The prosecution in George Zimmerman's second degree murder trial is expected to rest its case Friday. The day began with testimony from the family of Trayvon Martin, who was seventeen when Zimmerman fatally shot him last year.
Martin's mother Sybrina Fulton took the stand as prosecutors played for her a 911 call made by a neighbor during the confrontation between Zimmerman and Martin.
She said the voice screaming for help in the background was her son’s.Defense attorney Mark O'Mara asked Fulton if – as a mother – she only believed the screams were Martin's, because to think otherwise would mean acknowledging her son had some responsibility for his own death.
O'Mara: You certainly had to hope that was your son screaming, even before you heard it, correct?
Fulton: I didn't hope for anything. I just simply listened to the tape.
The defense says it was Zimmerman screaming for help. Zimmerman says he shot Martin in self-defense after the teen attacked him.
Martin's older brother Jahvaris Fulton also testified it was Martin on the 911 tape, but under cross examination admitted he'd told a reporter shortly after he first heard it that he wasn't sure.