Quite the interesting moment with the State telling the jury that "you're being asked to lie" on the verdict forms, if they choose "not guilty" for anything. Looked as if Ms. Dorl wrote a note to Ms. Vera who seemed to quickly shake her head.
I was wondering if they were going to object and they just did. I know closings are a bit different but the State, IMOO, was reaching a bit by telling the jury that they're being told to lie on an official legal document; that kind of characterization is really interesting. I know closings give more leeway, for lack of a better term, to what can be said by the attorneys but I wish we could hear the objections on the record!
Even with all of the evidence, I am not sure how I would feel if one side was telling me that I would be, essentially, lying on an official legal document if I mark 'not guilty' for any of the charges; especially when lying is so wrapped up in all of this & how much they've stressed that lying is bad (and is indeed part of one of the very charges against him). What happens now? I'm so eager to see...
I was wondering if they were going to object and they just did. I know closings are a bit different but the State, IMOO, was reaching a bit by telling the jury that they're being told to lie on an official legal document; that kind of characterization is really interesting. I know closings give more leeway, for lack of a better term, to what can be said by the attorneys but I wish we could hear the objections on the record!
Even with all of the evidence, I am not sure how I would feel if one side was telling me that I would be, essentially, lying on an official legal document if I mark 'not guilty' for any of the charges; especially when lying is so wrapped up in all of this & how much they've stressed that lying is bad (and is indeed part of one of the very charges against him). What happens now? I'm so eager to see...