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SoCalDem

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21. The prosecution failed beacuse they did not prep their witnesses

Reply to customerserviceguy (Reply #18)

Sun Jul 21, 2013, 04:04 PM

Jul 2013

I was the "star" witness in an armed robbery, and due to postponements by the defense, we too had almost 18 months.. I met with the prosecutors at least 15 times, and they were very helpful in prepping me for trial. They ran through mock ups, took me to the witness stand and really worked me over to show just how bad it would be..

The guy who pointed a Ruger (whateverthehellthatis) at my head, ended up doing 7-12 years.

NONE of the prosecution witnesses I caught video of on the recent trial were well-prepped.

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a 5'11" person, grabbed from behind by a 5'7" person, would probably [View all] SoCalDem Jul 2013 OP

I think this covers all the witness observations and physical evidence the best. hedgehog Jul 2013 #1

Or, realizing that he snuck up on a kid while brandishing a gun. targetpractice Jul 2013 #4

Good theory... targetpractice Jul 2013 #2

Wow, the Lebron James defense itsrobert Jul 2013 #3

The defense would have loved it if the prosecution had offered that theory onenote Jul 2013 #5

lol. 'evidence' my ass. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #14

Whats your point. Travis_0004 Jul 2013 #6

because there was no video or witness to the entire altercation... DCBob Jul 2013 #13

So you agree that the right decision was made? Travis_0004 Jul 2013 #16

No. There's a dead kid and guy with gun who admitted he did it... thats a given. DCBob Jul 2013 #17

"We" do it all the time in circumstantial evidence cases SoCalDem Jul 2013 #22

The hoodie drawstrings were very uneven Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #7

I did not see any of the evidence..or the trial SoCalDem Jul 2013 #8

Why did the state not present this ceonupe Jul 2013 #9

Why would the 5'7" person customerserviceguy Jul 2013 #10

Defense always muddies the water SoCalDem Jul 2013 #11

The prosecution tried customerserviceguy Jul 2013 #18

The prosecution failed beacuse they did not prep their witnesses SoCalDem Jul 2013 #21

i've seen more slimy attempts to obscure zimmerman's lies HiPointDem Jul 2013 #15

very possible. DCBob Jul 2013 #12

The single most reasonable logical scenario I can imagine Duer 157099 Jul 2013 #19

I was unable to watch much of the trial (traveling) SoCalDem Jul 2013 #20