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Person was alive at the time. you do not get true powder tattoo marks on dead people. and there was a distribution measuring 2 inches by 2 inches. and a certain density in these tattoo marks. and this indicated that the gun was not against the skin. it was not a half inch away, it was measure an inch, and based upon the concentration of the marks, and the size of the pattern, its my opinion that the muzzle of the gun in this case was 2 to 4 inches away from the skin. so the barrel of the gun was...

So the gas tear open the clothes and the bullet makes sure theres a hole there, and then the powder comes through there. now, if you had the gun, say, 6 inches away from the clothing, the clothing, youll have just a little hole, and the clothing will filter out the powder, to a degree. but in this case the filter didnt powder out the clothing, because the clothing wasnt there. you had a hole there, and you had the muzzle against the body, and so everything coming out the muzzle was going through...

Muzzle of the gun when trayvon martin was shot to death because if trayvon martin was on top of george zimmerman it could have been very different than if trayvon martin were on the bottom and george zimmerman was doing that mma beatdown. >> forget what george zimmerman had to say. forget what the prosecution has to say. listen to the science. the science tells it all. forget everything else. it tells you there was a separation between the gunshot and the body. we know that the gunshot penetrate...

Out wound, which is an entrance, but it will lay in an area of powder tattooing, measure iing inches by 2 inches. powder tattooing are marks on the skin due from powder burns that come out of the muzzle of the gun. theyre not powder burns, people use the term powder burns, but it means a whole bunch of different things. this is very specific. when the powder grain comes out of the barrel and the barrel is close enough to the body, that grain of powder hits the skin and produces a mark and a reac...

>> would the clothing -- its not disputed in this case that the -- there was clothing in between the end of the muzzle and the skin. in fact, we have the shirt here in the courtroom, if it would assist in your testimony, with the jury, but the question is, what effect, if any, would the clothing being in between have on the appearance of the wound itself on the skin? >> in this case, none. because the clothing was not between the powder and the skin. at the time of discharge. because there was a...

Trial. the jury is right now being dismissed for the day. one undisputed fact in this trial is that george zimmerman shot trayvon martin. the question of course that theyve been debating for days now, did he do it under duress or not, was trayvon martin leaning over him, reaching towards zimmermans gun when he took it out of the holster and fired? the defense today called what could be described as a star witness, forensic pathologist vincent di maio. he says by looking at the evidence surroundi...

And the muzzle. >> now, have you ever worn one of those hoodies? >> not that type, no. >> you are watching the zimmerman trial. the prosecutor in the case trying to poke some holes here in the defense witness, really a very renowned pathology expert in his account and his analysis of the evening of the murder. we will be right back after a quick break. "stubborn love" by the lumineers did you i did. email? so what did you think of the house? did you see the school ratings? oh, youre right. hey b...

No expert is infallible. there has to be something he said inconsistent or something theyll try to exploit. remember, it illustrates an interesting thing. the prosecutor is stuck with whoever their m.e. is employed by the state. if the defense can go out and shop around for the best money can buy and it looks like they got bang for their buck in this instance. >> yeah. here is my guess. youre going to be hear, you werent the m.e., were you? you werent there doing the examine nation of zimmermans...

Which results from an abrading of the skin caused by pellets of gunpowder shot from the muzzle at a very high velocity, and this can only be explained by a shot that was close in. you heard 2 to 4 inches. i think thats very, very consistent with that 2-inch by 2-inch pattern. >> doctor, lets listen to what dr. vincent di maio said about trayvon martins clothing and what he believed it explains in relation to how he was killed. >> if instead youre lying on your back and somebody shoots you, the c...

Said the muzzle of the gun was between 2 and 4 inches from trayvon martin when the weapon was fired. the prosecution suggested it may have been much further away. >> well, frankly, 2 to 4 inches is called a close-in shot. its not an intermediary distance as described by dr. bao. the ballistics expert, amy seivert, who tested the clothing, demonstrated on the hoodie this pattern of soot that clearly indicated a contact shot. there is no dispute that it was a contact shot. the question then is how...