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In reply to the discussion: Sequestered Zimmerman trial jurors had alone time with family during trial [View all]alsame
(7,784 posts)36. The Cops took the defense side because they
had to cover their asses for the way they handled the shooting. No arrest, no securing the crime scene for evidence, no canvassing of potential witness. They believed GZ and let him go. They didn't even bother to try to identify the victim even though his cell phone was there, they sent him to the morgue as a John Doe.
The only way to justify all this was to say they 100% believed Georgie.
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Sequestered Zimmerman trial jurors had alone time with family during trial [View all]
frontier00
Jul 2013
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and one of the Defense witness's was allowed to sit in the courtroom with them for the entire
VanillaRhapsody
Jul 2013
#4
what will need to be done is some investigation, probably some film maker/journalist
JI7
Jul 2013
#5
VanillaRhapsody, I watched most of the trial.. IIRC, re the Defense witness, friend of Zimmerman..
nenagh
Jul 2013
#112
There must have been some real bad politics between Serino and the prosecutors.
madaboutharry
Jul 2013
#12
It should be a mistrial, but can that overturn the verdict? Double jeopardy, etc.
freshwest
Jul 2013
#20
It's not on this thread, but there is a report that the jury was left alone in the courtroom with a
freshwest
Jul 2013
#69
If that is the case then why not simply ask the jurors to sign an agreement as to their phone calls,
Spazito
Jul 2013
#48
The jurors had anonimity, only family and, it seems, friends knew who they were...
Spazito
Jul 2013
#58
Actually if a reporter wanted to they could have found out there names which is
cstanleytech
Jul 2013
#61
Oh I see your point I just dont agree that allowing them some private time was a breach.
cstanleytech
Jul 2013
#66
It wasn't a legal breach, I have to assume the Judge authorized the unsupervised...
Spazito
Jul 2013
#72
Actually if you had bothered to research it (since its clear you didnt) I have stated
cstanleytech
Jul 2013
#90
So you think because annulments are "rare" that it shouldn't happen in this case?
99th_Monkey
Jul 2013
#116