To: clintonh8r
The prosecution appeared incompetent during the actual courtroom testimony because virtually all the facts showed Zimmerman defended himself against felony assault and great bodily harm.
The prosecutor was unable to fabricate other evidence, so every question would backfire and exonerate Zimmerman. Thus he ignored areas and passed on things he thought would backfire the most.
It looked like incompetence, but it was desperation.
28 posted on
07/16/2013 3:58:31 PM PDT by
Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot
Yeah. The only ways the prosecution could keep its own witnesses favorable was for them to perưre themselves or for the prosecution to not offer any witnesses. They would then have to rest after their opening argument.
34 posted on
07/16/2013 4:05:57 PM PDT by
arthurus
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To: Navy Patriot
It looked like incompetence, but it was desperation. Exactly. If the Prosecution didn't call the cops and such as fact witnesses, the Defense Attorneys would have done so, elicited the same favorable testimony, and slammed the prosecutors for "hiding" them from the jury.
One way for the Prosecution to deal with unhelpful facts is to bring them out themselves, on the theory that the jury will hear them anyway, and it is better to hear them first from the Prosecution.
Of course that presupposes that the unhelpful facts are few, and do not affirmatively disprove your case.
55 posted on
07/16/2013 4:38:55 PM PDT by
Pilsner
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