entrance, correct? correct. then there s long oak way, the third one right there, correct? yes, sir. okay. and finally, sir, in your interview of the defendant, you showed him several photographs, including the photograph of the phone, of victim, et cetera. is that correct? yes, sir, i did. states exhibit 94, is this one of the photographs you showed the defendant? if i may publish that to the jury, your honor? i object, your honor. will you see me here or at the bench? at the bench. while the lawyers take a side bar with the judge, jeffrey, one of the things that s interesting is we know that chris serino, the investigating detective, told the fbi that he felt
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attorney isle mi milking that fl its left. diane, any closing thoughts? i m just fascinated watching this defense attorney because he s using this detective to pant his client, as jeff said, very cooperative but also a very sympathetic guy. you thought he might have anxiety, thought he was traumatized and maybe get him some help. and then he goes to put up the big, bloody picture of zimmerman and the prosecution says let s go to side bar. he s doing really good job presenting to this jury that his client was in a terrible state that night, he wasn t a cold blooded murderer out to kill somebody. diane, do you think that the prosecutor is doing the best job he can with the facts he s given or is he missing opportunities? i think he s doing okay but
want to bring in jeff toobin. we were talking about this earlier, jeff, the idea that as detective serino recommended, manslaughter might have been an easier sell than the prosecutors are having right now with the evidence they re given. it sure is. look at this cross-examination. this detective is almost going out of his way to say, no, zimmerman was cooperative, he didn t look like he was changing his mind, he was being honest, he was being forth right. this is a dream cross-examination of a detective who interrogated your client, the defendant in the case. now, i don t think this is going to determine the outcome of the case all by itself but, boy, this detective is certainly making george zimmerman look like one cooperative suspect. and, you know, the defense
it? you want to a shooter, a person who was at least a person of interest as soon as they can, correct in. yes, sir. before they are infected which other information? yes, we refer to that as locking them into the statement. what s the reason for that? so it can be as pristine as possible without being contaminated by outside influences. one of your primary goals as an investigator is to make sure every evidence that you can get and keep pristine is the way you want to give it, right? yes, sir. that includes pieces of evidence, correct? yes. which is why we use gloves and bags and evidence tape? yes, sir. and you want to make sure witnesses stay away from each over. you separate them, don t you, so they don t get the chance to hear what the others are saying?