Originally Posted by kane

I think there is no question Zimmerman has hurt his own case here. I think it is pretty much agreed up on that as to how the encounter between Zimmerman and Martin started. Zimmerman saw him, thought he looked suspicious and called the police. Martin took off, Zimmerman followed at first then stopped and said he was going to go meet the police. As more evidence comes out it sounds like it is pretty clear how it ended. Zimmerman and Martin were fighting. Zimmerman was losing and shot him.

Where this case hinges is on the middle. How did the two come face to face and how did the fight start? If there is a witness or witnesses that saw this part of the encounter we the public haven't heard of them yet. It is possible that there are none in which case it will all come down to Zimmerman and whether or not he is believable and this little lie of his will make it more difficult for the jury to believe him.