zimmerman was in class when the topic was discussed. neighborhood watch volunteer says he shot and killed the 17-year-old because he was beating him badly and feared for his life. carter talked how the law might be used in this case. the fact that there were injuries have a tendency to show or support that that person had a reasonable apprehension of fear. reporter: the prosecution tried to paint zimmerman as a wannabe cop who couldn t make the force. does the person indicate whether or not they have a reason for wanting to go on the ride-alongs? yes, sir. what is that reason? states here solidify my chances of a law enforcement career. reporter: a firearms analyst said the bullet hole in martin s hoodie indicates zimmerman s gun touched his clothes. the clothing displayed residues and physical effects consistent with a contact shot. reporter: john and tai, zimmerman claims trayvon martin grabbed his gun. but a dna expert testified he
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definition of self-defense. we used to think ignorance of the law is no excuse. it s that knowledge of the law can do you in. he knew the law. he crafted his story to make it look like self-defense when it wasn t. i found that to be very unusual. haven t seen that done before. one quick thing on the testimony by the forensic expert about the gun used and the powder burns. the autopsy said the shot was fired from an intermediate range which could be defined as much as 36 inches away. this police officer makes it clear pit was a contact shot. i don t know whether somebody will make out a contradiction between these two reports. there are ways you can show consistency but that s interesting. jump in. your thoughts. another good day for the
he shot trayvon martin. i want to bring in george howell outside the courthouse. feder first of all, let s talk about the firearm analyst. explained how close these two were because o of what she learned from the residue of the gun. can you explain why that was significant. reporter: she explained the process. he did a distance examination where she took some of the live rounds that were in that gun that she was testing. i think there were seven. took some of those and fired shots into samples of clothing. samples of clothing from trayvon martin s sweater, hoodie and trying to determine the distance between the muzzle and the fabric. she came to the determination that the muzzle was in contact with the fabric. it was a close range, contact shot that was fired. i want you to listen to a bit of
what do we see there? that is a closeup of the distance tests that i had made, the arrows are pointing to diagonal tear that occurred in the fabric. when you conducted the distance test with the cal tek pistol and the hoodie sweatshirt, what did you determine about the distance between the muzzle of the gun and the material at the time the gun was discharged? the clothing displayed residues and physical effects consistent with a contact shot. meaning the muzzle or the end of the barrel of the gun was up against the sweatshirt when it was fired? correct. all right. let s go to states 127. what is that? this is the other spet sweatshirt that i had received to do distance determination of. there again, you made measurementes where the hole is
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