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Swabs from trayvon martins hands to show whether there was actual dna from george zimmerman on his hands. i dont know if thats coming but certainly if they have it, thats the time to use it. >> it came already. and that has come in already, jose. that has come in already that there was none of george zimmermans dna under trayvon martins finger nails, on either hand, there was no blood found on his hand. >> thats not what im talking about. im talking about the swabs of his hand, not the finger na...

So if youve got 15, 14, 13 cells you wouldnt ever see it. in other words, the limits of detection make it such that you cannot pick up small amounts of dna. also the rain could have washed away the dna. im not surprised by any of the findings by this expert. >> the dna expert also talked about swabs taken from under trayvon martins fingernails. i want to play that part of the testimony. >> from the right, fingernail scrapings of trayvon martin. you did not find any of george zimmermans dna there...

Tell the jury what zimmerman said happened couldnt have happened. trayvon martin couldnt have touched the gun because his dna was not on the gun as george zimmerman described it. so i think given that, my observations in the courtroom, i think its going to be important to this jury. >> just because dna wasnt on the gun doesnt mean it wasnt washed away or it didnt -- >> the kind of testing they do is not high sensitivity testing. its the ordinary dna testing. so if youve got 15, 14, 13 cells, you...

>> and then there was a mixture. the major was matched the 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. >> i want to move next to the second part of the swab from the pistol trigger this time, on the previous exhibit that you examined, did you again perform or try to do the same testing, or tell us what that sig...

>> this is a blood stain card from trayvon martin. >> let me show you state exhibit 188. i ask you if you recognize that, sir? >> i do. the outer package has our fdle bar code label, my initials the day i opened the package, the internal packages with the swab also have my initials and the date. >> what is that, sir? . >> this would be a buckle swab taken from george zimmerman, swabs taken from the inside of the mouth. >> may i show that to the jury, your honor? >> yes, you may. all this writi...

And fingerprint purposes. >> when you say touch gna, what does that mean. >> its not like touch dna for physical blood. its something you may not see. >> how do you process an item for touch gna? >> use aster aisle swab with distilled water, put that on the tip of the stare aisle swab, swab the area for a few minutes, package it, and secure it. >> all right. and did you do that with the firearm in this case? >> yes, i did. >> and can you show the jury what areas of the firearm you processed for ...

Decision, 5-4. the court ruling that these swabs are okay under the conditions this fellow was arrested on. however, there is a strong dissent led by the often fire brand justice antonin scalia, who called it among other things, a terrifying principle, ashley. >> so what if the person who gets swabbed ends up being completely innocent or even, better yet, doesnt end up getting charged or tried, what happens to that family? >> well, its a function of state law and the state law in maryland was ve...

And forced her back into her car. he then pulled the car around beside a dumpster and spent the next three and a half hours raping her. >> if i screamed or cried, he threatened me that he would kill me. >> reporter: when it was over, carol drove herself to the hospital, where doctors took swabs from her skin, hairs and fibers from her clothes. all part of whats called a rape kit. it was humiliating but carol endured it because she thought the material collected would help police catch her attack...

Next three-and-a-half hours raping her. >> if i screamed or cried, he threatened me, that hed kill me. >> reporter: when it was over, carol drove herself to the hospital, where doctors took swabs from her skin, hairs and fibers from her clothes. all a part of whats called a rape kit. it was humiliating, but carol endured it because she thought the material checked would help police catch her attacker. more than two decades later, caroles rapist still hadnt been identified. but a routine call in ...

Complex when a man grabbed her and forced her back into her car. he then pulled the car around beside a dumpster and spent the next three and a half hours raping her. >> if i screamed or cried, he threatened me that he would kill me. >> reporter: when it was over, carol drove herself to the hospital, where doctors took swabs from her skin, hairs and fibers from her clothes. all part of whats called a rape kit. it was humiliating but carol endured it because she thought the material collected wou...