You can watch the George Zimmerman murder trial online, live streaming below.  The prosecution is expected to finish up its case as the trial resumes today, following the 4th of July.  Wednesday brought revelations that Zimmerman had taken a class prior to the Trayvon Martin shooting on Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law.  The other big piece of evidence that was presented on Wednesday was that specialists couldn’t find any of Zimmerman’s DNA under Martin’s fingernails– though the defense has been adamant that Zimmerman acted in self-defense.  At any rate, you can watch the George Zimmerman murder trial online, streaming live:

Here’s some bullet points on the case:

Prosecution:

• Zimmerman profiled Martin because he was a young, black male in a hoodie.  Zimmerman was motivated by racism.
• Martin was alone, unarmed and not committing any crime when Zimmerman started following him.
• Police told Zimmerman not to get out of his car and follow Martin, but he did anyway.
• Martin was on the phone when he was followed and told a friend that he was scared because an unknown male was following him.
• In recorded 911 calls, Martin’s mother says she can hear her son calling for help.

Defense:

• The taped 911 call shows that Zimmerman did not volunteer Martin’s race until the dispatcher asked him.   An edited version appeared on NBC, which indicated that Zimmerman had volunteered Martin’s race, though NBC has since apologized.
• Audio experts say that the quality of the audio on the recorded 911 calls is too poor to say if the voice is Martin’s or Zimmerman’s.  The defense will say that it’s Zimmerman’s.
• Zimmerman is Hispanic, raised in a multiracial family, and according to his father, “would be the last to discriminate for any reason whatsoever.”  According to Zimmerman’s family, some of their relatives are black and Zimmerman had been a vocal advocate for a black homeless man who was beaten by Sanford police.
• Martin first attacked Zimmerman, which means that he has the right to claim self-defense under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law.

Wednesday was a big day for the defense, that had seemed earlier to have a hard time building a strong case against Zimmerman.  Many of the witnesses the prosecution have called had actually seemed to vindicate Zimmerman’s account of events.  It’ll remain to be seen what effect revelations of Zimmerman’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ classes or a lack of DNA on Martin’s fingernails will have on the jury.  Perhaps the defense has a couple more revelations up their sleeves today.