Posted on 06/20/2013 4:58:15 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
Today, June 20, is DAY #9 (of 2nd week) of the weighted Scheme Team + State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case. Continuing jury selection.
With 40 potential jurists selected the filtering process continues toward finding the final 6 jurists and the 4 alternates.
Yesterday the prosecution spent the majority of the day presenting it’s position(s) and asking questions. Today the defense has the opportunity to do the same, starting at 9:00am.
Also, well, “maybe”, at 2:00pm the “Frye Hearing” is set to resume with the State Prosecution recalling their expert, Tom Owen, to discuss whether the cries for help heard on the 911 call can be identified. (This has been cancelled and postponed twice before – so “maybe” is prudent this time)
[Tom Owen stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night - He's ready]
Monday the Defense expert, Dr. James L Wayman, testified from 4pm to 8:30pm – Judge Nelson is expected to rule on whether this information is presented to the jury during trial, or whether it is too confusing on the jury to have experts dispute each other.
(Excerpt) Read more at theconservativetreehouse.com ...
Four Live-Streaming Links:
http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/06/11/watch-live-coverage-george-zimmerman-trial
http://wildabouttrial.com/george-zimmerman-live-stream.html
Here are some additional *possible* Links to the Hearing:
WFTV
http://www.wftv.com/s/news/trayvonmartin/
Click Orlando http://www.clickorlando.com/news/trayvo … index.html
Orlando Sentinel (Fox 35 live stream) http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc … on-martin/
WESH http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florid … index.html
cfnews http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cf … artin.html
MyfoxOrlando http://www.myfoxorlando.com/category/23 … von-martin
CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/US/
TruTV/InSession link:
http://www.superusvoxtv.com/index.php/speciality/tru-tv
Ping to the Sanford Circus.
Thank you for these daily updates, Uncle Chip.
PING
If the case was based on law and the evidence, George Zimmerman would not be on trial in the first place, in fact, he would not even been arrested. But, he is on”trial”. He will be given a Soviet era show trial, found guilty and sent to prison.
List of pjurors and the order in which they will be chosen or dismissed:
6/10 B-12 F 40s-50s White 1st interviewed, grandmother, lives 10 miles from scene.
6/10 B-29 F 40s Black Mother of 7, moved to Fla. from Chicago four months ago.
6/10 B-76 F 50s-60s White Seminole resident since 1981, could not ID Trayvon’s mother.
6/11 B-7 M 40s-50s White Noticed people taking sides, worried about anonymity after trial.
6/11 B-35 M 40s-50s Black Tax preparer, no opinion despite “pro-Trayvon” family/friends.
6/11 B-37 F 50s White Animal rescue volunteer, 2 grown daughters, multiple pets.
6/11 B-51 F 60s-70s White Retired, shooting “sad on both sides,” no interest in “limelight.”
6/11 B-86 F 40s-50s White School administration worker, heard Trayvon was “expelled.”
6/11 E-6 F 20s-30s White Warned kids not to give “false impression” about themselves.
6/11 E-40 F 50s-60s White Moved to Fla. from Iowa in Nov. 2012.
6/11 E-54 M 60s-70s White Son wears hoodies, told him to “be careful, be cautious.”
6/12 E-73 F 60s White Can’t “conceive” of being armed, son “lives in a hoodie.”
6/12 M-75 F 30s Black Friends split 60-40 for Trayvon, some friends studying law.
6/12 B-61 F 20s White Thought Zimmerman’s defense fund website was “unique.”
6/12 B-72 M 20s Mixed-Race Arm wrestler, school maintenance technician.
6/12 E-22 F 50-60 Black Case a “volatile issue,” police “not proactive” enough.
6/12 E-13 F 20s White Lives with parents, brother is black.
6/12 E-28 F 50s-60s White Hospital O.R. worker (Someone’s cell phone went off.)
6/13 K-80 F 40s-50s White Sequestration “biggest fear,” judge announced 2-4 weeks.
6/13 K-95 F 40s-50s White Parent/student, “At my age, going to school is hard.”
6/13 P-67 M 40s-50s Hispanic Born in Mexico, wants on jury to “give back” to country.
6/13 G-14 F 40s-50s White Wants to hear facts, doesn’t want “false assumptions.”
