Why would the names of the jurors cause a mistrial? I don't want their names released because I think that should be their own choice once this trial is over, but if it doesn't directly effect this trial I don't see how it could cause a mistrial? They are all sequestered and away from all media reports about this case.
They are making a bigger deal of this then it really is.
So he doesnt know them ,he goes to court and says that. It is over then.
Instead he gets a lawyer? yeah okay.
I am certain I have read something of her's - and I have to think it was a depo
http://twitpic.com/5ed1u6
OS reporter @tonycolarossi and @KBelichWFTV tries to get comment from attorney Jose Baez after court cancelled.
She was deposed via Skype. I remember reading the transcript.
Her body was so tiny it didn't need to be made smaller to fit in a bag. I'm coming around to thinking let these idiots talk all they want. As long as they keep making stupid statements like Dr. Baden just did, they are only helping prove the Defense has no case.
Interesting that you mention that Caylee would have had friends...just last week, upon viewing all the photos I could find of Caylee, I saw nary a single picture of her with any other children. That, in an of itself, is heart breaking.
This is just a GUESS.....
But saw a youtube video of legal commentary this morning and the reporter asked him about the unexpected comment by HHJP in court about having just dealt with an issue "concerning Rules of Sequestration"....
The legal commentor (can't recall who) said since it involved Rules of Seq., it probably did NOT involve an actual juror but most likely a witness....
I am now wondering if the "issue" involved "someone" possibly revealing a juror's name...and HHJP nipped it in the bud by this court order???
If she is here, I wonder who paid for her to come to this country from Lapland or wherever it is........
if I were a juror on this case, I would do this, also. The reason I would is because I find the State's case compelling. I find it matter-of-fact, with little augmentation beyond those facts.
I would consider how Mr Baez and Mr Mason have chosen to present the witnesses testimonies, and weigh that against the precision with which each of them described what they do and how they do it.
I'd take notes, because something Mr Baez, et al is saying doesn't make sense. If there's a drowning, something's not registering right and I want to follow his trail.
I don't find not seeing pictures of Caylee with other children strange. She wasn't even 3 years old yet and not in preschool or daycare. She didn't have any first cousins and I don't know if she had any young distant cousins.
What I find extremely disturbing is the fact that ICA carted her daughter around from strange man's apartment to strange man's apartment and had her sweet toddler sleeping in strange men's beds on a regular basis.
I think the possibility of Caylee not having playmates her age is one of the least disturbing aspects of the whole case.
JMO
Hope you are feeling well soon. JB got up in court this morning and said there was a problem with depositions (not all done), then he blamed the state, then he said his next witness was 'on the way' then he said he had to 'pick them up' then the court gave a dressing down - worth watching - then court was in recess till 10 30 AM, then JB had NO witnesses for the day so the Judge recessed for the entire day.
Lawyers in court at 8 30 AM tomorrow morning for court at 9AM - be sure to watch JB with the Judge this am.
Sure I missed things other posters will fill in. :banghead:
I think it is good to hear both sides. You never know how each individual juror will interpret the testimony and evidence. That is the whole point of a trial, to hear both sides. In this case, it is very likely that the defendant is guilty, but there have been cases of innocent people sent to prison and even executed. This is after their "fair trial". I am sure the prosecution presented evidence in those trials also, but the jury got it wrong, or maybe assumed they were guilty and did not weigh the evidence. I would like to say have come a long way since the Salem Witch trials but I am starting to believe not much progress has been made. Even Casey has the right to her day in court and an impartial jury. No one knows what really happened, we can all speculate, even the prosecution is speculating. No, I am not pro-Casey but I think we have to give the defense their chance and not bash every single move they make. As we can see, the jury does not hear both sides of the story, only what each side wants them to hear. It is actually a staged production. Just like JP says every evening "this concludes our presentation for today"..sounds more like entertainment than a serious trial.
ALL defense lawyers do anything they can in order to get their client off. Most of them don't even want to know whether their client is guilty or not, but this is not that much different than any other trial, except that Baez is clearly not equipped to handle such a high-profile case and he should have bowed out a long time ago. However, I would imagine there have been just as many inexperienced and totally clueless lawyers taking on murder cases before, he certainly is not the only one, nor will he be the last.
As for the taking notes, I have no idea, but one reason could be so that they can compare the inconsistencies between the facts as the state has laid them out with Baez's witness statements and testimony, once they get into deliberation.
I do have a question, though, and no offense intended at all. If most of us here are dead set on Casey being convicted, why are we complaining about Baez? It takes a GOOD lawyer to get a person acquitted, and clearly, he is not that. So why not just sit back and enjoy the sideshow because he is putting nails in her coffin every time he steps up to speak.
Several TH's also noted that the man had not been in trouble since that time. I hope that he is not ruined by this unethical notoriety.
ALL defense lawyers do anything they can in order to get their client off. Most of them don't even want to know whether their client is guilty or not, but this is not that much different than any other trial, except that Baez is clearly not equipped to handle such a high-profile case and he should have bowed out a long time ago. However, I would imagine there have been just as many inexperienced and totally clueless lawyers taking on murder cases before, he certainly is not the only one, nor will he be the last.
As for the taking notes, I have no idea, but one reason could be so that they can compare the inconsistencies between the facts as the state has laid them out with Baez's witness statements and testimony, once they get into deliberation.
I do have a question, though, and no offense intended at all. If most of us here are dead set on Casey being convicted, why are we complaining about Baez? It takes a GOOD lawyer to get a person acquitted, and clearly, he is not that. So why not just sit back and enjoy the sideshow because he is putting nails in her coffin every time he steps up to speak.
I hope I'm not making light of a serious situation, but could I have just a little bit of that "woozy" you have? Sure would appreciate it after Saturday and this morning!