[onyx]

You’re right.
Rachel was a horrid witness, but perhaps the judge was right to let her act out, in that she made such a pathetic ass of herself.

[Steely Tom]

You’re right.
Rachel was a horrid witness, but perhaps the judge was right to let her act out, in that she made such a pathetic ass of herself.

The judge probably didn't "scold" her out of fear that she (Jeantel) would have gone "full ghetto" in open court.

Baliffs wrestling her, tasers clicking, the whole deal.