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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)maybe during the trial. Found the photo
http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2012/5/17/zimmerman_discovery_.html
Photo of Zimmerman's hands seems to have been taken the night of the shooting at the police station given the clothes and there is nothing to indicate that he had struck anything or anyone. I would presume that bruising should start showing several hours afterward.
With Martin dying almost immediately, the medical experts have testified that there would be no visible bruising on the body and that the ME would have to had cut open Martin's hands to find evidence of internal bruising that would indicate Martin struck Zimmerman. I don't know ME policy, but would suggest that in the absence of a compelling need, a ME is not going to autopsy the body to the point of making the funeral a closed casket affair.