[quote]UtahLama wrote:
[quote]Stew wrote:
12 Jul 2013
Judge In Zimmerman Case Pressured by Obama Administration?
Bizarre outburst by Judge Nelson against Zimmerman suggests Prejudice.
Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones
July 11, 2013
Speculation is raging that the judge in the George Zimmerman case could
have been put under pressure by the Obama administration after she
staged a bizarre outburst during which she interrogated Zimmerman while
repeatedly silencing his lawyers.
The hostile exchange began when Judge Debra Nelson asked Zimmerman if he
planned to testify.
Essentially, Judge Nelson told Zimmerman he had the ?absolute right to
remain silent but then proceeded to demand he answer her questions
interrogation-style while silencing his lawyers.
Defense attorney Don West twice objected to Nelsons interrogation,
prompting the judge to raised her voice and exclaim, “Your objection is
overruled!” in a manner more befitting of an angry parent lecturing a
child than a legal professional.
Both of Zimmermans lawyers appeared shocked as attorney Mark O’Mara
asked under his breath, “what is going on?”
Several legal experts and observers said the outburst was unprecedented.
“I have never seen that in more than 30 years of court reporting,”
tweeted journalist Kathi Belich.
Former Senatorial candidate Richard Rivette also expressed his shock at
the judge’s behavior.
This judge is an idiot. I spent five years investigating high profile
capital cases defending people from the death penalty, and worked for
the Federal judiciary as an independent investigator on other cases. No
judge ever inquires as to whether a defendant will testify until the
entire defense case is presented. If the defense rests and does not call
the defendant then the judge knows there will be no testimony. If the
defense calls the defendant then that’s when the judge finds out. They
have to get through the entire case first. To see if it is valid after
prosecution cross-examines their witnesses and experts as to whether a
defendant SHOULD testify, which is decided in private not in public, and
NOT on the record. “By doing this, the judge has undermined a portion of
Zimmerman’s credibility. He looks like he is waffling and this is normal
judge/defendant questioning, which it is NOT,” said Rivette.
Respondents to the story at the National Review Online also expressed
their view that Zimmerman was being railroaded.
“A fix is in from the administration to find Zimmerman guilty regardless
of what it takes,” commented one.
“By demanding that Zimmerman respond to a question, after she has
assured him that he has the right to remain silent, she is undermining
his right to remain silent and making it appear as though he and his
attorneys are not firm in their convictions. This judge is shameless,”
added another.
Judge Nelson also ruled this week that Trayvon Martin’s text messages,
which showed that Martin had been involved in fights before and was
trying to buy or sell a gun, cannot be shown to the jury, which some
suggested was another indication of an anti-Zimmerman bias.
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Methinks this is what gets him off on appeal.
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agreed. I was amazed that nobody addressed this at all. if it is true, this is a travesty
