TotallyObsessed
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The lawyers' microphones being turned off is thwarting the Florida Sunshine laws, is it not?
The reason for the no microphones is that people posting on the WFTV LIve Blog heard SOMEONE with a live microphone talking about a potential juror. Saying things like "his favorite reading material is comic books" (paraphrase).
I was on the Live Blog when these posts came in. Next thing you know Jose is standing up, complaining about "What we just said was posted on the internet!"
Up until then, the person who said what was heard on the open microphone - presumably about a potential juror - had not been identified. But Jose wailing to the Judge "They just posted what we just said!" tells us a few things:
1. Some people at the defense table should be paying attention to the events going on in the courtroom rather than reading Live Blogs
2. All they have to do is shut their snarky mouths and there will be no problem.
WHY should the Sunshine Laws be circumvented because the Defense Team can't act in a professional manner? EVER.
ETA: How would anybody, at this point, know what a potential juror likes to read?
I seriously think that is Dorothy Sims' job on the DT. I think she monitors the blogs for JB on that laptop of hers. Hi Dotty....:seeya: