Posted on 06/26/2013 9:12:43 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Because Zimmerman's family isn't expected to like the outcome.
A Zimmerman’s family member will be called as a witness, but it shouldn’t preclude BOTH of his parents from being allowed to attend the trial.
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I also feel sympathy for his parents. But this does not mean that I think they are swell folks. On the question of whether or not it is their fault that Martin turned out to be the kind of boy that could savagely beat an innocent man’s head into concrete, I make no judgement, and don’t think any of us should.
Agreed. ‘Misleading headline of the year’ award.
I feel about as much sympathy for them as Cindy Sheehan...they didn’t care about the kid while he was alive, now they see him as a gravy train.
i’m hoping i am still alive and well in 10 years....Son, you ain’t gonna have to wait that long, I guarantee.
Witnesses are not allowed to sit in a trial, related or not.
>>Witnesses apparently aren’t allowed to hear the other witnesses testimony. <<
So the Court blocked TrueTV from the channel selection of the Zimmerman’s cable/satellite provider?
Understood.I'm wonder if *all* of Zimmerman's relatives are banned from the courtroom because one or more are scheduled to testify.
In my experience, only those to testify would be barred.
Parents who lose a kid to cancer or because some drunk hit him/her while crossing the street deserve sympathy.Enormous sympathy.Parents who follow the typical welfare career path of today...one night stand..."hey,ma,just who *is* my Dad anyway?" and then find that kid dead after a fight,not so much.
And so it starts...getting the hatred acts out early...there will be more fuel to the fire. Just watch. wait until the union thugs and the organized demonstrators fall into line and start riots.
Yeah, but toss in the fact that everybody in his circle of friends and acquaintances (and lawyers) around him since the shooting have been telling him that the case against Zimmerman was a sure thing.
Seriously, I doubt that anybody told him anything besides what he wanted to hear.
This is probably a real shock for him.
OK, I'm snickering as a type this. Please don't judge me...
As someone who tries to be a Christian, though not a very good one, I have to deal what Jesus taught about judging others. Judging others in the context of sitting on a jury, or figuring out if a potential babysitter has a violent history and such is a good thing. But judging in the sense of condemning somebody in your heart as not being worthy as a human being, and thinking the worst you can of them instead of hoping for the best for them is forbidden. Its hard to follow some times, and some times I may only follow this in a patronizing way. But it is what christians are called to do.
He shows the court where the boy learned to bully.
The victim’s parents have a special law that they are allowed in the courtroom even if they are witness’s. I think that law should be challenged under the equal protection clause.
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