Posted on 07/12/2013 4:52:55 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
Today, July 12th, is DAY #24 (of 5th week) State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case.
Yesterday the prosecution provide closing arguments (Summary: http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/07/states-closing-argument-two-hours-of-raising-doubt).
Today the defense attorney, Mark O’Mara will present his closing argument. Then the prosecution rebuttal.
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Outrageous it’s only 6 pm. They should be ashamed.
renestutzman 1m
Jury passes out note: we want to quit for the night now, come back tomorrow at 9a. Judge: I’m gonna let em.
Jury is about to be dismissed til 9 am tomorrow. They need enough time to go over the evidence list they just requested. Let’s hope they take all the time they need.
My total guess is they want to sleep on whatever it is that they decided and come back fresh in the AM to confirm their leaning. They would not adjourn this early otherwise.
Series. |:^\
yeah cause little Trayvon already got his justice.
The “crying” report was from an AP reporter, others have noted that the juror had rubbed her eyes a number of times throughout the trial. I call media wishful thinking.
Going to get things set up for protection?
they are at an impasse ...see no way to break it
start over tomorrow
I'm going out on a limb--suspect there is at least one juror who is frazzled and incapable of coherent discussion at this point. For the sanity of the rest of the jurors, they are taking a break for the night.
Oh Ok thanks for the clarification, when I heard that story about the juror I figured she would be the problem juror but maybe they are all just tired..obviously they don’t all agree otherwise they would have issued a verdict today
the medium is the message
Yay! No riots tonight!
Good decision. The riff-raff probably won't be mustering out until well after the crack of noon.
Goin’ home for the night.
I was foreman on a jury where we tried two yutes at the same time for car theft. The story was actually quite comical. Owner’s car breaks down, he leaves to go get help. Two other dude’s come along and take the car. Cops literally followed a trail of oil about 5 miles to where the car was found. Was obvious both were guilty, but we only convicted one and acquitted the other. The one we convicted lived where in the house where the car was found and was stripping it when the cops showed up. The other one was lucky enough to be inside the home. We felt the state just didn’t prove its case for the one we acquitted.
So, juries do listen to what the law is and get that the state must prove its case. I sure hope this is what happens with this jury too.
Can’t we all just get along?
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