When testimony begins on Monday in the George Zimmerman murder trial prosecutors are expected to change direction by bringing in witnesses to testify about scientific evidence, according to the Associated Press.
In the first week of testimony the majority of the witnesses called by the prosecution were either people who had witnessed the altercation or first responders to the scene. Almost two entire days were dedicated to hearing from Rachel Jeantel, Trayvon Martin's friend who was on the phone with him when the fight began.
The first person prosecutors plan to call to the stand is an audio expert from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Hirotaka Nakasone. Nakasone is the expert who testified for the defense during pretrial hearings to determine if state audio experts who believed that they could identify the voices in the background of the 911 call. Nakasone said that it would be impossible to identify the voices heard in the recording, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
Other witnesses who are expected to be called this week include the lead investigator from the Sanford Police, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Martin and both of Martin's parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton.
After the first week of the trial defense attorney Mark O'Mara told the Associated Press that he was a little surprised at how quickly the trial had been moving at this point.
"We're in the middle of it. They've got a lot more to show," O'Mara said. "These things build up slow, and it's sort of like pieces of a puzzle. People say, 'wait a minute, I can't see the picture yet.' They're very good prosecutors, they're gonna do a very good job, and they're gonna put on their evidence. We'll see how it goes. We're certainly ready to respond to it."
All of the proceedings can be watched in a live stream here.
