He's not Eric de Torquemada, he has regrets....
[UPDATE -- Zimmerman's attorney retracted the statement above:First time we've hear this: O'Mara in court: #Trayvon videod friends beating up homeless man.#Zimmerman. orlandosentinel.com/news/local/tra…
— OSTrayvonMartin (@OSTrayvonMartin) May 28, 2013
During the Tuesday, May 28th hearing, Mr. O'Mara misstated the nature of video from Trayvon Martin's cell phone which was included in the Defendant's 3rd Supplemental Discovery. He stated that the video showed "two buddies of his beating up a homeless guy," when what happened was Trayvon Martin, along with a buddy, was videotaping two homeless guys fighting each other over a bike. Though it was unintentional, it is a particular concern to us because we are and have been committed to disputing misinformation in every aspect of this case, not causing it. For that, Mr. O’Mara apologizes.] Here are live tweets of other rulings from Orlando Sentinel reporters:
Judge: No metion of #TrayvonMartin's toxicology report in opening statements. #GeorgeZimmerman
— Jeff Weiner (@JeffWeinerOS) May 28, 2013
Judge agrees with state: #TrayvonMartin's past marijuana use will not come into #GeorgeZimmerman's trial.
— Jeff Weiner (@JeffWeinerOS) May 28, 2013
Judge says #GeorgeZimmerman's wife should appear at deposition, but she may take the 5th. #TrayvonMartin
— Jeff Weiner (@JeffWeinerOS) May 28, 2013
Nelson sides with state, school suspension "will not be mentioned at all" without court's OK. #TrayvonMartin #GeorgeZimmerman
— Jeff Weiner (@JeffWeinerOS) May 28, 2013
Judge rules on #TrayvonMartin fighting: "It will not be mentioned in opening statement," but could come in later. #GeorgeZimmerman
— Jeff Weiner (@JeffWeinerOS) May 28, 2013
A Better Place, the Israeli electric car company, filed for bankruptcy after burning through over $800 million. https://twitter.com/PrivCo/status/338912756872916992 Unlike other electrical vehicle makers, A Better Place was based on a concept of battery swapping instead of charging stations. The first obvious sign of trouble was when CEO Shai...
It's important that we are everywhere, even if Jersey City and even if only a small group. From Rob: Dear Prof. Jacobson: I hope that all goes well. Our protest at the Jersey City, NJ IRS HQ had a pretty modest turnout, and none of us brought signs,...
The EU's arms embargo on the Syrian conflict -- which effectively meant an arms embargo on the rebels -- expired tonight after there was no agreement reached to extend it. This means that arms can be sent to rebels, although it's unclear if that will happen...
Are bloggers entitled to constitutional protection, Dick Durbin wonders out loud. I have a better question, are Senators entitled to anything? https://twitter.com/realmyiq2xu/status/339112015907938304 ...
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1) Why didn't Abbas answer Olmert? Last week Avi Issacharoff reported on a recent interview he had with Ehud Olmert in The Tower. Much of the story was known, but Olmert provided some new specifics about his offer to Abbas and Issacharoff obtained a map that...
Since today is a relatively slow news day (he says, probably to be surprised), it's a good time for another legal history lesson, from law professor Eugene Kontorovich, who also is affiliated with The Lawfare Project. We previously featured his lecture, The Legal Case for Israel, which...
British law prevented Rigby, trained in the proper and safe use of firearms, from carrying a gun that could have saved his life. And with plethora of Obama Administration scandals being revealed, it is easy to loose sight of how recently American citizens were pushing back on new and strict federal gun control proposals. Fortunately American Shirley Roberts of Kansas City was able to exercise an entirely different form of gun control.He was a doting dad, a rabid soccer fan and the life of any party. But above all, Lee Rigby was a British soldier. And a day after he was butchered on a London street — allegedly by a pair of Islamic fanatics — his heartbroken family wanted the world to know that.
A group of thugs figured it would be easy to overpower one Kansas City woman. After all, her husband had just left to run an errand, leaving her all alone in the home. They couldn’t have been more wrong. The woman, later identified as Shirley Roberts, 52, immediately retrieved her gun after she heard someone jiggle the knob of the front door. She also witnessed two additional men heading to the back door. Looking through the blinds, Roberts saw the men putting on gloves and preparing to force their way into her home. So she trained her firearm on the men and opened fire.
She was buried on Memorial Day 2009, as we discussed in Remembering Lt. Roslyn Schulte – buried on Memorial Day 2009, which has many further details, videos and photos. As described at Gateway Pundit, on May 26, 2009: Lt. Roslyn Schulte was the first female Air Force Academy graduate...
We wrote the other day about the refusal of a District Attorney in upstate NY to prosecute a man for having 9 bullets in his legal 10-round magazine, which exceeded the new state limit of 7 bullets under the so-called SAFE Act. While the District Attorney...
No personal information was stolen, spokesman Benjamin Joffe-Walt said in a written statement. He added that none of the 12 petitions targeted had its number of signatures affected. The modified petitions included one calling for officials to end the prosecution of a Florida teen charged in connection with a same-sex relationship with a 14-year-old; a petition to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay; and a petition and to allow gay Boy Scouts leaders, said Brianna Cayo-Cotter, a spokeswoman for Change.org.The organization said its website was taken offline while a “minor vulnerability” exploited by a hacker was fixed. Apparently the hacker had modified text and photos on those twelve petitions after gaining access to the site. The petition to end the prosecution of the Florida teen in question is likely for that of 18 year old Kaitlyn Hunt, a story that has made nationwide headlines in recent weeks. Her father, Steven Hunt, set up a Change.org petition over a week ago to “Stop the prosecution of an 18 year old girl in a same-sex relationship.” Kaitlyn Hunt was expelled from Sebastian High School and arrested and charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious battery of a child 12 to 16 years of age after it was discovered she was in a consenting relationship with a 14 year old female student. The hacker collective Anonymous has been outspoken in its support of Hunt, and has lobbied for the resignation of the officials involved in prosecuting the girl.
In the letter released by Anonymous, the group claims the Indian River County State Attorney's Office has "lost perspective" and vows to put together a petition with 200,000 signatures on it calling for the resignation of the officials involved. "The truth is, Kaitlyn Hunt is a bright young girl who was involved in a consensual, same-sex relationship while both she and her partner were minors. She has a big future ahead of her and there are people, thousands of people in fact, that have no intention of allowing you to ruin it with your rotten selective enforcement." The group also cites alleged intolerance by the younger girl's parents. Kaitlyn's mother had previously posted on a Facebook page, entitled "Free Kate," that the girlfriend's parents "conspired with police to entrap Kaitlyn" because they disapproved of the relationship.Also mentioned by Change.org as one of the affected petitions was one to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay.
Windmills! The backbone of the Obama energy plan, and something of a fetish to him: Because the windmill industry is politically correct, it gets a pass on the wholesale slaughter of Eagles and other migratory birds: AP VIDEO: Wind turbines injure and kill protected birds, but the Obama...
