~T~
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- ~T~   Jul 17, 2013 at 02:10: PM
~T~
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These 'professorial attorneys' aren't here to find truth, they exist to find a little legal opening they can expand.
True and the defense and prosecution attys participating in the actual trials are just the same as they focus on trial strategy. It's sad but it's all a game and winning comes down to jury selection...the assembly of a jury who will believe them and the angle they exploit.
I was wrong with my prediction. But in all truth, I didn't watch a minute of the trial. It's clear from reading the aftermath that the defense did a fantastic job of directing all their attention to the *confrontation* between GZ and TM....and the jury bought it hook, line and sinker. The jury believed GZ was telling the truth about TM throwing the first punch, etc. Maybe he was..maybe he wasn't. I personally think GZ is a total bullshitter. But the prosecution didn't have the evidence to contradict GZ's story. The defense didn't either but made a better case for the jury, obviously. The only other eye witness to the truth of the matter is dead. So, the real truth will never be known.
The 6 woman, gun advocating, mostly white, suburban half jury won this trial for the defense. I would have so hung this jury had I been in the box.