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Mark O'Mara, the attorney who successfully defended George Zimmerman in his second-degree murder trial this year, will no longer represent his notorious client.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.
Donohue was hired by Duffy as an independent contractor and is expected to be a witness at the trial. Duffy's lawyer, Donald Bayne, will cross-examine Makhlouf on Tuesday. Last week, Bayne conducted an extensive cross-examination of Crown witness Mark Audcent, a former Senate law clerk, for nearly three days.Duffy has pleaded not guilty to 31 charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust related to expenses he claimed as a senator. On Monday, the fifth day of the trial, Crown prosecutor Jason Neubauer questioned Sonia Makhlouf, a Senate human resources official, about Duffy's contracts with Donohue.