Posted on 07/10/2013 12:33:25 PM PDT by Errant
The judge in George Zimmermans murder trial had a contentious exchange with one of Zimmermans defense attorneys Wednesday when he repeatedly objected to her asking his client whether he planned to testify in his own defense.
Judge Debra Nelson reminded Zimmerman that he was not required to testify, but when she asked whether he would like to, defense attorney Don West cut in, I object your honor. Nelson overruled his objection before asking again.
I object to that question West repeated.
Overruled! The court is entitled to inquire of Mr. Zimmermans determination as to whether or not he wants to testify, Nelson said.
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
This bitch needs to be disbarred . . as well as several on the prosecution team and in the DOJ
I agree, she was just nasty to the defense, again, when they argued for all closing arguments to be on the same day (Friday). Her comments before hurrying out of the courtroom were, “the scheduled worked for her.”
...so if Mr. Zimmerman is found guilty; do white people get to riot? I’ve had my eye on this hot tub...
Nope, you only "get" beat up, or thrown in jail for trying to protect yourself.
Riddle me this.. can she vacate the decision and render a guilty verdict from the bench? Or can she declare a mistrial and vacate the decision for retrial on her own?
Or in Zimmerman’s case, beat up AND thrown in jail!
She reminds me of Jaba the Hut
True, but maybe you or I watching is not so important. However, Obama is watching and that is where the rewards or punishment originates.
She is the perfect libtard candidate for the USSC—Odumbo is watching.
"I can smell it now!"
So, it's more likely she was simply hoping to convince him to ignore his lawyers and testify and thereby give the prosecution a crack at tripping him up.
“I certainly hope that exchange wasnt in front of the jury.”
It wasn’t.
It was not in front of the jury.
When you find out that DoJ is ginning up protests in this case, it’s not hard to imagine this judge has a direct hot line to Holder...
The people of the state of FL need to be looking into ways to remove this woman from the bench permanently.
How about a Hispanic, gun owning, neighborhood watch hater?
I believe the judge was trying to prejudice the jury.
The jury was out of the room both times the judge asked Zimmerman about testifying. The big issue about the first time was that the defense still had more witnesses to call, and the defendant can wait until the last minute before the defense rests to decide whether or not to testify. So she was out of line to try to badger him into making a decision at that point in the trial.
That works.
here is my view...
and most if not all here will flame me..
well, go ahead..
the judge was elected to her positition..
after this trial, she will be elected again..
the problem is not the judge, or the court..
the problem is the goddamn people who elect these self righterous bastards to public office in the first place..
same goes for president, governor, senator, representative, or even the goddamn dog catcher..
i am done campaigning for people that do not know the difference between 2 AND 4....
all I can do is protect myself and my family..
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