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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: LuvFreeRepublic
Is anyone keeping track of how the talking heads are rating the closing argument by the prosecution?

They are rating it the way that gets them the most viewers in their 'demographic'.

2,421 posted on 07/11/2013 1:53:05 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: UCANSEE2

I’ve been telling those I care about that small isolated incidents will be the most probable outcome. Guilty or innocent won’t matter, time of day( or night), location and surroundings are more important to pay attention to for their safety. Of course, most of my circle of friends are heavily armed so that helps.


2,422 posted on 07/11/2013 1:54:40 PM PDT by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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To: Marcella; cripplecreek
I'm not leaving my house on verdict day and the next day. You won't know when an individual black decides to take out a white person to even the score of one black dead.

As Snowden has clearly demonstrated to any who have been paying attention, your name, address, guns (if any), travel/movements, buying behavior, financial history, etc are all known to key surveillance agencies.

It's also known that the DoJ actively organized the initial "protests", and of course will be behind any planned social disruptions aka riots.

Who's to say that O doesn't want a whole bunch more Zimmermans? You can stay locked in your house, but what if the mob is directed to specifically attack **you**? Or, you're traveling someplace, or currently @ work; again, what's to say an attack isn't directed towards you to elicit a defensive response?

2,423 posted on 07/11/2013 1:55:04 PM PDT by semantic
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To: UCANSEE2; meyer
"I think I said this before, but the riots are planned and coming. This trial is only to disguise the reason for the riots."

Sadly, I agree with you. I feel like Charleston Heston in one of the Ape Movies seeing the Statue of Liberty.

Why do so many things seem so unreal; the things are real, we just haven't seen them up this close yet.

It's an "in your face" tactic. Work people up. Frighten people. We will protect you by banning guns except for people who really need them, like the IRS.

2,424 posted on 07/11/2013 1:55:07 PM PDT by hummingbird (THE LIBERTY AMENDMENTS by Mark Levin. He has a great plan.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Her skin is too aged to be heavily outlining her entire eye in that manner.

The lipstick color isn’t flattering to her aged face, either.

That lipstick color probably was good on her when she was 15-20 years younger.

She would probably be better off with a light gloss or a natural colored gloss. No eyeliner, just mascara on the lashes.


2,425 posted on 07/11/2013 1:56:17 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: BunnySlippers
What are they going to do to protect George if he is acquitted?

Angela Corey has a special bullet proof T-shirt for him to wear.


2,426 posted on 07/11/2013 1:56:22 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Toespi

>> And evey time he accuses Z of lying during interview there are words echoing in their ears........I thought he was truthful......STRICKEN

heh... good point.

The ol’ “unrung bell”! (Actually un-ringing is DOUBLE ringing.)


2,427 posted on 07/11/2013 1:57:15 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: JoeProBono
That photo of GM's dad is heartbreaking.

Was he, himself, once a judge?

2,428 posted on 07/11/2013 1:57:35 PM PDT by hummingbird (THE LIBERTY AMENDMENTS by Mark Levin. He has a great plan.)
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To: BunnySlippers

How sweet is that?


2,429 posted on 07/11/2013 1:57:45 PM PDT by tioga
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To: Hoodat

>> Did I just hear the sound of snoring coming from the jury?

Snoring, gagging... they’re similar...


2,430 posted on 07/11/2013 1:59:01 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: Parley Baer
But under oath he said he called Juvenile Hall first.

I think you meant to post to the poster I was replying to.

2,431 posted on 07/11/2013 2:00:07 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: UCANSEE2

I did hear Schaeffer say that it was a bad closing. Very emotional and not based on fact. I was surprised.


2,432 posted on 07/11/2013 2:00:36 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: Semper911
And reading slides of text in any presentation is deadly.

THANK YOU !!! And no laser pointers either.

2,433 posted on 07/11/2013 2:01:02 PM PDT by Hoodat (BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
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To: snarkytart

Bookmark


2,434 posted on 07/11/2013 2:01:11 PM PDT by zeugma (Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
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To: Cyber Liberty; Donnafrflorida
If you value your job, you need to shun that racist coworker for a few weeks.

I agree. Do not be alone anywhere with a crazy lib, at any time. She will be looking for a Zimmerman supporter to accuse of something-or-other, especially over the next few weeks. You do not want to be without objective witnesses. Do not get into any conversations.

2,435 posted on 07/11/2013 2:01:20 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Racehorse

Thanks for admitting you were just ‘trolling through’.


2,436 posted on 07/11/2013 2:01:40 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Done !


2,437 posted on 07/11/2013 2:01:50 PM PDT by Mears
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To: advertising guy
to a person on this jury...they know Z did not lie as described by this maggot....if even one juror was on the fence, they ain’t now

That's the FR consensus. Then again, on election day 2012 the FR consensus was that Obama would lose. It aint over until the verdict from the jury.

2,438 posted on 07/11/2013 2:03:35 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: longtermmemmory
Well, you know you must be ready for rioting, if the POLICE admit they have PREPARED for RIOTING. To ignore the retail stores and Police preparation would not be to one's advantage.

The NAACP is having a family reunion down there in Florida and those things have a tendency to get out of hand.

2,439 posted on 07/11/2013 2:06:03 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: 101stAirborneVet

>> Nearly every one of those posters has since shaken off the MSM spell and they now realize what’s really going on here.

I confess I was one of those. Took three, maybe four days to come around.


2,440 posted on 07/11/2013 2:07:20 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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