Posted on 06/25/2013 12:41:36 AM PDT by zeestephen
Appearing on CNN’s Piers Morgan Live Monday, famed attorney Alan Dershowitz said, “I would be furious at my lawyer unless the lawyer told him he was going to open with that joke. In fact, I would ask my other lawyer to make a motion for a mistrial to start all over again.”
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At this point all we can do is hope that O’Mara knows what he is doing, the state is out for blood.
What was the joke?
k...and a more representative jury as well..
"Who's there?" West said. "George Zimmerman. George Zimmerman who? Okay, good. You're on the jury."
This is why, as a potential juror, it is your civic duty to educate yourself to the nth degree about any all crime taking place in your jurisdiction. Or maybe just hang out on FR.
“Who's there?”
“George Zimmerman.”
“George Zimmerman, who?”
“Alright good. You're on the jury.”
Theoretically, this was supposed to mean that finding a jury who hadn't heard about the case was almost impossible.
I don't get it.
And the jury didn't laugh.
Bizarre.
However, Zimmerman has spent the last 18 months trying to commit legal suicide, so maybe this will help him get there.
First, he unconditionally cooperated with the Police for two days, without a lawyer.
Next, he would fire his first two attorneys, who were passionate defenders of self-defense.
He hired Mark O’Mara, a lifelong Democrat, who has NEVER defended a completely innocent man.
I know nothing about West, the knock-knock lawyer, except that he's a bigger moron than O’Mara.
O’Mara has made at least 3 egregious errors.
Zimmerman gained at least 100 pounds, so now the jury thinks he was like 5 times bigger than baby Trayvon.
O’Mara has flown media trial balloons about Zimmerman not testifying in his own defense at trial!
The jury is six women who all regularly watch “The View.”
Like I said, Zimmerman is doing everything he can think of to get himself convicted, and he just might succeed.
As a potential juror, it is your civic duty to get on the jury - answer questions in a manner that is "truthful but not helpful" (Clinton) or to give "the least untruthful" answer possible (Clapper).
OMG!! A KNOCK KNOCK Joke....ABOUT how STUPID the JURY is??? What an ASS. Bye Bye Geroge.
I would tell him:
knock-knock
Who’s there?
You’re fired!
All the reviews I have heard said the State came out strong short and distinct. The Defense came off stupid, long and boring. Zimmerman has a rough road to navigate with this defense team.
The joke was not so bad as West’s comments afterwards....a simple “lets move on” after it bombed would have been a better response
Sad is that his lengthy opening was good...esp using the 911 before the prosecutors did....and the bloody GZ photos
Note that jurors took notes only when defense did opening...not during prosecutions opening. Jury was paying attention to West
I’m going to dissent. West’s delivery wasn’t the best, but the idea of saying something out of the blue to refocus the jury after the State gave an emotional but factually bankrupt screed isn’t as terrible as it sounds taken out of context.
He wasn’t trying to get laughs. He went on to give a presentation of facts that had jurors engaged and taking notes, something they weren’t doing during the slick sales pitch from the State.
Meanwhile, in other actually important events during the opening of the trail, the police dispatcher testified that he isn’t allowed to order anyone to do anything, and that he wasn’t even aware Zimmerman was in a vehicle. So much for the media/Crump “He was ordered to stay in the truck” line of malarkey.
In fact, all of the state’s witnesses ended up bolstering the defense, and the Prosecutions big surprise was that they would try to portray Zimmerman as a vigilante because he called the cops a lot...they are going to try to introduce his previous calls about suspicious characters. Good luck with that...he’s a neighborhood watch captain, for crying out loud, he’s supposed to call the cops! If the judge lets them do that, it may well allow the defense to bring up Martin’s behavior before that night. Yeah, that’ll work out for the State.
In a way, it’s a microcosm of this whole case. Everyone, FReepers included, is freaking out about the idea of a knock knock joke in a murder trial, and no one is paying attention to the meat and potatoes of the case.
I have my doubts about O’Mara, but the prosecution really has nothing, and the defense has evidence galore to create a reasonable doubt. Zimmerman could have Larry, Moe and Curly representing him and have a fair shot at being found not guilty.
When that happens is when the real fireworks begin.
Maybe it was a good joke, but it was said to the wrong people, at the wrong place, at the wrong time and was not funny.
Do that and you're not likely to be chosen for a jury.
The joke wasn’t meant to be haha funny, it was meant to create a mental reset from what the jury just heard from the prosecution. The defense attorney may not be the funniest guy in the room, but he’s one of the smartest.
The joke itself wasn't even remotely "funny." The whole point was to redirect attention and get the jury focused. Remember, the jury can not see all the MSM spouting off about what an idiot West must be to tell a joke like that at this huge racially charged trial.
This "joke" is the counter to the vulgar opening of the prosecution.
Juror B29 thought it was funny.
“And the jury didn’t laugh.”
Of course not. He insulted the entire jury. Yeah, grounds for mistrial.
The best news for the defense yesterday is that the state is going to put Witless 8 on the stand — perhaps today.
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