Recent content by mbutterfly

Actually Wayne Country from which came the jury pool is not predominantly AA, if that makes a difference. It is predominantly white. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_County,_Michigan

I do see your point on the gaining entry. The other examples were not allowed but attempted. I grant you the defense was not allowed to bring improper testimony into the trial. I really don't want to list points they attempted to make because then I would be the one making negative remarks. I...

They suggested as strongly as the judge would allow that Renisha was breaking in. They attempted to bring in her tweets and facebook comments from some time ago (and remember she was a teenager so some time ago is significant). None of these related to what happened at Wafer's house. There were...

I wondered whether the jury pool wouldn't be county-wide. That is true where I live so we have a mix of inner-city families, re-gentrified yuppies, suburbans -- all ethnicities in our jury pools.

The defense tried very hard to show Renisha had attempted to break into Wafer's house, but the evidence simply wasn't there. And that was all they had -- no breaking in, no castle doctrine, no self defense. It was fairly clear cut when you looked at the actual evidence.

I don't believe it was about race. It was the fact he lied. Once he lied, his word was no longer to be trusted. And, if it matters, AA jurors were in the minority. It doesn't really matter the make-up of Detroit. And I would hope no Americans would find a person guilty based upon his color.

Those words express it so well. Cindy is so inured to doing what it takes to create the illusion of perfect world, she is unaware of the cruelties she commits in the process. IMO

I think you may well have called it -- if Walters does the show. Didn't she say last year was her last "Most Fascinating People"?

I will be surprised if the defense brings on "all these people who say she was a great mother" in the guilt phase. It would open up way too big a door for the prosecution.