greta: jurors must be scratching their heads about this one. an expert testified that a strand of hair from casey s car showed evidence it came from a decomposing body that testimony may have gone out of the window today. joining us forensic pathology skwreugs dr. michael bad didn t. his wife is a former member of the defense team in this case. what make of this hair testimony today? it is not a fully reliable science yet. it is being researched. initially it was said to be from a decomposing body. other studies show that single hairs can also decompose from living people. they decompose and they have darkening when they decompose. part of the problem here is much of the studies in the past have been done on the hair root, where the bacteria come up from the scalp into the hair root in a decomposing body. there was no hair root on this one hair. i think it leaves it up in the
scratching their heads about this one. an expert testified that a strand of hair from casey s car showed evidence it came from a decomposing body that testimony may have gone out of the window today. joining us forensic pathology skwreugs dr. michael bad didn t. his wife is a former member of the defense team in this case. what make of this hair testimony today? it is not a fully reliable science yet. it is being researched. initially it was said to be from a decomposing body. other studies show that single hairs can also decompose from living people. they decompose and they have darkening when they decompose. part of the problem here is much of the studies in the past have been done on the hair root, where the bacteria come up from the scalp into the hair root in a decomposing body. there was no hair root on this one hair. i think it leaves it up in the air.
anthony on the stand. gets bring in judge jeanine piru. this hair testimony, judge, how powerful would you say it is? i have to tell you, jon, that i think the prosecution has been doing a great job so far but they muddied the waters this morning. they put on a hair and fiber expert who talked about that postmortem banding that the prosecution is trying to prove that caylee was in the trunk already dead. and all they did today was put up and examiner, this steven shaw, who said on cross-examination, basically you can get post mortem banding other than having it come from a dead body. i think the jurors were per flexed. those of us listening upstairs were perplexed. it was nothing more than an opportunity for jose by ez to make some points. the judge would not allow the prosecution to put in a pilot
fascinating decisions so far. maybe controversial. including, letting the jury sigh these jailhouse conversations between casey anthony and her parents. how is the judge doing here now is judge ferrera host of the judge alex show on the big fox network. judge alex, good see you. you too. gregg: a lot of judges think hair testimony by experts kind of junk science. it is not always reliable. it is not always admits able this judge allowed it, right or wrong decision? i think it is the right decision. he s letting the jury decide the credibility of the witnesses. there s enough to admit it. i think in general judge has made good decisions throughout the case. a lot of judges shied away from tough rulings in death penalty cases because they are afraid of being reversed. so they end up leaning in favor of the defense because the state doesn t get the