Zimmerman Trial Live Stream July 12: Watch Online Prosecutor Rebuttal Case; Defense Argument Recap VIDEO
Florida state prosecutor John Guy is delivering a final rebuttal argument to George Zimmerman's defense attorney Mark O'Mara's closing argument right now.
(View Day 14 of the court session via free live stream on a computer, tablet or mobile phone below.)
O'Mara delivered his closing arguments Friday morning on July 12. His client is facing a possible conviction for the 2012 murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen he shot and killed in what he claimed was self-defense.
O'Mara spoke for three hours to the jury panel of six women that Zimmerman was nothing but a neighborhood watch volunteer who did nothing but protect his own life. O'Mara quoted former President John Adams, saying, "It's more important that innocence be protected than that the guilty be punished."
O'Mara showed the jury panel of six women a 3D animated re-enactment of Zimmerman's version of what happened the night he killed Martin. The courtroom was silent during the 4-minute clip as he explained why he presented the footage.
"Did they show you, tell you, explain to you, give you any insight whatsoever, what Trayvon Martin was doing four minutes before that fight started at the 'T' intersection? Do you have a doubt as to what happened and what Trayvon Martin was doing and what he must have been thinking for four minutes?"
Zimmerman, who declined to testify on Thursday, stood up and faced the jury as O'Mara closed his argument.
Watch Mark O'Mara's defense argument below.
Zimmerman is now facing multiple charges in the trial, which began on June 24. Judge Debra Nelson ruled on Thursday that the jury can decide whether to convict Zimmerman for lesser charges, including manslaughter and third-degree felony murder, in addition to the second-degree murder charge he has been originally facing.
Zimmerman faces life in prison if the jury decides he should be convicted of second-degree murder.
The jury will then begin deliberating on Friday afternoon after the judge reads instructions to them and release them for deliberations.
The state's prosecutor Richard Mantei argued in court on July 11 that the third-degree murder charge should be considered because Zimmerman committed an act of child abuse when he shot 17-year-old Martin.
Zimmerman wasn't arrested for Martin's killing, initially, which sparked protests around the country. The chief of Sanford's police department resigned amid the backlash. Zimmerman was eventually arrested and charged 44 days after the shooting on April 11, 2012.
Watch John Guy's rebuttal argument via the free live stream of Day 14 of George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial below.