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They ve really kept this investigation going, and this is definitely good news for them to see this case being reopened. atika reporting live from london this morning, thank you. the trial of george zimmerman set to resume tomorrow morning after taking a recess for the fourth of july holiday. among the highlights yesterday, testimony from captain alexis carter, who taught george zimmerman in a class on criminal justice at seminole state college. what sort of things you addressed as it relates to the law in self defense in florida. you know, in florida and other states, they have what s called the stand your ground law, which evolved from the castle doctrine through case law. and did you cover that specifically? yes. did you discuss specifically self defense and stand your ground laws in the connection of violent crimes such as murder? yes. the prosecution is expected ....
Raising some questions about the number of varied ways that dna samples could be degraded. also, again, as you indicated, they started with a win for the state, the state had been arguing to get this evidence, to get this evidence in, that george zimmerman did know a little bit more than he let on about the law. also that he wanted to be a cop. we heard from someone from the prince william county sheriff s department in virginia who said that, you know, zimmerman applied several years ago to be a cop. that application was rejected because zimmerman had basically a poor credit history. we also heard from captain alexis carter who taught a criminal litigation course to zimmerman. said that zimmerman was an a student in that course and also said in the course they covered stand your ground, you ll remember, of course, the fox interview that was played for the jury yesterday. ....
Evidence in, that george zimmerman did know a little bit more than he let on about the law. also that he wanted to be a cop. we heard from someone from the prince william county sheriff s department in virginia who said that, you know, zimmerman applied several years ago to be a cop. that application was rejected because zimmerman had basically a poor credit history. we also heard from captain alexis carter who taught a criminal litigation course to zimmerman. said that zimmerman was an a student in that course and also said in the course they covered stand your ground, you ll remember, of course, the fox interview that was played for the jury yesterday. zimmerman said point-blank he had no knowledge of this so-called stand your ground law. but today, again, his professor saying that was essentially not the case. also allowed into evidence an application to ride along with the sanford county police. again, the state trying to demonstrate that george zimmerman wanted to be a cop, ....
Zimmerman s dna found under his fingernails. the defense did spend time raising some questions about the number of varied ways that dna samples could be degraded. also, again, as you indicated, they started with a win for the state, the state had been arguing to get this evidence, to get this evidence in, that george zimmerman did know a little bit more than he let on about the law. also that he wanted to be a cop. we heard from someone from the prince william county sheriff s department in virginia who said that, you know, zimmerman applied several years ago to be a cop. that application was rejected because zimmerman had basically a poor credit history. we also heard from captain alexis carter who taught a criminal litigation course to zimmerman. said that zimmerman was an a student in that course and also said in the course they covered stand your ground, you ll remember, of course, the fox interview that was played for the jury yesterday. ....