we won t be there, maybe 20 years from now on we understand much better what s at stake. i don t see it changing anytime soon until we learn more about it. melissa: the basic premise is if you have a child is under 18, if they don t necessarily have the judgment to decide whether or not it s worth risking their lives and all kinds of things and it s up to a parent before their 18th birthday, they have the responsibility of assessing the risk, whether it s death, injur injury, future injury, that sort of thing, there is something to the idea that it s up to parents to be the ones to really understand what s going on for their kids. certainly parents have the ability to decide for their child if they re under the the age of 18, but however they should let them stop crossing the street, going outside, not go to the playground, anywhere they can suffer injuries? there are inherent risks just
we ll call you when things are just as wonderful. [phone rings] but a little less crazy. we re doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. noah galloway is talking to us. it has been ten years since the injur injur injury? ten years this december. what do you think when you reflect on all you have been through? i am proud of what i accomplished. i have a strong family support, amazing fiance my kids sisters, and parents help me get through this. and all of these people reached out and supported me to go further and further.
other injury, other than gunshot wound. and you stated, i believe, he weighed 158 pounds, is that correct? yes. we weighed by ourselves. state s exhibit 89, what does that photograph show? this is another view of trayvon martin, from the chest to the knee. again, we can show the defect, other than this defect, there is no disease, there s no injury. while we have this photograph here, dr. bao, i will circle the hands. did you make observations as to the hands, sir? yes. did you observe any blood? we will talk about an injury you will talk about in the left hand, other than that, did you observe any blood on the hands? yeah. other than some small aberrations on fifth left fifth finger and the left fourth finger, there is no other injury, no other disease. okay. did you observe any blood on the
also, i serve as the fact witness and expert witness in the courts, such as today. how long have you been with your current position at the medical examiner s office in i guess the seventh circuit in volusia and seminole counties? yes. our office cover both vol luusi county and seminole counties. can you briefly explain to the jury what an autopsy is? autopsy means to see for self, is the postmortem examination of human body to determine the cause and the manner of death. the cause of death is either an injury or disease. injury, such as gunshot wound to the head, stab wound to the
disease, injury and other evidence, plus toxicology tests. dr. bao, if we could, approximately how many autopsies have you performed in your career, sir? so far, i have done more than 3,000 autopsies, in which about 150 to 200 homicides. i did about 20 court testimonies or depositions. in the last five years, i have done about 300 to 700 cases a year. and as you stated, you previously testified in florida as an expert, is that correct? yes. your honor, at this time i tender the witness both in texas and florida. at this time, i tender the witness in forensic pathology. you may so testify. i don t have any voir dire. thank you very much. dr. bao, in this particular case, you performed an autopsy