mr. wolfinger issued a statement accusing you directly of lying. it reads in part. let me read it to our viewers. i am outraged by the outright lies contained in the letter by benjamin crump. no such meeting or communication occurred. i have been encouraging those spreading the irresponsible rhetoric to stop and allow state attorney angela corey to do her work. that's a quote. he is flat out calling you a liar. we would love to get your response. >> yes. on behalf of the family, we're outraged at his for whatever reason, refusal to arrest george zimmerman for killing their son. and it took our letter to finally get him to comment on why george zimmerman has not been arrested. we hear all these things from the media. we don't get anything from his office or the police department. so these folks have been left out in the cold when it's them who should get all the information about why mr. zimmerman is still free for killing their son. and we'll keep writing letters and asking people to investigate anything that is suspicious. they deserve answers. this family only wan

mr. wolfinger's office and then bernie and john and their team took this over and did a lot more work and we came to our conclusion based on the facts and florida's law. >> obviously the maximum sentence for second degree murder would be life in prison. is it your desire as a prosecutor of this case to see him go to jail for life, mr. zimmerman? >> we don't make that determination at this time. what we are committed to do is get this case through the court system and then and if it goes to the tryer of fact as the judge or the jury, once there is a decision, then we would concern ourselves with the sentence. >> have you been contacted by mr. zimmerman? >> i have not personally. i do understand he may have retained new counsel in the past couple of hours. >> did he have anything to say? what was his demeanor? >> if he did, i wouldn't be able to comment. i want you to know up front one of the specific things we're not allowed to discuss are the statements of a defendant charged with crime and again it's a constitutional protection that you all should be happy law enforcement affords every p

mr. wolfinger knew this was out in the media. the family asked these questions. why were they overruled? who made this decision? this is something they've asked repeatedly from the beginning of this thing. why was not he arrested? that's at the crux of this matter here. >> if there was a disagreement between the investigator and the prosecutor who thought there wasn't enough evidence to charge zimmerman, what does that tell you? >> what it really tells us, this investigator who the on the same, he makes a decision where he recommends manslaughter. then he is the person who is evaluating his statement. evaluated evidence, observed it. why would you overrule him or reject his notion if it is said that zimmerman's claim isn't credible. and remember, wolf, let's be absolutely certain. nobody is saying that he can't make a self-defense claim in a court of law. all we're saying is he should have been arrested. if that was trayvon martin who was accused of pulling the trigger, he would have been arrested right there on the spot. we only want equal justice and fair and i

mr. wolfinger and bernie and john and their team looked this over and did a lot more work and we came to our conclusion based on the facts in florida aegs law. the maximum sentence of second-degree murder would be life in prison. is it your desire as the prosecutor in this case to see him go to jail for life? >> we don't make that determination at this time. what we are committed to do is get this case through the court system and then, and if it goes to the trier of fact that's the judge or the trier of the fact of the jury, once there is a decision, we would concern ourself with the sentence? i'm sorry. go ahead. i have not personally been contacted. i do understand he may have retained new counsel in the past couple of hours. >> when he turned himself in, did he have anything to say? >> if he did, i wouldn't be able to comment on it. i want you to know up front, one of the specific things we are not allowed to discuss are the statements of a defendant charged with a crime. again, it is a constitutional protection that you all should be happy law enforcement affords every person charge

mr. wolfinger excused himself from the case.e to have -- there are pneumonia rus affirmative defense that's can be asserted before the arrest, immediately after the arrest, during the trial. we have had them come up in the middle of trial. my fellow prosecutors that his here we have all faced this before. alibi is an affirmative defense, sometimes that's put on us in the middle of a trial. it makes a prosecution more difficult. we do everything in our power to take the facts we have and prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. >> can i get your opinion for what the debate is about race and justice. in the pursuit of justice? >> i'm going to be quite honest with you, and i have some people who live through our justice system here and are some of the finest people in jacksonville, florida. they represent aç small samplef the people that know that those of us in law enforcement are committed to justice for every race, gender, and every person of any persuasion whatsoever. they are our victims. we only know one category and that's

mr. wolfinger recused himself from this case. >> do you believe you have the evidence for a conviction? >> we have to have a reasonable certainty of conviction before we file charges. any time there is an affirmative defense, and there are numerous affirmative defenses that can be asserted before the arrest, immediately after the arrest, during the trial. we've had them come up in the middle of trial. my fellow prosecutors that sit here, we've all faced this before. for example, alibi is an affirmative defense. sometimes that gets put on us in the middle of the trial. so an affirmative defense always makes a criminal prosecution more difficult. we do everything within our power to take the facts we have at hand and prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. yes, sir? >> there was a debate about race and justice. [ inaudible question ] >> i'll be quite honest with you. i have some people who would live through our justice system here and they are among the finest people in jacksonville, florida. they represent but a small sample of the people who know that those of us in law enforcement a