martin was returning to his future stepmother s home with a bag of candy and iced tea. that evening george zimmerman, armed with a 9 millimeter automatic, pursued him, confronted him and shot him dead. today after weeks of withering criticism about his department s handling of the case and a vote of no confidence by sanford s city commission the police chief temporarily stepped aside. he did not step down. nor did sanford s city manager fire him even though he has the power to do so. in a moment we ll ask him why. first john zarrella who is at tonight s rally. john? reporter: anderson, some of the late developments today is that governor rick scott, florida s governor, has appointed a special task force to also contribute to this investigation. and it s being headed by state attorney angela cory from the northern district of florida. we assume she ll get her group together and em panel that task portion pretty quickly on. we are here at this rally, as you know. many thousa
might have drowned. the boyfriend said right off before the body was found that if she had drowned in the pool, because casey wasn t watching her properly, she may have panicked and got rid of the body. so, it would be an accidental death with a cover-up afterwards. all of which, guilty of something, but not of first degree murder. i agree that and the evidence, the autopsy evidence is just as consistent with that as it is with any type of criminal cause of death. judge jeanine: let me ask you doctor, do you think the fact that they alleged it was an accident, but offered absolutely no testimony from the defendant regarding that, is going to hurt the defendant in this case? sure, sure it will hurt the defendant. there were a number of things that were put forth in the opening statement that weren t followed up with. but, my concern, as a forensic
might have drowned. the boyfriend said right off before the body was found that if she had drowned in the pool, because casey wasn t watching her properly, she may have panicked and got rid of the body. so, it would be an accidental death with a cover-up afterwards. all of which, guilty of something, but not of first degree murder. i agree that and the evidence, the autopsy evidence is just as consistent with that as it is with any type of criminal cause of death. judge jeanine: let me ask you doctor, do you think the fact that they alleged it was an accident, but offered absolutely no testimony from the defendant regarding that, is going to hurt the defendant in this case? sure, sure it will hurt the defendant. there were a number of things that were put forth in the opening statement that weren t followed up with. but, my concern, as a forensic
police officers shot nidal hasan, who is the only suspect in this case. he was paralyzed from the waist down, jon, and we re told he s in the courthouse but the proceeding hasn t started yet. jon: we knee his defense attorney has promised a vigorous defense. what kind of defense are they going to be offering? reporter: well, it s interesting, because the military is trying to get him a psychiatric examination and the defense attorney, retired army colonel john gaugen has fought that, and we re hearing hasan does not want to plead insanity. it s not clear. if we learn more when and between gallagan starts cross-examining the witnesses, it could include all 32 surviving shooting victims, as well as first responders and probably the two officers who shot hasan. we also know that the attorney tried to have autopsy evidence repressed, that was denied, also close the hearing to the press and