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Gaming Website Modifies Its Comments Policy – What to Do About the Trolls?

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 13, 2013 32 Comments

The issue of how to handle abusive online comments has come up often and has raised broader issues of speech and anonymity online. This post from IGN, a popular gaming and entertainment site owned by Ziff Davis, reminded me that such issues are good to...

Greenwald Tells Argentinean Media Snowden Has Info That Could Be US’ ‘Worst Nightmare’

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 13, 2013 30 Comments

Edward Snowden has information that could prove to be the US’ “worst nightmare,” according to The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald, who has been covering the NSA leaker’s public revelations of the US government’s surveillance activities. From Reuters: “Snowden has enough information to cause harm to the...

Zimmerman Closing Analysis – O’Mara: No Evidence of Guilt; Guy: Martin Deserves the Truth

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 12, 2013 277 Comments

(Note: the first couple of paragraphs reflect today’s earlier, short post. To start at the newest updates, skip to the first heading, “Mark O’Mara Delivers Compelling Narrative of Innocence Based on Evidence & Law.” The remainder of the post also contains embedded and linked video...

Defense Attorney Mark O’Mara Opens Up About Influence of Race & Politics in Zimmerman Case

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 12, 2013 106 Comments

O’Mara on the issue of civil rights: “Get your crosshairs off George Zimmerman and I will join you.” In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Martin Savidge, Mark O’Mara – defense attorney for George Zimmerman – opens up and answers some difficult questions, now that the...

Stick around

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 12, 2013 95 Comments

Two big things have happened this week (so far). First, yesterday the 200,000th comment was posted at Legal Insurrection: 200,000 comments is not a lot for many websites which use third party platforms like Disqus. We have considered many times, and ultimately rejected, the third-party...

Zimmerman Defense Gives Evidence-Rich Closing, State Appeals to “Heart”

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 12, 2013 149 Comments

This morning saw the defense give its closing statement in Florida v. Zimmerman, the last opportunity for them to deliver their compelling narrative of innocence to the jury. And boy, did Mark O’Mara deliver. In a closing rich with evidence, facts, and the law, O’Mara focused...

Chicago officially a joke as Blagojevich’s sister-in-law crowned for Aldermanic throne

Posted by Anne Segal on July 12, 2013 7 Comments

Liberal darling Robert Redford is planning a new documentary series on Chicago where he will showcase the city in all its glory. He will be filming the start of the freshwater sailing race, “Race to Mackinac,” but perhaps he ought to be training his cameras...

Edward Snowden Will Seek Temporary Asylum in Russia, Meets with Human Rights Groups

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 12, 2013 5 Comments

NSA leaker Edward Snowden met with human rights groups and lawyers today in the Sheremetyevo airport’s transit zone in Russia, where he made a statement indicating that he is seeking temporary political asylum in Russia while he pursues permanent asylum in a Latin American country....

State’s Closing Argument: Two Hours of Raising Doubt

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 11, 2013 375 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...

Is USA indirectly arming Hezbollah?

Posted by David Gerstman on July 11, 2013 9 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 07/11/2013

Zimmerman Trial: The Jury Instructions

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 11, 2013 64 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...

Racial politics supported by State power come down on George Zimmerman

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2013 201 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...

On Monday in Egypt who Shot First?

Posted by David Gerstman on July 10, 2013 8 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 07/10/2013 - Why doesn't David Kirkpatrick of the New York Times tell the complete story about the Muslim Brotherhood?

Did Egyptian military commit or prevent a coup?

Posted by David Gerstman on July 09, 2013 25 Comments

Was Muslim Brotherhood rule the end of democracy as Egypt briefly knew it?

Noted Forensic Pathologist Says Zimmerman Story “Consistent” with Evidence, As Defense Case Nears End

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 09, 2013 148 Comments

By far the biggest news of the day came mid-afternoon when defense attorney Mark O’Mara informed Judge Nelson that his next witness, Elouise Dilligard, would be his last of the trial, and that he expected the defense to rest their case tomorrow. Given the expectations...

Implosion: Police Testify Trayvon’s Father Originally Denied Son Was Screaming

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 08, 2013 316 Comments

Also, Trayvon pot smoking to come into evidence via toxicology report

Zimmerman Trial Day 10 — Mid-day — Vietnam Combat Medic Identifies Zimmerman as Screamer

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 08, 2013 165 Comments

The defense team of Mark O’Mara and Don West began their first full day of presenting their case to the jury today, although so far this morning it’s been nothing but O’Mara. Rumors are that the defense plans to call ~25 witnesses, and they moved...

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