(SATIRE) The only reason this case was even presented.
Posted on 07/06/2013 5:44:33 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
The final day of the prosecution’s case remained true to form in every respect, and also provided another glimpse—actually, a substantial look—into the prosecution’s closing arguments.
Sybrina Martin, Trayvon Martin’s Mother: The first witness of the day was Sybrina Martin, who testified that the screaming voice in the Lauer 911 recording is Trayvon Martin. The prosecution, not wanting to open the field to anything she might know about Trayvon, kept their questions limited to only that.
On cross O’Mara tried to make it clear that Sybrina might have reasons other than absolute truth to identify the voice as Trayvon. He may have had some success in that Sybrina seemed not only coached, but potentially rehearsed. She often tried to avoid directly answering O’Mara’s questions and parsed her answers so as not to concede even the most obvious points, even those not harmful to the prosecution. Her overall appearance was stoic, and the potential waterworks did not materialize.
It was clear that she was a prosecution witness through and through–a strangely rare occurance. It’s unfortunate that the jury will never hear that she has already won a seven-figure settlement, and has a continuing financial interest in the outcome of the case.
Jaharvis Martin, Trayvon’s Brother: A soft-spoken and well-spoken young man, Jaharvis confirmed his mother’s testimony, and like his mother, testified to nothing else. On cross, however, his credibility suffered badly. O’Mara caused him to admit that when he first heard the recording in the office of the Sanford Mayor with a substantial number of other people, he told others he was not sure the voice was Trayvon’s, but later changed his mind. He said he didn’t want to believe it was Trayvon due to “shock,” “sadness” and “denial.”
As with his mother, I detected coaching, and his answer regarding why he didn’t identify the voice as Trayvon’s at his first exposure to the recording seemed rehearsed, however, his demeanor was substantially more effective than his mother’s, and I suspect many viewers not familiar with these matters might not have picked up on that. He did not, for example, give the appearance of trying to avoid cooperating with the defense.
Dr. Shipping Bao, Medical Examiner: Dr. Bao, unlike Dr. Rao, actually conducted the autopsy on Trayvon Martin, which gave the prosecution the opportunity to display a wide variety of graphic autopsy photographs so that Bao could, in a perfunctory manner, identify them. The primary purpose, of course, was to elicit revulsion and sympathy in the jury................
FINAL THOUGHTS:
Two weeks of prosecution witnesses have ended without the prosecution proving, beyond any doubt, the three elements of the offense. As they offered no probable cause to prove those elements in the affidavit for the charge (Update 2) this is hardly surprising. In the many months from Zimmerman’s arrest to the trial, the prosecution could find no new evidence to demonstrate that the decision of the Sanford Police and the local prosecutor was wrong. The prosecution was also unable to prove beyond any doubt that Zimmerman’s self-defense account was unsupportable. In fact, most of their witnesses supported it, either fully or in part.
For readers unfamiliar with the workings of the law and the criminal justice system, it’s difficult to explain how utterly amazing and bizarre this is. As I’ve written, it’s as though the entire system suddenly turned backwards. For a prosecutor to complete his case and to be unable to disprove self-defense, offering nothing but theories unsupported by any credible evidence, and for a prosecutor to be unable to offer evidence to fulfill the elements of the offense is simply astonishing. It demonstrates what I, and others, have been saying for a very long time: this case should never have been filed; there is no evidence of a crime.
I expect a very aggressive, effective and devastating defense case. Consider how badly the prosecution did on offense, when they had every advantage in presenting and proving their case. Will they do better when they’re playing catch up?
West did ask the ME if the blood taken from the heart for TOXICOLOGY should have been taken from a peripheral source.
He asked it a few times and each time the judge reinforced it’s impact by telling West in front of the jury to be careful not to divulge secrets ( that the judge ruled on previously). West says “of course your honor” hehehe!
Another amusing thing happened with bdlr when he asked if at death the body curls up, and the ME said yes. This contradicts the prosecution’s constant rhetorical insinuation that GZ held his hands out to control TM.
Does anyone remember how Trayvon’s father admitted that the screams on the tape were not Trayvon’s screams. This was before the Race Baiters Sharpton & Jackson came to town. Then the story changed, but the Prosecution couldn’t call on daddy, just perjurer Mommy.
Also, didn’t the ME spend a lot of time on how St. Skittles was in pain, possibly for up to 10 minutes? A persecution sympathy ploy, I am sure. [Hillary: what difference does it make?]
Well, might MOM say, how would a body’s ability to feel pain be influenced by, oh, maybe, being stoned? Was St. Skittles stoned at the time you said he felt pain?
I’d say the persecution opened that door. The only thing is that MOM does not want to do anything to trigger a mistrial. That will be the biggest challenge during their defense. I am sure that wreck of a judge would love to give the persecution a do-over.
The home owners association should have told her to go pound a sidewalk. Why did they give her a dime? Has she already cashed the check or can they get another hearing after the NOT GUILTY verdict? It must be full of EBT card holders and the taxpayers will be stuck for the payment.
What a disaster of a witness. We knew Rachel Jeantel was poorly educated. No surprise she bombed. Bao is at least supposed to be educated. It's obvious there is a language barrier. You have to be suspicious of his notes and their accuracy, based on his poor performance and communication.
It's probably considered racist to bring it up. What else is new? It's the entire shaky foundation of the trial in the first place.
Roman numerals?
(SATIRE) The only reason this case was even presented.
Why did dad need to be pulled from the burning kitchen? Why couldn’t he walk by himself? Anyone have the fire marshal / police report?
Yes, he was later coached by the prosecution to embellish his story in further interviews about hope, despair and blah blah blah making him say something he really didn’t believe. Nevertheless, I don’t think he was called to the stand because the defense would likely have cut him to pieces on the stand so it was just poor ole grieving mamma.
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA - "We are going to punish our enemies and reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us."
"If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon."
Yes, in Florida the 2nd degree charge includes all of the lesser offenses.
oops DID NOT hold his hands out
The parents would be stupid to try to sue GZ.
He has no money.
And a whole lot is going to come out in court about St Skittles in a civil trial.
They can make more money by Race Baiting and playing aggrieved parents with donations to their fund than they can by suing GZ.
Thanks.
It also explains why someone who was 6'2" tall in life can measure 5'11" long on the ME's table.
Table pounding! We should have a table pounding count on the Live Thread. Because there will be a lot of it.
Good Points —
some kind of cockamamie story about them cooking together around midnight..falling asleep..woke up to a fire..he burned his leg while trying to put it out because a pan of grease flipped..St skittles pulled him out ..ran back in for the phone...etc
Uhh...where was the Wife at midnight during all of this??
Yeah, I want to see a fire marshall report on it.
TWO people going to sleep with a hot pan of grease on the stove?????Yeah, I don’t know about that
How big was St Skittles at 9 that he could pull his father out of a house?? It probably possible
Sometimes ya' just gotta' laugh at this whole travesty.
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