Posted on 06/06/2012 2:03:54 AM PDT by abb
I am very surprised she made such a phone call. IF Dershowitz’s version is corrrect, certainly she knows that she is a public official, and it would be near impossible for her to sue someone for libel or slander based on their criticism of her actions as a public official.
Can she get Dershowitz in trouble with the Bar for criticizing her actions? Also highly unlikely.
If she engaged in such a haughty attempt to silence Dershowitz, it really reflects poorly on her understanding of her role as a prosecutor.
Not just that. Corey is violating the immunity statute. A person who is covered by 776.032 is immune from arrest, detention, and prosecution. She has a duty to consider the self defense evidence, and if she finds she can't defeat that at trial, then she has an ethical and statutory duty to not charge.
My point is a narrow one, that the affidavit and information are -not- deficient for failure to recite and account for the elements of 776.032 self defense immunity.
Marcia Clark
Her support for the charge also includes DeeDee's testimony that Martin was being chased, and Sybrina's testimony that Martin is the one heard screaming for help on the 911 call or calls.
DeeDee and Sybrina are her key witnesses, and neither of them is a good witness. Both of those witnesses are easily overcome by the other witnesses, the timeline, and forensic evidence.
The state doesn't have a case, except by conjecture.
Bingo.
The breach is the charge in the first place. That she brought it at all is the first problem. Everything else follows her breach.
In other words, if she'd charged and still showed the exculpatory evidence, somehow, the charge would be unethical.
>>Takeaway lessons are the police and prosecutor are not your friend, dont talk to them
I expect most FReepers have seen this by now, but it can’t hurt to post it again. Well worth the 45 mintues to watch; if you’re doubtful, watch the first 10, you’ll end up watching the whole thing:
Don’t Talk to Police
http://youtu.be/6wXkI4t7nuc
And those statements have still not been made public by her office, nor the lie detector test that he took and passed that night for the police.
Very good advice. Zimmerman is an exception to the rule, I think his being forthright with police immediately following the incident will work in his favor. His enemy now is Corey, and I believe she is out to sink Zimmerman, facts be damned.
Weird case, because the police testimony all works in Zimmerman's favor, and undercuts the prosecution. Corey isn't swimming just against Zimmerman, she is swimming against the SPD.
Her license needs to be pulled. She’s a disgrace even to the lawyers.
Corey as Dr. Frank N. Furter.
Thr prosecutor looks like a man in drag.
I think Angela Corey may end up being worse than Nifong.
Alan Dershowitz: one of the last of the “honest” liberals. I also wouldn’t bet against him on his opinion about anything to do strictly with the letter of the law.
And I would strongly encourage her to move to one of said countries.
She may figure that the worst that can happen is a hung jury--get a couple of jurors whose minds are already made up and will vote "guilty" no matter what evidence is produced in court, and a couple of other jurors who are afraid of being attacked or killed by Sharpton's thugs if they vote "innocent," and the jury could be deadlocked. Or those who believe that Zimmerman is innocent may give in expecting the verdict to be reversed on appeal.
It’s not just juries but throw in judges who also have their minds made up and pull some of the most idiotic stunts in the middle of hearings. The latest here was an innocent man committed suicide last year because police were outright lying, the prosecutor was hiding evidence and the judge kept delaying and delaying and delaying the trial knowing full well that it was tearing the guy up. No, I don’t trust the system one bit.
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