Yes, criminals do give up their rights. I didn't say that "accused" criminals don't have rights prior to conviction that must be observed, but when a guy does something like rape and kill a little girl, where does he get the nerve to come back later, after his conviction, and say "They said mean things about me and made everyone hate me". Please...
They said mean things about me. . .
If what the prosecutor says unnecessarily prejudices the jury, then rights have been violated.
Suppose that you have been caught selling whiskey on Sunday. A prosecutor has the right to tell the jury what you did. A prosecutor doesn't have the right to make the following speech:
And this Defendant. This miserable peice of humanity who violates the very laws of man and god. Think of Jesus who hung there bleeding and dying on that cross with these huge railroad spikes thru his hands and feet. This innocent man who died for us, this Defendant profanes his very death by selling cheap, rotgut liquor on Sunday. A day when families should be together in church and gathering around the table to eat fried chicken. Ladies and genetlemen of the jury, give this miserable piece of crap what he deserves.
The same thing is true for focusing on things like "bitch". Too much of this and you make a lynch mob, not a jury.
parsy, who understands the law.