfelt than the trayvon martin family's attorney benjamin crump, and i was going to have you go and have dinner and come back to me when there is a verdict, and i think 245 what you said when we went to break is very, very important for the people in the country to understand. can you say it again. >> yes, don. it is very important to know how this system will break our hearts sometimes, and especially for trayvon martin's, and jordan martin's as well, but whatever the verdict is, we have to respect that whatever the killers in our the -- killers of our children is to maintain peace at all costs. that is what their parents would want, and trayvon would want and jordan davis would want and his parents. >> thank you, benjamin crump, and very emotional. thank you. we will see you when we get a verdict. >> thank you. >>> and i want to get to sunny hostin who is also down there in florida with the florida congre

. >> i know you know i have forgiven michael dunn for taking your life. >> michael dunn says it was self-defense. >> this guy comes up with something. i thought it was a shotgun. >> police say they never found a gun. dunn expected to take the stand today. >> i went over this a million times. what i should have done is put the car in reverse. >> our coverage begins right now in the cnn newsroom. >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thanks for joining me. we start in jacksonville, florida in a courtroom where the loud music murder trial could go to the jury today. in a dramatic move, we could hear from michael dunn himself, the man who opened fire into a parked car blaring loud rap music. three of the bullets struck and killed 17-year-old jordan davis. dunn says he fired in self-defense leabelieving they e armed and threatening. jurors were told davis was leaning away from the shooter when he was killed. >> we know we're dealing with a horizontal track of the bullet. that happens by motion of the body. as you notice when i bend over t track becomes horizontal. that path of the liver and path of t

michael dunn got into an argument over loud music with four teenagers. sitting inside a parked suv. dunn fired ten shots at the vehicle. 17-year-old jordan davis was killed. dunn says the killing was in self-defense and that the teen threatened him with a gun. this case centers on one question, will the jury believe mr. dunn was really in fear? today during the closing arguments the state repeatedly focus td on the fact that no gun was ever found. >> on november 23, 2012 when this defendant shot and killed jordan davis there was no gun in that durango. there was no stick. there was no bat. there was no lead pipe. there was no gun. he makes no mention of the firearm. there were no shots every fired at this defendant. i think he said, well, there was one gun for them so he was shooting at all of them. but as i stated earlier, there was no gun in that durango. it didn't happen. there was no gun. >> the police blamed police for not finding the gun. >> did the detectives close the plaza down? no. did they secure the scene? they haven't call k-9 to find the gun. why didn't they search the

the only person that can testify to that is michael dunn. prosecution in this case learned from the zimmerman case. no video interrgation of michael dunn telling his story is in evidence. the only way to prove self-defense at this point is to have michael dunn testify. when i was in court right before the end of the day, the defense indicated they had one or maybe two witnesses pending. when going over the jury instructions, the defense wanted to go over the self-defense instruction, she made it clear it would be inappropriate to go over that instruction unless there was evidence of self-defense. i suspect we will hear from michael dunn tomorrow. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> up next we're back on the charity money trail keeping them honest. and when you put them in charge of making an unbeatable truck, good things happen. this is the ram 1500. the 2014 motor trend truck of the year. ♪ and first ever back-to-back champion. guts. glory. ram. they're the days to take care of business.. when possibilities become reality. with century

all around this country. >> and we will continue to wait for justice for jordan. >>> jury in the michael dunn loud music trial reached a verdict last night. after almost 32 hours of deliberations over the course of four days, dunn was convicted of attempted murder and shooting a deadly missile into a vehicle, which was occupied by four unarmed teens as they sat in a parked suv playing music. but the jury couldn't decide if the fact that three of the ten bullets he fired, which hit and killed 17-year-old jordan davis, constituted murder. this all goes back to the night of november 23rd, 2012, at a gas station in jacksonville, florida, when dunn shot at the unarmed teens after an argument over the volume of the music the boys were playing. music that dunn has described as thug music. dunn claims that he feared for his life and saw a gun in the car. in florida, because of the state's stand your ground law, it didn't matter that davis didn't actually have a gun. all that mattered was that dunn believed his life was in danger before opening fire in self-defense. his defense attorney said after the