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Zimmerman trial : How bad was the M.E.?

By Hal Boedeker July 5, 2013
orlandosentinel.com

Medical examiner Shiping Bao, left, and defense attorney Don West at the George Zimmerman trial on Friday. (Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel / July 5, 2013)

At the George Zimmerman trial Friday, another state witness was drawing terrible reviews for letting the state down.

This time it was medical examiner Shiping Bao, who performed the autopsy on Trayvon Martin.

Bao was a train wreck for the state, Judge Alex Ferrer told Fox News Channel. "It's like he came with an agenda, and he was a horrible witness," Ferrer said. Ferrer shared the news that he had heard jurors were laughing at the exchanges between Bao and defense attorney Don West.

Larry Walters, legal analyst for WOFL-Channel 35, said the medical examiner was "in the tank" for the state. Walters cited this example: Bao's changing his opinion on the length of time Trayvon was alive after being shot. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in Trayvon's death.

Bao's testimony "imploded" on the state, CNN legal analyst Mark NeJame said. The medical examiner was "long, convoluted and a bit of a mess" and hurt the state's case, NeJame added.

How bad was Bao? "He was so bizarre and out there. It's like he was 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' the way he was testifying," Hornsby said. Because of Bao, the state ended its case weakly, Hornsby said.

Bao's changing his opinion probably helped the defense more than the state because the M.E. opened a window of doubt, WKMG-Channel 6 legal analyst Luis Calderon said. Bao highlighted how inexact the science can be when he changed his opinion, Calderon said.

WFTV-Channel 9's Bill Sheaffer said the jury might conclude that this medical examiner has a selective memory.

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