report from boston. the prosecution in the aaron hernandez trial wrapped up its case and the defense gets to work and it could wrap it up all up by the end of the day. expected to take the stand first, a dna expert to challenge the evidence. most of the evidence against hernandez is considered circumstantial. hernandez is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of odin lloyd and jury deliberations could come as early as the end of this week. and rolling stone retracts is controversial rape on campus
expected that oscar pistorius will begin his testimony sometime today. but another witness is on the stand first. it s a forensic pathologist that has been giving his interpretation of the death scene in the bathroom in pistorius s apartment. this is back when the shooting took place last year. pistorius already had a tough day in court. he became sick as the pathologist described and gave his interpretation of the sequence of shots and wounds, et cetera. his lead attorney talked about the witnesses he will call in for the blade runner s defense. 14 to 17 witnesses including a witness to talk about vulnerability. presumably a psychiatric evidence witness who will talk about the difference between how a reasonable person would act to a perceived lethal threat and how a reasonable person with a life long disability would react to the same threat. but the most important witness, pistorius himself expected to begin telling his story on the
cameramen, ordinary south africans waiting outside the entrance to the pretoria high court. oscar pistorius is expected to come here in the next 15 to 30 minutes and there is really an expectation that he will take to the stand today. legal analysts say it is highly unlikely that he doesn t. and the south african criminal law, normally and in most cases the accused takes to the stand first. and just a quick question. do we know if reeva steenkamp s family is expected to be there in the courtroom today? reporter: for the past two weeks her mother june has been in court supported by a friend. she s been very stoic at times. sometimes crying. i ve watched her. she s gone through some of the most gruesome emotional testimony on how her daughter s life ended. it is expected she might be there. there is no official confirmation if she ll be here today. i do know that two of reeva s
case that way. he could take the stand first. absolutely. an egyptian court, the trial will resume next month. the same court sentences 529 muslim brotherhood backers to death. stemming from violent riots in august. demonstrations broke out against the sentences, which the court handed down after a two-day trial. amnesty international, and the united states have spoken out against the death sentences. change of pace here. gwyneth paltrow and her husband chris martin. the they have been married for ten years. they say, they still love each other, will consciously uncouple
japan, one arresuspected of mur reporter: we are learning more about the case. tokyo police were holding him on different charges but now holding him on murder charges, looking to advance their case against this unidentified man, unidentified because he s still considered a minor under japanese law. for the minor of fur dg long, an irish exchange student found dead in a tokyo hotel room, strangled to death. the tokyo police say the only other person in the room was the 19-year-old. they are moving forward on a case against another american, blackston, an l.a. native. we spoke to his attorney and he says the tokyo prosecutor s office has officially charged him with groping furlong s friend on the night of her murder. the attorney says that these charges are not valid, that he intends to fight on behalf of his client trying to get his client off. he does not feel there s any sort of validity to this. the attorney also says that at this point he could face, if found guilty, an