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Honestly folks I don’t know how to even begin to encapsulate the level of corruption surfacing in the trial of The State V. Zimmerman. This latest aspect with the Jacksonville Medical Examiner is just over the top and I don’t have the resources to follow it all the way down.... So here is the surface level view of the filth. Why Judge Nelson let the jury, hear from an out-of-town medical examiner, who had no attachment to the case, and was giving testimony to trauma injury on a live person from pictures, is beyond my understanding. O’Mara only needs to...

(Reuters) - Volunteer watchman George Zimmerman suffered "insignificant" injuries in the fight in which he shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, a medical examiner testified on Tuesday, as prosecutors attempted to undermine Zimmerman's claim he feared for his life. Testifying for the prosecution at Zimmerman's trial, Medical Examiner Valerie Rao said she reviewed Zimmerman's medical records and 36 pictures of his injuries taken at the police station after the fight. "They were not life-threatening. They were very insignificant," Rao told the Seminole County criminal court jury. Zimmerman, 29, has said Martin, 17, punched him in the face and...

Rao's term ended 2012; still running Jacksonville ME office Jacksonville Medical Examiner Valerie Rao has been the subject of recurring complaints from her co-workers dating back to 2009, WJXT-TV reports. According to letters sent to the the city, "Rao has been seen touching cadavers with her bare hands, washing her feet in the autopsy sink, and performing unnecessary autopsies on inmates to create a revenue stream." WJXT learned that Rao actually has a history of complaints dating back 10 years, while she was Medical Examiner for Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion and Sumter counties. Dr. Rao was the Medical Examiner there...

A medical examiner testified that George Zimmerman's injuries were "insignificant" and could have been the result of a single blow as prosecutors continued to make their case that the neighborhood watch volunteer was not simply defending himself when he shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Dr. Valerie Rao, who was called by the prosecution to provide her assessment of Zimmerman's injuries based on photos, cast doubt on Zimmerman's claim his head was repeatedly bashed against the pavement as he fought with Martin in the Feb. 26, 2012 incident. "The injuries are so minor that the word slam implies great force," Rao said...

A retired research assistant professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia died of multiple stab wounds before firefighters found in his body in the trunk of a burning car Friday. Boone County Medical Examiner Valerie Rao said after an autopsy that Jeong H. Im, 72, of Columbia was stabbed several times, but she declined to elaborate. MU police yesterday named Im as the victim. His body was found in the trunk of his burning white, 1995 Honda inside the Maryland Avenue parking garage, MU police Capt. Brian Weimer said. The case was under investigation by the Mid-Missouri Major Case Squad. No...

Valerie Rao lost her first job as a chief medical examiner back in 2003 when a state commission declined to reappoint her. Eight years later, the same panel voted unanimously to nominate her for the top spot in Jacksonville. Rao’s December 2011 appointment by Gov. Rick Scott came after a recommendation from State Attorney Angela Corey, favorable references from doctors and a background investigation that did not include contact with former co-workers. Rao has come under fire recently for poor treatment of employees in her Jacksonville office, including her being accused of creating a hostile work environment and making insensitive...