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Media take on police-like role in Trayvon Martin case by analyzing 911 calls, enhancing video
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MIAMI — The news media are taking on an increasingly police-like role in the Trayvon Martin slaying by using modern forensic techniques to analyze evidence, an approach some legal experts say can lead to a distorted view of the case because a lot of the key evidence is still under wraps.
The public has been whipsawed back and forth as new revelations emerge, appearing to support one version or the other.
Most recently, the Orlando Sentinel had a voice analysis expert examine a 911 call in which a person is heard screaming for help before the fatal gunshot. The shooter, neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, told police he was yelling, but the expert told the newspaper the voice most likely was not Zimmerman.
“It would be nice to know who was doing the calling for help, but identifying the caller is not necessarily going to definitively identify the wrongdoer,” said University of Florida law professor Bob Dekle, a former state prosecutor and public defender. “Situations sometimes arise where it is the wrongdoer calling for help.”
ABC News on Monday aired what it said was an enhanced version of a police video taken the night of the shooting that appeared to show wounds or welts on the back of Zimmerman’s head. The initial, grainier video aired last week seemed to show no wounds or blood, which led Martin’s family and supporters to proclaim that it undercut Zimmerman’s story.
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