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Tv saying, this is the person and this case is about this, and here s a photograph. you don t want to do that either, correct? preferably not, yes. right, because that would be kind of tainting it, right? right. so in other words, if you in your experience, you had a case and the witness said, oh, i saw the photograph on tv or i heard the voice on tv and it was, you know, they broadcast it recording the case of joe, joe is a suspect, that would be tainted, correct? possibly. okay. and the reason is because then the person, potentially, was influenced by the fact that the case dealt with joe, and they knew joe was arrested and there s a photograph of joe, then that would be tainted, potentially, correct? possibly, yes, sir. okay. and that also applies to ....
John donnelly, which we could also discuss what the defense s strategy probably is with that, beyond just the tape recording. yes, indeed. professor peterson, were you surprised to see former sanford police chief, bill lee, called? a man, after all, who was forced to resign. i was shocked. and i don t know if people follow me on twitter, but my first question is, can we please put the sanford police department on trial here? i don t no if we can go back a few months in time i remember it very well, professor peterson. i remember bill lee saying that the police supported george zimmerman s version of events. that s exactly right. and really, this goes to the core of what this case is about, which is the devaluing or the inability for the criminal justice system to value black life. he was the captain of the ship of the institution that started this whole thing. and so i would love to see him on trial and look the past sort of injustices and racial profiling and the sort of uns ....
Could pick out me, would you do it as a group, as a jury, or would you do it individually, one juror at a time. you should do it individually. and the purpose of doing it individually, as opposed to a group? so their identification would not be influenced by others. is that a similar process, then, to what would be done with an audio lineup? should be, yes, sir. and an audio lineup, similar to a photo lineup, is just having somebody listen to a piece of evidence, to see if they can identify anything that piece of evidence? yes, sir. and that was what was going to happen in this case, once the decision was made to play it to the martin family, correct? that it was going to be played for them? it is my understanding that one member of their family had already listened to that tape. again, my recommendation ....
Okay? yes, sir. so, generally speaking, with your experience in law enforcement, within the context of what we will call lineups or whether that be a visual lineup or an audio lineup, what are the best practices as to how to handle lineups, generally? generally, just as in a, for example, photo lineup, you would show that photo array or that piece of evidence to a potential witness in a case individually. and what is the purpose of doing it individually, rather than in a group? so their decision is not influenced. one from the other? one witness influencing another witness? yes, sir. so if, in fact, you were showing a photo lineup to this jury and asking them if they ....
Full day of the defense continuing their case. they re actually at a side bar discussing with the judge at this moment. i m joined now by msnbc legal analyst, lisa bloom. lisa, we have just seen tracy martin, the father of trayvon martin, on the stand. and i think this is what the defense have been building up to today, isn t it, by presenting all of these witnesses, who are claiming that the voice they heard screaming out on that so-called lauer 911 tape was actually george zimmerman. well, that s right. and there have been seven witnesses who were family members or friends of george zimmerman who said, it is george zimmerman screaming out for help on that call. now we hear from tracy martin, the father of trayvon martin, who says he now believes it was his son, trayvon martin, calling out. but we know that initially, when he heard it the first time, he denied that it was his son. and we heard from two police officers who were present at that initial interview. the defense is openin ....