New Photo Could Affect Trayvon Martin Case
COSTELLO: A new image linked to the night of Trayvon Martin's killing is surfacing. Attorneys for George Zimmerman have posted a photo of Zimmerman online. The attorneys say it was taken by police the night Martin was killed. Zimmerman, as you know, has been charged with a second-degree murder in that February death. Martin was unarmed. Zimmerman says he shot the teenager in self-defense. George Howell has been covering the case for us. So why is this picture coming out now?</s>GEORGE HOWELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Carol, look, it's a new image but not really new. We have seen this image before. It was released in the first round of discovery as a black and white image so not nearly as impressive. I think we even have a side by side where you can look at the difference here. You see George Zimmerman here black and white, but when you look at that high resolution digital image, you can tell this is -- it's a powerful image. You can tell exactly how badly he was injured. You can tell that there was a fight. Now, the thing that we're looking at here, we know his attorney pushed for that image initially. He wanted to get this high resolution digital image. First he got the black and white. Then he got a color printout, but that's no comparison to what we're seeing here, and that's why the attorney says it's important to get it out.</s>COSTELLO: So there's been a lot of reaction to this photo. So give us some of the highlights.</s>HOWELL: Sure. Really, when you look at this story, there are three sides. First of all, let's talk about Trayvon Martin and his attorney, Ben Crump. When you hear from Ben Crump, Crump says, look, had George Zimmerman not gotten out of his car, there would be no interaction here. But then when you hear from Prosecutor Cory, you know, what does this image mean to her? Well, this is an image that the state released clearly, and her case has always been this happened because George Zimmerman profiled Trayvon Martin. So that's where they stand on it. But when you hear from defense attorney Mark O'Mara representing George Zimmerman, he says this image is important. He spoke to -- on Anderson Cooper last night. Take a listen to what he had to say.</s>MARK O'MARA, GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S ATTORNEY: It's frustrating because this type of evidence should have came out day one and quite honestly would have gone a long way to quelling all of the anger against George that was sort of prove pounded by some of the Trayvon Martin family handlers who just turned this into much more han it ever was in the beginning.</s>HOWELL: Carol, really, that was the thing. Initially when this case first came to light, the question was, was there a scuffle? Well, clearly there was a scuffle, we've seen images. We've seen this latest image. I don't think that's really the question anymore. You know, now it comes down to how will this image play in court?</s>COSTELLO: Trial begins?</s>HOWELL: June 10th. That's when we'll see what happens.</s>COSTELLO: George Howell, thanks so much. Talk back question for you today, is Cory Booker's food stamp challenge helpful for a pointless exercise? Facebook.com/carolcnn. I'll be right back.