Rectal Bleeding (Blood in Stool, Hematochezia) Blood in the stool can be bright red, maroon in color, black and tarry, or occult (not visible to the naked eye). Causes of blood in stool range from harmless, annoying conditions of the gastrointestinal tract such as hemorrhoids to serious conditions such as cancer.
Story highlights. Mark O'Mara, the attorney who successfully defended George Zimmerman in his second-degree murder trial this year, will no longer represent his notorious client. I am not representing George Zimmerman in his recent domestic altercation case or his impending divorce case, O'Mara told CNN.
George Zimmerman was acquitted last month in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Now his attorney says he should get reimbursed for his legal expenses. Mark O'Mara told the Orlando Sentinel Monday he's going to ask the State of Florida to pay for as much as $300,000 in fees. Gayle King reports.