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Title: Judge In Zimmerman Case Pressured by Obama Administration?
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URL Source: http://www.infowars.com/judge-in-zi ... sured-by-obama-administration/
Published: Jul 11, 2013
Author: Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones
Post Date: 2013-07-11 18:53:48 by Ada
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Views: 197
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Bizarre outburst against Zimmerman suggests prejudice Speculation is raging that the judge in the George Zimmerman case could have been put under pressure by the Obama administration after she staged a bizarre outburst during which she interrogated Zimmerman while repeatedly silencing his lawyers. The hostile exchange began when Judge Debra Nelson asked Zimmerman if he planned to testify. Essentially, Judge Nelson told Zimmerman he had the “absolute right to remain silent” but then proceeded to demand he answer her questions interrogation-style while silencing his lawyers. Defense attorney Don West twice objected to Nelson’s interrogation, prompting the judge to raised her voice and exclaim, “Your objection is overruled!” in a manner more befitting of an angry parent lecturing a child than a legal professional. Both of Zimmerman’s lawyers appeared shocked as attorney Mark O’Mara asked under his breath, “what is going on?” Several legal experts and observers said the outburst was unprecedented. “I have never seen that in more than 30 years of court reporting,” tweeted journalist Kathi Belich. Former Senatorial candidate Richard Rivette also expressed his shock at the judge’s behavior. “This judge is an idiot. I spent five years investigating high profile capital cases defending people from the death penalty, and worked for the Federal judiciary as an independent investigator on other cases. No judge ever inquires as to whether a defendant will testify until the entire defense case is presented. If the defense rests and does not call the defendant then the judge knows there will be no testimony. If the defense calls the defendant then that’s when the judge finds out. They have to get through the entire case first. To see if it is valid after prosecution cross-examines their witnesses and experts as to whether a defendant SHOULD testify, which is decided in private not in public, and NOT on the record. By doing this, the judge has undermined a portion of Zimmerman’s credibility. He looks like he is waffling and this is normal judge/defendant questioning, which it is NOT,” said Rivette. Respondents to the story at the National Review Online also expressed their view that Zimmerman was being railroaded. “A fix is in from the administration to find Zimmerman guilty regardless of what it takes,” commented one. “By demanding that Zimmerman respond to a question, after she has assured him that he has the right to remain silent, she is undermining his right to remain silent and making it appear as though he and his attorneys are not firm in their convictions. This judge is shameless,” added another. Judge Nelson also ruled this week that Trayvon Martin’s text messages, which showed that Martin had been involved in fights before and was trying to buy or sell a gun, cannot be shown to the jury, which some suggested was another indication of an anti-Zimmerman bias. Nelson also granted a request by prosecutors to block the defense’s attempt to show the jury a computer-animated depiction of the fight between Martin and Zimmerman. She is also likely to allow the jury to consider lesser charges against Zimmerman in light of the prosecution’s probable failure to prove its case for second-degree murder, another indication that the state is desperate to avoid him walking free. Judge Nelson has been very careful at every stage of the trial to dismiss evidence or testimony that could convince the jury in favor of acquitting Zimmerman. Now some are asking the question – did Nelson’s aggressive outburst represent an attempt to prejudice the jury against Zimmerman? Given the likelihood that Zimmerman will be acquitted, has Judge Nelson been put under pressure by the federal government to aggressively advocate for the prosecution, just as Supreme Court Justice John Roberts was apparently pressured to vote to uphold Obamacare? Ever since President Barack Obama personally inserted himself into the controversy by declaring Trayvon Martin to be akin to the son he never had, higher-ups have constantly meddled in the case in an effort to secure a murder charge for a scenario that Zimmerman would not normally have even been arrested for under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. Indeed, ex-Sanford police chief Bill Lee told CNN yesterday that “he felt pressure from city officials to arrest Zimmerman to placate the public rather than as a matter of justice,” and that his investigation “provided no probable cause to arrest Zimmerman at the scene.” It also emerged this week that the federal government encouraged and funded last year’s protests demanding the arrest of Zimmerman via the Community Relations Service, a division of the Department of Justice. Documents obtained by Judicial Watch show that the CRS was “deployed to Sanford, FL, following the Trayvon Martin shooting to help organize and manage rallies and protests against George Zimmerman,” spending millions of dollars in the process. Given the plethora of threats by Trayvon supporters to stage violent riots if Zimmerman is acquitted, could Nelson be under pressure to secure a charge of at least manslaughter in order to avoid nationwide civil disorder?If that’s the case, her apparent effort to prejudice the jury clearly suggests that a mistrial has taken place.
