in criminal trials, penalties are generally excluded to avoid swaying the juries feelings as to guilt.
Diana Tennis @TennisLaw
Recess must be for lawyers to get together argument for judge
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Rene Stutzman @renestutzman
Judge just recessed for 30min. Attys and #Zimmerman file out. I’m guessing attys are scrambling for case law. #Trayvon
WTF TV. Misjudge is researching whether to give jurors additional instructions.