Zimmerman trial has now begun
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unionmom
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Jury is done for the day ... back at it tomorrow morning, 9 a.m.
I am more than a little concerned about one analyst's comment about the jury knowing the weight of their decision on the community. That is so very, very wrong and I hope like heck he was just projecting and guessing and assuming, etc. The jury should not give a rat's butt about the community when deciding this case. They should care only about the evidence before them and a fair verdict for the charged based on that evidence.
The only way I can calm down and accept what he was saying is if he meant they want to be sure to give it time to be sure they are not seen to give a flippant, non-caring vote ... be sure that it is clear that they did give true weight to the case before rendering a fair verdict based only on the evidence. Still a bit twisted to me because every other case out there doesn't get the pressure and scrutiny the media and special interest groups have forced on this one but as long as the verdict is true to the evidence as they perceived it ...
I am more than a little concerned about one analyst's comment about the jury knowing the weight of their decision on the community. That is so very, very wrong and I hope like heck he was just projecting and guessing and assuming, etc. The jury should not give a rat's butt about the community when deciding this case. They should care only about the evidence before them and a fair verdict for the charged based on that evidence.
The only way I can calm down and accept what he was saying is if he meant they want to be sure to give it time to be sure they are not seen to give a flippant, non-caring vote ... be sure that it is clear that they did give true weight to the case before rendering a fair verdict based only on the evidence. Still a bit twisted to me because every other case out there doesn't get the pressure and scrutiny the media and special interest groups have forced on this one but as long as the verdict is true to the evidence as they perceived it ...
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unionmom said:
:agreed
100%
unionmom
Pursuit Driver
They weren't huge by numbers at that point at all, no. But they were being very loud. The volume was my issue. The media is insane, no doubt. I do hope that the jury is somehow able to be brought in some way each day that has minimized their exposure to the media. Surely they have some clue how much attention this is getting. I don't see how they couldn't. Wouldn't it be a happy little dream world if all cases could be decided in a vacuum?