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#1. To: Jethro Tull, Lod, christine, Ada, 4um (#0)
Goob's gettin' scared. Z is cooked, one way or another. Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner. The jurors--or ju-RARS as that idiot Nancy Grace calls them--were not in the room at the time of the judge's unseemly outburst and unprofessional conduct. If they had been in the room it would have probably prejudiced them all right but not in the way the judge would hope. Paul Craig Roberts
I saw the psychotic display by the affirmative action judge. She browbeat Z to answer a question over the objection of his lawyer. Unfortunately The Ministry of Lies will praise her action as acting boldly rather than inappropriately. I think it's time to get tanked.
I haven't had a drink in 5 years, 4 months, 12 days, 22 hours, 39 minutes and 22 seconds. Don't miss it a bit. Really. I swear. Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner. What a travesty. Whatever the outcome, it will go up to the appellate court. (This judge needs to be removed for lunacy.) “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
The judge's question to Zimmerman was reasonable and the defense lawyer's attempt to interfere with it -- repeated a number of times even after his objection was overruled -- came close to contempt. The judge has a right to know, especially in a case like this in which a disruption inside the courtroom is a possibility, if the defendant will take the stand. Among other things, a Yes answer may indicate that the trial will be prolonged by more than a day and there may be need for extra courtroom security. It might also help (or hurt) on appeal if there is an indication that Zimmerman and his lawyer have conflicting wishes on this important point. By the way, the judge, being a state judge, is not susceptible to pressure from the Obama Administration and, in Republican Florida, would probably be better off bucking off any attempted pressure from Obama.
After watching her show 3x over the course of this trial I'm convinced her fiance wasn't murdered. I think he killed himself.
Oh pleeze! Z is represented by council, I'll grant that she has a right to ask and to accept whatever answer is given by council. She has no right to address Z under duress before a verdict. I hold this court in contempt. “Anti-semitism is a disease–you catch it from Jews”–Edgar J. Steele “The jew cries out in pain, as he strikes you.”–Polish proverb “I would like to express my heartfelt apologies for the unfortunate and tasteless quotes I published in my tag lines. I am very sorry and ashamed. I never wanted to offend anyone, or to encroach human rights."- Hmmmmm
I said pretty much the same thing just a day or two ago. If someone else killed him it was probably the hit man that he paid to kill him. Paul Craig Roberts
I hold this court in contempt. Couldn't have said it better myself. And you and I are not the only people who say that the judge acted unprofessionally. His lawyers were there to speak for him and he had no duty to tell the judge anything at that point in the trial. The trial had not reached the point where he had to make the decision. Just because some lawyer gets promoted to the cult of the black robe doesn't give them the right to think or act like they are God. Paul Craig Roberts
The judge is a joke or joker and looks like Chris Farley. Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood’s school. And the one man who dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool. – Plato (429-347 BC)
“A fix is in from the administration to find Zimmerman guilty regardless of what it takes,” commented one.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#2. To: Ada (#0)
Now some are asking the question – did Nelson’s aggressive outburst represent an attempt to prejudice the jury against Zimmerman?
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
#3. To: Esso, 4 (#1)
Goob's gettin' scared. Z is cooked, one way or another.
#4. To: Jethro Tull (#3)
I think it's time to get tanked.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#5. To: Ada (#0)
#6. To: James Deffenbach (#2)
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#7. To: James Deffenbach, 4 (#2)
Nancy Grace
#8. To: Shoonra (#6)
The judge's question to Zimmerman was reasonable and the defense lawyer's attempt to interfere with it -- repeated a number of times even after his objection was overruled -- came close to contempt.
#9. To: Jethro Tull (#7)
After watching her show 3x over the course of this trial I'm convinced her fiance wasn't murdered. I think he killed himself.
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
#10. To: Hmmmmm (#8)
Oh pleeze! Z is represented by council, I'll grant that she has a right to ask and to accept whatever answer is given by council. She has no right to address Z under duress before a verdict.
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
#11. To: Ada (#0)
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