Posted on 08/15/2017 8:39:46 PM PDT by Nextrush
John Lamb at :23)
....Something big has happened today. We actually left the court right afterwards. The judge (US District Judge Gloria Navarro) refused to listen to the defense motion that they wanted. She said 'file it' and walked off the bench.
The jurors are in deliberation, extremely early. Earlier than we thought. And we need a prayer.....Outside the courtroom in the hallway we all knelt around and prayed. There's something big happening here.
Andrea Parker at 1:15) The government finished their closing argument. When the judge asked the defendants if they, if they were ready to give their closing arguments.
One by one they stood up and said: 'Steven Stewart will not have a closing argument' 'Eric Parker will not have a closing argument' 'O. Scott Drexler will not have a closing argument' and "Ricky Lovelien is not going to have a closing argument'.
I believe that they are taking this stand because they were not afforded a defense......
(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...
Hopefully the jury observed that the defense wasn’t allowed to provide a defense causes them to say Not Guilty.
Federal authority has its limits, and if it is arguably illegitimate, in the opinion of some who resisted firmly but without violence, there's no call for draconian tactics, Tyrannical prison sentences, and—arguably, at least—perjury, obstruction of justice, and manslaughter by federal law enforcement.
By all appearances, these defendants are being railroaded by an out of control judge who is actively obstructing the presentation of a perfectly legitimate defense, and a jury that has consequently seen only half of the case.
Hopefully, the jury will smack down such obvious shenanigans on the part of the feds. This is reminiscent of the federal government's behavior during and after the Randy Weaver standoff and subsequent prosecution...
No way would I waive closing argument. Make the record. Push the envelope until the judge flips out and threatens contempt, or even delivers. Some hills are worth dying on. To prevent the establishment of fedbeast kangaroo court precedents is one of those hills.
“Judge seems to have a lot of animus.”
Fedbeast looks out for its own.
“And just what is that to mean?”
It means you are stump broke for the fedbeast.
I think if I were the attorney and the judge asked if I had any closing arguments, I would have simply stated out loud that “it would be a waste of time since you completely stifled our ability to put on a legitimate defense.”
What is "alot"?
I believe it rhymes with "ballot".
a lot
On an appeal that would be regarded as a trial tactic which failed (probably). You -must- make a record.
These defendants were poorly served.
Closing arguments are NOT part of the record.
Shouldn’t you be sliming on over to Huffpo?
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