I have watched all of the testimony and seen all of the evidence that has been publicly released. I believe the state's case is in shambles. So much so that I have, at times questioned whether they were just presenting the facts intending to let the chips fall where they may.
There has not been a single substantial shift in Zimmerman's version of the facts in each telling. There was a written statement to the police four hours after the incident, a videotaped interview, audio interview, a 'challenge interview' (interrogation), a real time video reenactment with the police and a television interview with Sean Hannity. All of these were admitted into evidence and seemed to bolster only Zimmerman's entirely consistent version of the events.
Zimmerman at all times appeared credible, believable, even meek and without a hint of the depraved mind that the prosecution must prove for a second degree murder conviction.
All the facts, and all the testimony from twenty-some witnesses that was presented, taken as a whole, only point to Mr Zimmerman's explanation of the events that night.
To believe the state's arguments, one would have to believe that it was Martin who was the one (on the 911 recording) shrieking and begging for help, all the while straddling Zimmerman and pummeling him relentlessly for more than a full minute, right up to the point of the single gun shot.
The medical examiner testified that Martin's only injuries, besides the fatal shot, were abrasions on his knuckle as if from striking blows. A neighbor's eyewitness account of Martin's "ground and pound" MMA attack on the helpless Zimmerman should have prevented this case from having ever been brought.
Detective Sevino, the lead investigator found Martin to be utterly truthful, testified as such, only to have his testimony stricken with instructions to the jury to disregard. Sevino, by the way, was reported to have refused to charge Zimmerman with 2nd degree murder, and has been subsequently demoted to a patrol officer. Sevino also testified in this case, and to the FBI that there was "external" pressure to charge Zimmerman, regardless of the unimpeached self-defense fact matrix.
I could go on and on, but suffice to say that the parade of state's witnesses, one by one and almost without fail, morphed into defense witnesses before our very eyes. This slow-motion train wreck formed such a complete implosion of the state's case, that I would not have been surprised in the least if the defense had called no witnesses and went straight to closing arguments.
At primary issue is whether Zimmerman could have reasonably feared death or grave injury at the time he discharged his weapon.
Martin's attack was unrelenting. A neighbor and eyewitness John Good commanded Martin to stop, but the attack continued until Zimmerman was able to stop it with a single shot.
I can't imagine, nor does ANY of the evidence so far support a reasonable person in Zimmerman's position NOT fearing his own death.