6/14 G-29 F 30s Black “I try to stay uninvolved,” reaction to summons: “Not again.”
6/14 G-47 M 20s White Restaurant asst. manager, ignores local news, “happy person.”
6/14 G-63 M 20s Mixed-Race “Very mixed-race,” talked about “archetypes” like “bro.”
6/14 G-66 F 50s White Watches news every day, protests “disruptive.”
6/14 G-81 M 30s-40s Black Spoke about violence against African-American males.
6/14 H-6 M 30s-40s White Early media coveraged favored Trayvon, now balanced.
6/17 H-7 M 50s-60s White “Big brouhaha” in Sanford, media has “anti-gun atmosphere.”
6/17 H-18 M 30s Hispanic Self-employed mechanic, doesn’t discuss politics or race.
6/17 H-29 M 60s White Shooting negative on city, activists got people stirred up.
6/17 H-35 F 20s-30s White Moving at end of the month, has “social anxiety.”
6/18 H-81 M 50s Mixed-Race Has 2 civil cases pending before same judge.
6/18 H-69 F 30s Hispanic More than 5 months pregnant.
6/18 H-86 F 20s-30s White Didn’t follow case, just bought a TV.
6/18 I-5 M 50s-60s Black “I don’t see how you get a fair trial” with media coverage.
6/18 I-19 F 18-20s White No interest in case, job won’t pay her for jury duty.
6/18 I-24 F 50s-60s White Believes “no one is a winner” in this case.
6/18 I-33 M 50s-60s White Gray goatee, “just learned how to email.”
6/18 I-44 M 30s Mixed-Race “Sports nut,” says “Everyone has an opinion, and they all stink.”
A good read:
http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/06/zimmerman-jury-selection-day-eight-wrap-up/
State’s “Questioning” Involved Relatively Few Actual Questions, Many Suggestions
Laying the Foundation for the State’s Theory of the Case?
[Silly me, I thought they were picking an impartial jury]
Anyone Ever Been Arrested: 18% Say Yes
“Anyone Been A Victim of a Crime?” 35% Yes, 10% of Violent Crime
“Is There Violent ] in Your Community?” 100% Yes
“Is It Right To Take Law Into Your Own Hands?” Jurors Say No, But Some Soon Become Uneasy
Jurors Begin to Challenge de la Rionda’s Propositions
“Neighborhood Watch Program in Your Neighborhood?” 25% Say Yes, but Not Personally Involved
“Any Experience in Fighting Sports, Advanced Cell Phone Skills?”
“Got Any Guns?” 30% Own Guns Themselves, Another 30% Know Family/Friends Do
As a closing note, it struck this observer as remarkable how large a proportion of the day involved de la Rionda speaking, rather than any of the prospective jurors. His speech was often long, somewhat rambling, and ultimately appeared to be an effort at conditioning the prospective jurors to a particular judgmental and emotional position–for example, participating in Neighborhood Watch is somehow similar to taking the law into your own hands..................
Reference juror H 35: What in the hell is “Social Anxiety”?
is that something like the “ I am just trying to find myself” excuse that men and women gave a few years back when they abamdoned their family, children, and other responsibilites and to be dope smoking hippies? Or could it be that they are expecting the law enforcement officer to come knocking on their door in referrence to some violation of the law they did? Sounds like total bullshit to me, but then again I am a dinosaur.
Afraid of public speaking and crowds, especially crowds of tyrannosaurus rexs.
Yeah and gas was $.30 a gallon for high test. Bread was .20 a loaf. I boughta 1968 Camero new in 1968. The payments were 35 dollars and some change a month. A furnished apartment was 35 dollars a week. At the local restaurants a cheeseburger all the way, an order of fries and a small drink was 52 cents. The only problem was those dollars were hard to come by.
It’s been silent for 10 minutes. What is on the agenda for today?
O’Mara
And a really good wage was a whopping $1.50 an hour, no ATMs and banks were only open a few hours a day, no Internet so leftist journalists controlled the news, etc etc.
Spare me the sentimentality. There are no time machines, all we got is the here & now.
This is the second day that some of these jurors have been running late. Somebody needs to clue these jurors in on the fact that this railroad will run on time. It has a schedule to keep.
O’Mara questioning pjs on presumption of innocence — good line of questioning
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