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We've all had a few brain injuries back in our younger days
I think it's called stupidity. Some of mine never healed.
LOL no truer words. Hockey?? Oh yeah. Karate?? Oh I wish I slipped and ducked a few of those hits.
Fortunately this damage hasn't caused me to have the uncontrollable urge to follow people around at night or carry a weapon that is unsafe.
It has caused me the uncontrollable urge to put hot sauce on everything. LOL
If it was stolen, how do you know that someone else didn't commit the actual burglary?
Oh, that's right - you don't know. To both questions.
Even if he didn't commit the burglary he was guilty of possessing stolen property. The fact that he also had a burglary tool in his possession at the same time lends credence to him being the burglar.
LOL no truer words. Hockey?? Oh yeah. Karate?? Oh I wish I slipped and ducked a few of those hits.
Fortunately this damage hasn't caused me to have the uncontrollable urge to follow people around at night or carry a weapon that is unsafe.
It has caused me the uncontrollable urge to put hot sauce on everything. LOL
It would seem to me the only weapon that was "unsafe" that night were the fists belonging to T.M..
So because the M.E. is testifying for the defense he's paid off? Would y'all be saying that if he was testifying for the state? Somehow me thinks not.
As was stated since this guy got on the stand, he literally wrote the book of forensics and so knows more than anyone in that courtroom and dare I say (considering all the legal eagles on here) anyone who's posting here.
Just because he's saying things you disagree with doesn't make them untrue. Deal with it, it's all part of this process y'all were championing just a few days ago.
Most experts who testify are paid at rates comparable to the normal fees they earn from other assignments. You can bet the question of the expert's fees -- if not brought up by the lawyer retaining you -- will come up in the course of the other side's cross-examination. If the amount is out of line, the judge or jury might just conclude that the expert is being paid more than usual in an effort to "sway" his or her testimony. For example, if a dentist typically generates fees of $150 per hour, s/he will generally charge something similar per hour for taking on a matter as an expert. Were the dentist to charge $500 per hour, how would you as a juror react? (You'd probably conclude that the witness was being paid an extra $350 per hour in an effort to buy the testimony.) However, it is not all that unusual for the expert to be paid slightly more for appearing at trial, than doing ordinary office work. (Doctors typically charge more for performing an hour of surgery than for an hour long office visit.)
Honest question for you - I really would like a truthful answer:
Is there any evidence that could come to light that would change your opinion? That would make you believe that George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin in self defense?
Not much, because the facts remain that Zimmerman, an armed man 11 years Trayvon's senior, followed Trayvon, a boy who was doing nothing wrong, he followed him in his car and foot, on a dark and rainy night, in a menacing, threatening manner, had at least three opportunities to identify himself as neighborhood watch, provoked a fight, and then instead of defending himself with equal force, i.e. using his body to defend himself, he resorted to lethal force to fend off an unarmed boy.
I don't care who punched who first or that he was losing the fight, he brought on the incident with his actions, and an innocent teenager lost his life as a result. There is no way Trayvon would have tangled with Zimmerman or died that night without Zimmerman initiating this whole thing, and resorting to deadly force.
Also, no matter all these ifs, and could haves, there is no evidence that this beating was life-threatening or that Trayvon would ever have killed George. Trayvon was not a cold-blooded murderer. It's all could haves, and going on the racist presumption that every black teenage boy could be a killer. The expert was very careful and well-rehearsed. When they asked about head injury. He kept saying a severe head injury could result in concussion etc. He never said that Zimmerman's head or face injuries were severe. A fractured nose is not a severe injury.
The physician's assistant who actually saw Zimmerman and assessed his real symptoms, not could-haves, never said in her report that Zimmerman had severe injuries.
When it was all over... the soft, fat, wimp was alive, not the other guy.
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Somehow me thinks not.
) anyone who's posting here.
