(The Root) — Today's closing statements marked the beginning of the end of a trial that has had the social media world glued to television and computer screens since it began on June 24.
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Twitter was tense as the prosecution's closing arguments started at around 1:30 p.m. EDT. It was too much for some to watch as it rehashed some painful, difficult moments of the trial, such as Rachel Jeantel's polarizing testimony. Others, though, stayed tuned in, live-tweeting in the closing hours of the trial as steadily as they did during its infancy.
The prosecutor on the Zimmerman trial is killing his closing arguments! Wish I could be in there clapping lol
— MK (@Mae_Beee) July 11, 2013
Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky.
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