It's hard to believe this is what our justice system has become. The games attorneys play are horrific. You're theory may be right. It was obvious at the end of all the motions that Nurmi and Wilmont were startled that the judge was ready to continue with JA's statement. They did not know what to say except to quickly ask for a sidebar. JA had more than a week to prepare her statement. Guess they needed another delay so that Darryl Brewer's interview could take place prior to JA's statement.
Where do attorneys learn these tactics?
Very old tactic.
http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/richard_racehorse_haynes
Haynes has lived by the advice of his mentor, legendary Texas trial lawyer Percy Foreman: If you can prove the victim abused a dog or a horse, you can convince the jury that the guy deserved to be killed.
For some reason, Haynes continues, cats dont apply.
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There was a trial in the 1970s in which the prosecutor refused to call a key witness because he knew Haynes would tear him apart on cross-examination. Furious, Haynes used his closing argument to cross-examine an empty witness chair, asking the same probing questions he would have asked the absentee witness.
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Haynes loves discussing his cases to teach young lawyers about trial practice. In 1978, he told attendees at an ABA meeting in New York City that attorneys too often limit their strategic defense options in court. When evidence inevitably surfaces that contradicts the defenses position, lawyers need to have a backup plan.
Say you sue me because you say my dog bit you, he told the audience. Well, now this is my defense: My dog doesnt bite. And second, in the alternative, my dog was tied up that night. And third, I dont believe you really got bit.
His final defense, he said, would be: I dont have a dog.
lease: Accept the DP so everyone can heal from this tragedy.
