PING!!!
Article and comments, esp #4
The rigging of this trial was heavy including the judge overruling the striking of jurors by defense lawyers during jury selection.
At the behest of the prosecution the judge also banned the use of the First and Second Amendments as defenses in the case.
She banned the jury from hearing any defense witnesses and when one of the defendants testified in his own defense in the presence of the jury, she agreed to a prosecution request to strike his testimony from the record.
They took him right off the witness stand right in front of what the media called a “stunned jury”.
The defense lawyers made no closing arguments at all as a means of protest at the rigging of the trial.
Thanks, Nextrush for posting and keeping everyone informed.
This is going to the Supreme Court.
May well be jury nullification then.