That`s why in the closing, Mark O has to say at some point, manslaughter or assault still gets him heavy prison time. I know he is not supposed to say it, but there is a way to slip it in sounding almost unintentional.
The prosecutor will stand up and object, The crooked judge will spank him and tell jury to disregard, but I think it`s worth getting it out there in some fashion
There has to be a way for the jury to be told this, because even I had no clue about this..Ive heard about people serving 4-5 years for manslaughter..but I think in the state of Florida, if the victim is under the age of 18 and a gun is used simple manslaughter can get you the same sentence as 2nd degree murder..been hearing that repeated over and over on Greta’s show by Judge Alex and others
Same scenario as Jimmy Stewart in Anatomy of a Murder. Jimmy asks an inappropriate question of a witness. Prosecution objects and Judge sustains and tells the jury to disregard. Then the client asks Jimmy, how can the jury disregard what they’ve already heard. Jimmy says, “They can’t.”
The prosecutor will stand up and object, The crooked judge will spank him and tell jury to disregard, but I think it`s worth getting it out there in some fashion
The risk (and a significant one, with this judge) is that the prosecution would ask for, and the judge will grant, a mistrial. This trial has gone very, very well for Zimmerman - the possibility of having to do it all over again is not something he would want to risk.