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Bizarre outburst against Zimmerman suggests prejudice<\/p>\n
Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n The hostile exchange began when Judge Debra Nelson asked Zimmerman if he planned to testify.<\/p>\n Essentially, Judge Nelson told Zimmerman he had the \u201cabsolute right to remain silent\u201d but then proceeded to demand he answer her questions interrogation-style while silencing his lawyers.<\/p>\n Defense attorney Don West twice objected to Nelson\u2019s interrogation, prompting the judge to raised her voice and exclaim, \u201cYour objection is overruled!\u201d in a manner more befitting of an angry parent lecturing a child than a legal professional.<\/p>\n Both of Zimmerman\u2019s lawyers appeared shocked as attorney Mark O\u2019Mara asked under his breath, \u201cwhat is going on?\u201d<\/p>\n Several legal experts and observers said the outburst was unprecedented.<\/p>\n \u201cI have never seen that in more than 30 years of court reporting,\u201d\u00a0tweeted<\/a>\u00a0journalist Kathi Belich.<\/p>\n Former Senatorial candidate Richard Rivette also expressed his shock at the judge\u2019s behavior.<\/p>\n \u201cThis 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\u2019s 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\u2019s credibility. He looks like he is waffling and this is normal judge\/defendant questioning, which it is NOT,\u201d said Rivette.<\/p>\n Respondents to the story at the\u00a0National Review Online<\/a>\u00a0also expressed their view that Zimmerman was being railroaded.<\/p>\n \u201cA fix is in from the administration to find Zimmerman guilty regardless of what it takes,\u201d commented one.<\/p>\n \u201cBy 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,\u201d added another.<\/p>\n Judge Nelson also ruled this week that\u00a0Trayvon Martin\u2019s 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<\/a>, which some suggested was another indication of an anti-Zimmerman bias.<\/p>\n Nelson also granted a request by prosecutors to block the defense\u2019s attempt to show the jury a computer-animated depiction of the fight between Martin and Zimmerman.<\/p>\n She is also likely to\u00a0allow the jury to consider lesser charges<\/a>\u00a0against Zimmerman in light of the prosecution\u2019s probable failure to prove its case for second-degree murder, another indication that the state is desperate to avoid him walking free.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Now some are asking the question \u2014 did Nelson\u2019s aggressive outburst represent an attempt to prejudice the jury against Zimmerman?<\/p>\n 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\u00a0Supreme Court Justice John Roberts was apparently pressured<\/a>\u00a0to vote to uphold Obamacare?<\/p>\n 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\u2019s Stand Your Ground law.<\/p>\n Indeed, ex-Sanford police chief Bill Lee\u00a0told CNN yesterday<\/a>\u00a0that \u201che felt pressure from city officials to arrest Zimmerman to placate the public rather than as a matter of justice,\u201d and that his investigation \u201cprovided no probable cause to arrest Zimmerman at the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n It also emerged this week that the federal government encouraged and funded last year\u2019s protests demanding the arrest of Zimmerman via the Community Relations Service, a division of the Department of Justice.\u00a0Documents obtained by Judicial Watch<\/a>\u00a0show that the CRS was \u201cdeployed to Sanford, FL, following the Trayvon Martin shooting to help organize and manage rallies and protests against George Zimmerman,\u201d spending millions of dollars in the process.<\/p>\n Given the plethora of threats by Trayvon supporters<\/a>\u00a0to 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?<\/p>\n If that\u2019s the case, her apparent effort to prejudice the jury clearly suggests that a mistrial has taken place.<\/p>\n *********************<\/p>\n Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for\u00a0Infowars.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Prison Planet.com<\/a>. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host for Infowars Nightly News.<\/p>\n <!– <\/p>\n –><\/p>\n This article was posted: Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 10:29 am<\/p>\n Tags: constitution<\/a>, domestic news<\/a><\/p>\n
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