Great opening by the state in closing arguments! Wow! Live now!

[senseandsensibility]

Trayvon is dead through no fault of his own. He was killed by the defendant, GZ (paraphrasing), Wow.. Finally, some passion!

[winter is coming]

1. Good that he pointed out that Martin is dead because Z *acted* on bad assumptions. n/t

[Myrina]

2. Should have added the racial profiling bit ...

Zimmerman followed him because he was a minority kid out after dark "up to no good".


On edit: He could have written this up with alot more clarity and impact. He's missing alot of slam dunk points that he could be summarizing one last time for impression on the jury, IMHO.

[senseandsensibility]

3. He did! He said almost those exact words after I first posted.

This is happening live and I'm sure we'll hear a lot more.

[Myrina]

4. Yep, I found the stream ...

[senseandsensibility]

5. Now he's pointing out the ill will

shown when Z referred to him as an a**&&%%.

[Myrina]

6. Yeah, now he's closing in on Zimmy.

A little bumpy at first but now he's on track.

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. Do you guys get to see the jury during this?

That is who decides, I paid attention to the jury during the OJ trial which gave me clues on how the proceedings were going.


They are all female right? There is such psychological and strategies on juries its a science for both defense and prosecution.

Thanks

[Warpy]

8. I think juror faces are shown only in the background

to protect their anonymity, something they might lose to make a buck to whoever does the book or movie after this trial.

[Ichingcarpenter]

9. So you can't get a feel on their reactions to presentations

Too bad...... well thanks for the info.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

10. There are analysts in the room who are observing the reactions from the jury.

I'm sure they'll give an account. Some of them are Tweeting.

[Warpy]

12. Think about it from their viewpoint

If their faces are shown clearly, they'll be identified and start to get death threats no matter how they rule.

[frylock]

19. a reporter live blogging from the courtroom posted that the jurors faces were grim..

upon hearing that opening line.

"BDLR a teen ager is dead through no fault of his own...a man made assumptions and acted on them. Jurors now grim faced."

here's his feed:

https://twitter.com/bobkealing

[polichick]

11. Agreed - he's painting the right pictures now.

[senseandsensibility]

13. Very descriptive language and a passion

that has been missing until now is making up for some of the "mistakes" people have been accusing the prosecution of. I think he's doing great.

[ecstatic]

14. I wish I could say I agree

I'm watching De La Ronda give a closing argument on HLN and I think he's doing a terrible job. He's getting names wrong and having to correct it, and then saying phrases like "I think," "if I recall correctly," etc. FFS!!! Get the facts straight so the murderer doesn't walk!!!!!

[senseandsensibility]

15. Funny how opinions can differ....

that's why there is no way to tell what the jury is thinking either.

[avebury]

16. From Bob Kealing:

bob kealing ‏@bobkealing 41m Zimmerman eyes averted from BDLR and the jury.

bob kealing ‏@bobkealing 38m BDLR was it necessary to shoot him?

bob kealing ‏@bobkealing 36m BDLR was the struggle about TM trying to get away from the gun?

bob kealing ‏@bobkealing 28m BDLR no blood on sidewalk, minor head wounds suggest GZ exaggerated getting s head repeatedly smashed on sidewalk

[senseandsensibility]

17. Good points.

Who is Bob Kealing?

[avebury]

18. He is a reporter for a Florida TV Station.

He has been tweeting from the court.