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 OMara will present his closing argument. Then the prosecution rebuttal.
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Manslaughter is the problem. Jury probably isn’t aware of the downside and likely will pick it as a compromise. Prosecution closing will be steering them in that direction.
Right.
They need a guilty verdict to hit the lottery.
*THAT* works well as a rebuttal...NOT!!
the infowarrior
What bothers me about any jury is based on personal event. I was foreman. In my mind, the state had not made its case. It was blatant. I asked the panel, who believed the most the defendant was guilty. Afer a three day trial, one old lady looked up and said I do. I said please point to the evidence. Her answer: He looks guilty!!!!!!
12 hours later the vote was 11-1 not guilty...guess who was the hold out.
WTF TV. Jurors are still very attentive after three hours.
I hope he gets to the manslaughter charge, too.
O’Mara explaining what self defense means. “GZ does not have to think he was going to die. He only has to think he was in danger of great bodily harm.”
Question for the legal eagles.
When a jury is sequestered is each member effectively in solitary confinement or can they talk to each other when together out of the courtroom ?
“The important point is: was there a way for that piece of metal to have innocently fallen there, or was it more likely dropped there by somebody who was using it as a burglar tool (regardless of whether it started out in life as a Slim Jim or as a part of something else).”
Yes. Was there any awnings there from which the slim jim could have fallen from. I think not. But I fear that I’m beating a dead (and ignored) horse here.
Back to reality....
They can talk, but they’re not supposed to talk about the case!
The Martins, et al, cannot handle the truth
This will be the first time they can talk about case as a group.
I’m guessing the jury will take 1 day of deliberation just to make it look good and try to avoid riots.
Probably calling a press conference to start rioting to put pressure on the jury cause they realize tray was a thug and the prosecutions case was a loser from the start.
I hope he says ‘this case should never have been brought to court.’
mark
Went down to get coffee. People in elevator think this is a slam dunk ... conviction.
When a jury is sequestered is each member effectively in solitary confinement or can they talk to each other when together out of the courtroom ?
On both of my juries I was on, After a month of not being able to talk it was like we finally got the duct tape taken off our mouth’s. This jury will probably say things to each other right out of the box like, “That state ME is an idiot that should be fired.” Stuff like that.
Nice!!!!
I was a foreman on a murder trial once too. In our case a guy killed another because of $400 worth of bad cocain. The guy who did the killing was 41 years old and had spent more of his life in some sort of a correctional facility than he had spent out.
We found him guilty and sentenced to life without parole in 45 minutes. First vote was 10 to 1. Second vote was 11 to 0.
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