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Thats what i said in the deposition. >> and the way you know that is because you know its not contact? >> yes. >> and that you see some of the stippling or the tattooing? >> yes. >> and you know there is a point, there is a distance, where the gun powder drops off? somewhere around four feet? if the shot is beyond four feet, youre not -- >> not see the stippling, yes. >> youre only going to see -- >> again, this case, when i give you my opinion in the deposition, first thing i need to be safe. s...

Out to four feet? >> yes, less than 0.4 inch to four feet. thats what i said in the deposition. >> and the way you know that is because you know its not contact and that you see some of the stippling or the tattooing. >> yes. >> and you know that there is a point, there is a distance where the gun powder drops off. somewhere around four feet. so if the shot is beyond four feet -- >> you cannot see the stippling, yes. >> youre not going to see any stippling. >> yes. >> youre only going to see the...

Deposition. >> the way you know that is because you know its not contact? >> yes. >> and you see this stippling or tattooing? >> yes. >> you know that there is a point -- there is a distance where the gunpowder drops off, somewhere around 4 feet. so if the shot is beyond 4 feet, youre not -- >> you cannot see the stippling, yes. >> you are not going to see stippling? >> yes. >> you will only see the bullet hole. >> for this case, when i give you my opinion in the deposition, i need to be safe. s...

Shes looking at gunshot residue, burned and unburned particles, and the tearing and singeing of the fibers around the hall. the conclusion makes sense to me that it was a contact shot. whats mysterious is that the autopsy report indicate not that it was a close shot or contact shot, but rather it was an intermediate distance shot which tellses me it was probably between six and 18 inches. >> who is likely to be more accurate? >> i would tend to think that the ballistics expert is more accurate b...

Tattooing or stipling as its called, which comes from the burning particles that abrave the skin. because there were these two items of clothing in between the muzzle and the body, you could see differences. you wouldnt necessarily see that and therefore the medical examiner concluded it was not a contact shot, whereas the ballistics expert concluded it was. i think she is correct. >> does it really matter in terms of the end result? >> anderson, the bottom line is it was a struggle. it wasnt a ...

Attorney jose bias and how the criminal justice system works and sometimes doesnt. what do you make of the poor remember si -- forensic evidence you just heard. they said the gun was pressed up against trayvon martins chest and thats different from the autopsy. >> its a contradiction as to the distance the muzzle was from the clothing and body f. you think about it carefully. the bullet has to penetrate two items of clothing before it hits the body. now medical examiners looking at the body and ...

Served two years for sexual assault and is now back on a parole violation. but hes won allies in segregation by carrying out other crimes in prison including some against sex offenders. >> a lot of write-ups, tattooing, theft, unauthorized possession and assault. >> why? >> to fit in. i dont know. >> theft? >> to earn respect. theft. i took someones tv. he was a piece of [ bleep ]. thats crazy. whats that noise? >> yeah, im curious too. >> our interview is cut short as massive amounts of water c...

Esteban is a photographer, chronicler of everything iconic at the crossroads of hip-hop, design, tattooing, fashion, and low riding. >> they used to put sandbags in their trunks to make them lower and around the 70s they got popular. >> why these particular models? >> pretty much always been the late 50s through the 60s and the 70s, and when the 80s came up they brought in the cat lacks and the regales. the most classic well known car for low riding is probably the 64 impala. >> how many korean ...

Behind bars, tattooing is more than a favorite pastime, its a passion, if not an addiction, in every prison we visited. >> thats the first thing they do when they come in here, is tattoo their body up. >> tattooings cool. its a fun thing to do. >> some of them dont make a bit of sense but they have them on there, theyre covered. they all want them. >> ive got a couple years on a gravestone down here. a couple of my prison years. just a bunch of evil, crazy stuff, because i was going through some...

I started talking [ bleep ] back to him. >> what did he say? >> i dont know because i was talking over him. i just know that he was a bitch. thats what i told him, that he was a bitch [ bleep ]. >> with his recent setbacks, roca moreno faces six more months before leaving close management and having his visits restored. john smith has also been in confinement since being caught with possession of marijuana. >> whats been going on since last time we saw you? >> just sitting here drawing, watching...