I think JBP could take some lessons from the judge in the MJ trial. I was expecting CM's trial to be total chaos. In fact, I didn't watch the beginning because I didn't want to see our legal system twisted into a joke again. I'm amazed at how professional the trial has been so far (at least what I've seen). As soon as a member of the DT went on a talk show blasting the prosecution he ordered a gag order immediately. He refused to sequester the jury. The CM judge instructs the jury all the time but he doesn't kiss their arse. In a word he is professional to everyone. He does not yell, snap at people or issue threats. JBP was all over the place, sickening sweet to downright rude to giving threats that were just that, empty threats.
I was looking for a good clip of one of my favs (Dr. Arpad Vass) when we were having a little fun with JB's staged picture in front of a computer. JBP was just plain rude to Vass in front of the jury. He told him if you want the jury to hear you, you must slow down. It wasn't what he said but how he said it. Did the jury read into his tone, body language, etc? Was Vass' testimony completely ignored by the jury because JBP kissed their a## 15 times a day and was outright rude to Vass?
The exact same scenario happened in the MJ case. The anesthesiologist was talking fast and using some pretty complicated medical terms. The judge asked him several times to slow down but it was completely different than JBP. He did it respectfully. In fact, the court reporter stopped him and asked for a spelling and there was for the first time I saw, a tiny bit of laughter in courtroom to include the doc as he apologized again and tried to slow down. The lawyers aren't making faces and cracking jokes. The defendant is not making faces, mouthing words to the jury or burying his face in his attorneys arm pit to garner sympathy. The judge would shut that nonsense down immediately. The mood is somber in CM's courtroom because a person is dead. You would have never known that half the time during the FCA trial.
The DT is burying CM but the judge is not stepping in to help him. Unlike JBP who held JB's hand the entire trial.
The most glaring difference (aside from the absurdity of FCA's DT) I see is the jury gets to hear expert testimony from beginning to end. They are not pop tarts, subjected to constant sidebars, etc. For the first time in my life I was ashamed of our judicial system during the FCA trial. The CM jury is taking lots of notes. The CM judge is showing the world how it's supposed to work in our country.
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