That is the only thing I can think of. Unless GZ's lawyer had no clue that he would utter such nonsense in an interview like that... which I find hard to believe.
But if the lawyer is thinking something along the lines of insanity, that interview would not convince me of it if I was a juror. In fact, it'd just piss me off. The man is showing no remorse and is justifying his actions. That is typical behavior of a sociopath. Prisons are full of sociopaths.
An insanity defense would require GZ's lawyer to show that he didn't know right from wrong. At least that is my understanding of how it works. Sociopaths *are* considered mentally ill, but it'd fall under the umbrella of personality disorders. People w/personality disorders don't have breaks with reality such as a person w/mood disorders or schizophrenia. So unless the lawyer can get a really convincing mental health professional to say that GZ also has one of the other 2 mentioned conditions in addition to being a racist sociopath, that kind of defense would not work.
This whole thing is very strange. It certainly is a wtf moment for me too.
-OR- maybe you are onto something when you called him a fool. Maybe the lawyer has had him IQ tested and found him to be of below average intelligence. The dumbass defense. 
Sorry. This whole thing is no joking matter, and I *am* dead serious here even if it does sound kind of funny. I just don't understand what the lawyer is thinking!
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