It probably was unethical, but it was incumbent upon the prosecution to object to those statements and, if they anticipated them, to bring a motion in limine before trial. I didn’t watch the opening statements, but it doesn’t appear to me that they did so, and that’s unfortunate. Baez at least can say that he was fulfilling his duty to be a zealous advocate even if he was making an improper jury argument.
I’m not a big fan of how the judge conducted this trial, either, or how he handled that contempt hearing last week.
HIGH FIVING each other inside the bar...
Casey Anthony defense team celebrates at local bar
As the world reals from the shocking verdict of innocence, the defense team is seen ‘partying’ at local bar
Raising champagne glasses, toasting each other with smiles on their faces, the Casey Anthony defense team celebrated their victory in finding their defendant not guilty in the murder and aggravated child abuse of her daughter Caylee Anthony.
Outside many spectators who followed the case and came from many different areas, were outraged and all had the same question on their minds – what about Caylee?
Despite Jose Baez humbly proclaiming in an earlier press conference that he had mixed feelings on what had just happened and no one is a winner in this case – “Caylee is still dead,” it would seem that Beaz and his team have reconsidered that statement and feel that they are the winners in this tragic case.
Jane Velez-Mitchell of HLN tracked the “dream team” to a local bar not far from the courthouse and although there were guards posted outside to prevent the media from entering, Mitchell could see them inside smiling and toasting their victory.
A woman was interviewed outside of the bar. She was a nurse from Pinellas County – the county that the jury was chosen from – she was visibly upset declaring that a travesty in the justice system had just occurred.
A member of the public actually got a shot on their camera of the group inside of the bar. The woman who took the picture said that she had gone around the corner of the bar to use the ATM, unaware that the team was inside. She said she heard a cheer and looked through the window to see the the attorneys hugging each other and a celebration going on.
The consensus of the waiting crowd outside the bar unanimously declared that justice was not done today.
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