Posted by Andrew Branca
on July 11, 2013375 Comments
NOTE: Streaming video of the entirety of the State's closing argument is provided at the bottom of this post.
Today, the State presented their closing argument to the jury in the matter of Florida v. Zimmerman. After 14 months of investigation and discovery, weeks of pre-trial...
The main organizer of the annual DEF CON conference – an event for hackers, security professionals and subject academics - has asked that federal employees stay home this year, in the wake of recent revelations and lingering questions about the domestic surveillance policies of the...
Posted by Andrew Branca
on July 11, 2013704 Comments
Today we will again be covering the Zimmerman Trial live, all day, with streaming video. Continuing commentary will be posted in the Twitter feed of selected contributors below the first video feed, below.
The State is scheduled to begin its closing argument at 1:30PM today, and the defense tomorrow morning. By tomorrow afternoon the jury should have been charged and begun their deliberations.
[caption id="attachment_58364" align="alignnone" width="500"] Judge Nelson, Florida v. Zimmerman[/caption]
We covered this morning's charging hearing here:
We also have brief summaries of the previous day's events Zimmerman Defense Rests, Closing Statements Start Tomorrow along with links to more detailed posts below the second video feed at the bottom of this post.
In addition, last night Professor Jacobson posted an analysis of the racial politics driving the Zimmerman prosecution, here:
Also, a quick note, in thanks to the Professor and all of you I've put in place a 10% discount/free shipping coupon for Legal Insurrection followers interested in "The Law of Self Defense, 2nd Edition"--use code LOSD2-LI at checkout.
Live Stream Video
WITH COMMENTARY FROM CHANNEL 9 IN SANFORD
[For live-stream video without commentary, see NBC live feed at bottom of this post.]
Posted by Andrew Branca
on July 11, 201364 Comments
Breaking: Charge on Murder 3/Child Abuse is denied by Judge Nelson
This morning the Court in Florida v. Zimmerman conducted a hearing to finalize the instructions that will guide the jury on arriving at a verdict. While some of the instructions were long-expected and raised little...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on July 11, 201319 Comments
I have long predicted that the central, yet in some ways least debated, issue in the Gang of 8 bill was the pathway to citizenship.
There was unanimity on the Democratic side, but not on the Republican side. Democrats repeatedly threw down the gauntlet that no...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on July 11, 2013211 Comments
As expected, the Judge in the George Zimmerman case ruled that in addition to Second Degree Murder, she will instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of Manslaughter, as required by Florida case law.
In a surprise move this morning, the prosecution asked the Judge...
Posted by Andrew Branca
on July 11, 2013591 Comments
Today we will again be covering the Zimmerman Trial live, all day, with streaming video. Continuing commentary will be posted in the Twitter feed of selected contributors below the first video feed, below.
This morning is the charging conference, in which the State and defense will argue about the specific charges on which the jury is to be instructed. The options are second degree murder, manslaughter, and aggravated assault. The defense wishes a charge only on second degree murder, the State prefers the latter two charges also be considered.
The State is scheduled to begin its closing argument at 1:00PM today, and the defense tomorrow morning. By tomorrow afternoon the jury should have been charged and begun their deliberations.
We also have brief summaries of the previous day's events Zimmerman Defense Rests, Closing Statements Start Tomorrow along links to detailed more posts below the second video feed at the bottom of this post.
[caption id="attachment_58318" align="alignnone" width="500"] Defense attorney Don West and George Zimmerman[/caption]
In addition, last night Professor Jacobson posted an analysis of the racial politics driving the Zimmerman prosecution, here:
Also, a quick note, in thanks to the Professor and all of you I've put in place a 10% discount/free shipping coupon for Legal Insurrection followers interested in "The Law of Self Defense, 2nd Edition"--use code LOSD2-LI at checkout.
Live Stream Video
WITH COMMENTARY FROM CHANNEL 9 IN SANFORD
[For live-stream video without commentary, see NBC live feed at bottom of this post.]
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on July 11, 201327 Comments
I urged Liz Cheney to run for Senate against Mike Enzi the other night because I didn't like the sense of entitlement exhibited by his supporters, Run, Liz Cheney, Run.
I noted that I had nothing against Enzi, and that I didn't know much about him.
In...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on July 10, 2013201 Comments
I have a really bad feeling about the Zimmerman verdict.
Logically, it should be a slam dunk of "Not Guilty" on all charges, since the evidence clearly shows Zimmerman was acting in justifiable self-defense as he was being beaten by Trayvon Martin. Or at least there...
Posted by Andrew Branca
on July 10, 2013355 Comments
The defense team continued on what is expected to be the last day of their presentation of their case. The day began and ended with a bang. This morning Judge Nelson denied the defense's request to introduce their animated movie as evidence, although they will...
A Harvard law professor testified Wednesday in the court martial of Bradley Manning that the Army private’s leak of hundreds of thousands of classified materials changed how Wikileaks was viewed by government and media outlets.
From the Albany Times Union:
An Army private's leak of classified information...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on July 10, 201337 Comments
On university campuses, in Great Britain, at the United Nations, and in much of the world he would be called "Islamophobic" if his words were spoken by someone else. But clearly he is not that.
I call him hope for the future of Egypt.
...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on July 10, 201315 Comments
Elizabeth Warren's student loan proposal to utilize the overnight rate the Fed loans money to banks has been widely criticized even by some liberal commentators as a "cheap political gimmick." [Note - link is to LI and is safe, some people are getting warnings]
There seems to be...
