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Day 23 (Week #5) Zimmerman Trial – Closing Statements
The Conservative Treehouse ^ | July 11, 2013 | Sundance

Posted on 07/11/2013 4:59:59 AM PDT by Uncle Chip

Today, July 11th, is DAY #23 (of 5th week) State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case.

Yesterday the defense rested its case. A legal analysis via Professor Jacobson HERE.

From my perspective the entire case ended, as expected, early in the day yesterday when Judge Nelson gave George Zimmerman his personal Platinum Express DCA Acquittal Card. The ruling, and more importantly the legal determination she used on the ruling, regarding the Trayvon Martin phone evidence was an immediate Nuclear DCA option. Nelson essentially ruled against admissibility based on ”authentication”. She could have kept it out under other legal reasoning, but no, she chose the one without the slightest chance of being upheld by a District Court of Appeals. IMHO this was intentional and aligns itself with the way she has ruled during the pre-trial discovery phase, and during the case itself. She’s a rigid ideologue, but she’s not stupid – this was intentional.

By ruling the phone records (texts and pics from Trayvon) cannot be “authenticated” to have originated by the specific personage of Trayvon Martin just gave the dismissal of the case to George Zimmerman with a bow on it.

As it was carefully explained to me, the phone is like a bucket. The data inside the phone is like marbles in a bucket. Some marbles from calls, others from pictures, others from texts, etc. The State brought the bucket into court – and validated the bucket contents with their own witness from the phone company – Both the State and the defense then began arguing their case around the phone call marbles in the bucket – Primarily with Rachel Jeantel. But no-one challenged the bucket itself. The State authenticated the bucket and the content of the bucket during the introduction.

The defense picks up the same bucket the state hands them, and now begins to use the contents – texts and pictures – and then Nelson rules the bucket itself cannot be authenticated. It doesn’t work that way.

If the state authenticates evidence, it cannot be divided and only authentic when the state holds it, but not the defense. Flawed logic – ABSOLUTELY positioned to give such a prejudicial outcome, the appeal would result in dismissal, not retrial. Nelson gave the case away to George Zimmerman.

She could have ruled on relevance, admissibility, or other factors – but she chose the one destined to fail, “authentication”. She gave it away.

In other news, people are catching on to the Eric Holder, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Community Relations Service – being the actual puppeteers behind the entire construct of the false case. To them we say “welcome to the party pal“.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: blackkk; florida; georgezimmerman; livezimmermantrial; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: Fresh Wind

Oh man, using Kings I had a dream is absolute race baiting. Really bad stuff.


1,541 posted on 07/11/2013 11:26:11 AM PDT by Toespi
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White *ss Cracker.

TAKE A BIG DRINK.


1,542 posted on 07/11/2013 11:26:17 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Toespi; RummyChick; Uncle Chip
CURSE COUNT: (includes verbal, abbreviations, and powerpoint/script/written)

As of 1426 EST:

"A**Hole":9
"F***ing Punks":5
"Crazy a** cracker": 1

1,543 posted on 07/11/2013 11:26:37 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: Uncle Chip
Kathi Belich, WFTV@KBelichWFTV The state wants to put a good spin on Rachel Jeantel's lies about her age, going to the funeral and the changes to her story. #Zimmermanon9

Comment From Melissa in Texas I have a dream too. That Angela Corey will be held accountable for this circus.
1,544 posted on 07/11/2013 11:26:49 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Uncle Chip; All

Just making it here Only 1 500 posts behind. Heard Rush briefly. Livid.
Anyone with a short synopsis ?? Thanks ahead of time


1,545 posted on 07/11/2013 11:26:55 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then!)
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To: UCANSEE2

Wow! Three aholes in a row!!


1,546 posted on 07/11/2013 11:27:05 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Racehorse
You don't. And if you don't follow my instructions, people such as yourself will put you away for however long my friends in the prosecutor's office tell them to.

Have a nice day!

PS Obviously, I'm not really the police.

1,547 posted on 07/11/2013 11:27:07 AM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
He also slipped in that had this whole thing had not happened that
Zimmerman would be at "Target" or ""whatever he does"".


He's trying to play with words and is failing miserably.
He's no hypnotist.

1,548 posted on 07/11/2013 11:27:08 AM PDT by MaxMax (If you're not pissed off, you're not paying attention)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

prosecution is playing race card.

black jury must believe.

white jury admits they are racist.

seems a golden rule violation. (putting jury in position to not convict themselves)


1,549 posted on 07/11/2013 11:27:36 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: MaxMax

Coming up to the first hour.


1,550 posted on 07/11/2013 11:27:59 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: RummyChick

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Kathi Belich, WFTV@KBelichWFTV

The state wants to put a good spin on Rachel Jeantel’s lies about her age, going to the funeral and the changes to her story. #Zimmermanon9

2:26

Comment From Melissa in Texas
I have a dream too. That Angela Corey will be held accountable for this circus.

2:26

Comment From Guest
Unprofessional and unethical. The State has done a disservice to justice by bringing this case to trial.

2:27

Comment From Totality
This closing just attempted to make this incident racial... This will just inflame the community should there be a Not Guilty on all counts.

2:27

Comment From chloe
haha, knoxville - he’s such a phoney!!

2:27

Comment From concerned
he comes across very fake to me

2:27

Comment From William
She lied because she was embarrassed about not being able to read cursive.... WOW


1,551 posted on 07/11/2013 11:28:25 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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To: hoosiermama

Bernie giving closing arguments — nothing unexpected


1,552 posted on 07/11/2013 11:28:27 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Toespi

who is juror #5. I looked at their numbers and do not see a #5.
Smirking meaning “yea that’s right” or “yea whatever”


1,553 posted on 07/11/2013 11:28:32 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: novemberslady
I knew he would be bad, lying and exaggerating and all...but this is AWFUL. Really, really, bottom-of-the-barrel atrocious!
1,554 posted on 07/11/2013 11:28:33 AM PDT by JPG (Obama Does Egypt.)
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To: DCBryan1
CURSE COUNT: (includes verbal, abbreviations, and powerpoint/script/written)

As of 1428 EST:

"A**Hole":9
"F***ing Punks":6
"Crazy a** cracker": 1

1,555 posted on 07/11/2013 11:28:34 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: Fresh Wind

BDLR is the biggest Asshole in Florida.


1,556 posted on 07/11/2013 11:28:47 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: over3Owithabrain

I am close to Sherman / Dennison. Blacks there aren’t fired up. Although a lot of them have interracial marriages in their families somewhere and are generally church goers (still lots of drugs though)


1,557 posted on 07/11/2013 11:28:56 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: machogirl

I cannot allow the Staying Alive comment without this link:

http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/22714059/chattanooga-fire-graduates-make-cpr-video-coreographed-to-stayin-alive


1,558 posted on 07/11/2013 11:28:58 AM PDT by Ingtar (The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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To: RummyChick

Is jar jar the kid that makes funny faces all the time? I can’t stand to look at him.


1,559 posted on 07/11/2013 11:29:04 AM PDT by lilypad
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To: Toespi

ROFLMAHO. That was a twofer.


1,560 posted on 07/11/2013 11:29:09 AM PDT by Toespi
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