Hes not smart enough not to get caught in his lies.

He sounded like a dolt when the judge asked him if he was going to testify.

Like he's never had a conversation before. Stammering and falling all over himself. Funny, he seemed to articulate just fine about "these assholes always get away". Seems now he's trying to look like a sheepish dolt. Poor baby.

Guess he feels Hannity is more worthy of his "truth" than the jury, eh? Interesting.

... and his attorneys gave him the stink-eye and a stern talking to.

I'm sure he would have gone all Caveman on the group & probably been the Prosecution's best witness, which is why his attorneys glued his ass to that chair & made sure he said "No thank ya ma'am" when asked.

Objection! Objection! Objection! I wish he'd been a big boy and stood up to his lawyers. He certainly "stood up" to Trayvon didnt he?

"Ladies of the jury, as many of you may know, Mr. Zimmerman saw fit to answer questions on national television when he agreed to an interview by Sean Hannity on Fox News. This same Mr. Zimmerman has not seen fit to give you the same insight."

I'm sure a lawyer can phrase that in a way to make the point very strongly.

Good call. I would say that I would want you on the PAs team, but I think that hearing the name "Stinky The Clown" would probably not play well with the jury.

can't use someone's unwillingness to testify against them . 5th amendment and all that whatnot


(the whole case might get tossed if the court thought the state did this on purpose. Prosecutor would probably get professionally sanctioned also)_

in the proceeding somewhere along the way to the jury.

. . . . the defense has that animation of their version of the events. Maybe the prosecution could use that as a lead-in/segue to remind people that Zummo spoke to Hannity but not to them?

try not to put the defendant on the stand. It seldom works to the advantage of the defense.

couldn't give the judge an answer until the last minute while they browbeat Zimmerman into saying "no." Because until the last moment, he wanted to go on. The judge has been asking the question for several days now.

If there is any way someone can give a heads up when that is expected to occur (along with the live stream link), I'd appreciate it.

that day.

is streaming live, free.

I'm sure we'll get a heads up on the 'official' thread on an approximate time for the Closing.

3 hours to present their closing arguments. The 3 hours for the State includes any time they use to do a rebuttal closing argument after the defense finishes.

Here's the link I use to stream the trial:

http://www.wptv.com/generic/news/national/George-Zimmerman-trial-complete-coverage

So the state makes it's closing argument 1st. The defense goes second, but then the state gets a chance to speak last and make a rebuttal against the defense?

their rebuttal can only address points made by the defense in their closing arguments. It is State, then defense, then State in rebuttal. They usually take two/thirds of their time allotment to do their closing argument reserving a third for their rebuttal. I am expecting them to use around 2 hours for their closing argument saving the rest for their rebuttal.

Too bad. It would have been fun to see poor, defenseless Zimmy squirm and fuck himself.

Because he made up everything. I'd still like to hear him explain how he reached that hip holster on his left backside, with his right hand, laying on his back with somebody sitting on his chest. Did he reach through Travon's thigh. Even if the alleged holster were on his right buttock Travon's legs were in front of it. No way could Travon have visualized it behind his thigh nor could Zimmerman, have reached around to get a grip on it.

Zimmy's Twister Game of Lies.

He has made up the whole story. Start to finish. It is all fishy and contrived.

he would have cracked under the pressure.
He's got quite the tangled web of lies, that skeevy spider would have caught himself in.

Chickenshits. Makes me sick. They have taken so much from Travon and his entire family. Right down to attempting to commandeer his final screams of terror from him. They took everything from his life to his own screams. They even want to slander his reputation, after death, to make it appear he deserved his fate.

Reprehensible.

so the defense is going with what is best for them.

Florida Standard Criminal Jury Instructions:

3.9(d) DEFENDANT NOT TESTIFYING

Give either paragraph, or both, if defendant requests.

The constitution requires the State to prove its accusations against the defendant. It is not necessary for the defendant to disprove anything. Nor is the defendant required to prove [his] [her] innocence. It is up to the State to prove the defendant's guilt by evidence.

The defendant exercised a fundamental right by choosing not to be a witness in this case. You must not view this as an admission of guilt or be influenced in any way by [his] [her] decision. No juror should ever be concerned that the defendant did or did not take the witness stand to give testimony in the case.

...than to speak out and remove all doubt. -Abraham Lincoln