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>> welcome to "on the record." im in for greta van susteren. the csi effect, from the gun to dna, jurors hearing the forensic evidence in the zimmerman case today. holly bristow joins us live with the latest. what did we learn today? >> well, six different witnesses took the stand. ill take you through them one by one real quick. first, a person from a local community college that testified that george zimmerman had testified criminal litigation. up next, a cop from virginia, saying that zimmerm...

Defendant, george zimmerman. >> yes. >> and you were able to exclude trayvon martin as having dna on the pistol grip, is that correct? >> yes. trayvon martin was excluded as being a possible contributor to this mixture on the grip. >> yesterday, zimmermans best friend testified that zimmerman told him trayvon martin grabbed for the gun. is this significant at small >> i do think its a significant inconsistency. i was in the courtroom and i cannot begin to tell you how into this witness the jury ...

Juries often because of the csi effect, really will rely on that dna evidence, but enough doubt raised by the defense that somehow the dna evidence could have been transferred, at some other time, and was not because of their client murdered the victim. >> clearly some kind of confusion going on with this jury. at one point they say to the judge, i believe, your honor, that there are members of the jury not following your instructions and are basically saying we dont care what the law says. we a...

>> there is always a possible indication that maybe this suspect may have been injured. there was blood on the scene they found? >> in watertown, there was blood found that the police are trying to match now to see if it in fact came from an injury or wound to one of the two suspects. the suspect is alive and still on the loose. >> obviously he got away. he left on foot. he left that car and went away on foot. larry, if they do have blood, he will talk about the csi effect. how quickly could the...

This was a real problem. this is what you want from the government, right, you want your government, if a mistake has been made, to correct that mistake. >> this is another instance, sunny, that shows how eyewitness testimony can be unreliable. >> yeah, thats right. i know im one that always was a bit uncomfortable with only relying upon eyewitness testimony in a case. thats why with the csi effect, most prosecutors and most jurors, quite frankly, want something more than someone saying i saw it...

The feds say their investigation into the incident is now almost complete. a chicago jury will begin a third day of deliberations today in the trial of that man charged with killing jennifer hudsons mother, brother and nephew. hudsons former brother-in-law william balfour is accused of the massacre. prosecutors say it was an act of vengeance against hudsons sister, his estranged wife, for refusing to reconcile with him. >> theyve been deliberating for a little while now. >> surprising you that...

egyptian desert. a world war ii fighter plane almost perfectly preserved. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> were getting new details from a news conference that has just begun. a dramatic case in mississippi and lets go live to jackson, mississippi. >> the department of wild life, fisheries and parks and special agents response team conducting searches of the area, thoroughly combing heavily wooded areas. it was the diligent effort...

30 minutes. prosecutors spent two weeks putting their side of the case. so thats not a white flag, what is? >> i didnt understand that. typically when you have someone on trial, really for their life and for their liberty -- >> triple murder. >> a triple murder. you want to see some sort of aggressive defense mounted. i thought going into the trial the prosecution didnt have a slam dunk case. very little forensic evidence. jurors like that csi effect. missing fingerprints and blood evidence. but...

Reckless conduct. grossly negligent conduct but not intentional conduct that killed her. >> bill: i got it, okay. now, based on this case and based on simpson and blake and casey anthony, would i be wrong to draw the conclusion that its easier to get away with murder in the united states right now than it ever has been? >> well, it depends on hot defendant is. if you are and you mentioned blake, you mentioned o.j. simpson, even casey anthony, what do those cases have in common? the fact is that ...

Reckless conduct. grossly negligent conduct but not intentional conduct that killed her. >> bill: i got it, okay. now, based on this case and based on simpson and blake and casey anthony, would i be wrong to draw the conclusion that its easier to get away with murder in the united states right now than it ever has been? >> well, it depends on hot defendant is. if you are and you mentioned blake, you mentioned o.j. simpson, even casey anthony, what do those cases have in common? the fact is that ...