Posted on 07/13/2013 6:07:06 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
I pray for a fair and just verdict. My support and thoughts go out to the Zimmerman family and the defense team as we wait.
Links to Live Streams (Thanks Carole):
WAT~ http://wildabouttrial.com/trial_videos/watch-the-george-zimmerman-hearing-live/
Local WFTV~ http://www.wftv.com/s/zimmerman-livestream//
Click Orlando~ http://www.clickorlando.com/news/-/1637132/19533480/-/fm5b93z/-/index.html
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My husband and I both head him say “Yes, Your Honor”
YES!!
It’s Florida law and it is in the jury instructions for this case.
true, could be anything. but we know that at this point there’s at least one who doesn’t buy the self defense. a bit troubling for the defense.
the thing is the manslaughter instructions have nothing to do with self defense.
either you believe it was or you don’t.
it all comes down to “did the state prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he wasn’t acting in self defense.”
shouldn’t be that hard to determine after 3 weeks of a trial and 10 hours of deliberation.
I’d have had an answer within 5 seconds of deliberations starting.
Off topic - I just realized I’m out of sugar and had to put a couple of jelly candies in my coffee to sweeten. Does that make it purple drank?
Proving:
Looks aren’t everything.
Thx. I love trains and need a little clickety-clack.
Just add cough syrup.
not really. it was pretty clear Romney was going to lose for a while before the actual election day. not squite the same scenario.
All communications with the jury go through both counsel.
“Now Fox has frog voice (Susan Estrich) screeching away. Grrrrrr”
I have a big problem with female screeching voices. I cannot understand how some of these women are hired when their voices are so darn irritating. I have noticed this in commercials also.
All six would have to defect, in order to convict. A “stealth juror” would result in a hung jury.
There would have to be six. Not possible. The stealth juror won’t be very popular. When confronted with all the evidence the jury didn’t get to see, she’ll be very small.
Maybe she shouldn’t have written it in cursive?!!!!
Actually, when I got sick with a cold my mom used to give me a mix if whiskey, lemon juice and honey. Might want to try that first.
{{{V3 blows nose...sniffs a few times...makes concerted effort to compose herself}}}
Pardon my emotional outburst.
a point of clarification (just jumping in, sorry if already covered earlier)
If the jury were organized in its deliberations, would it not first determine if the act satisfied the lesser of the two charges — that is, manslaughter? and then go on to consider murder only if manslaughter were satisfied.
the instructions list the charges in decreasing severity: first, murder, then second, manslaughter.
so the jury instructions would seem passively to encourage unorganized thinking.
if the jury first considers murder, and acquits Z, then if the jury next considers manslaughter, a lurking M sympathizer would jump at the chance to convict, claiming manslaughter a reasonable compromise. However, this would be illogical if the elements of manslaughter were included in the elements of murder.
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