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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsZimmerman's lawyer to get first look at evidence today
SANFORD Who gets to see the evidence against George Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer awaiting trial on a charge of second-degree murder? Today, that will likely become a point of dispute between lawyers in the case and the most powerful media companies in the country.
Defense attorneyMark O'Marahas said he expects to get his first look at the evidence today. He has also warned that he will likely file paperwork, asking the judge to keep key elements from everyone else.
If does, lawyers for the Orlando Sentinel, The New York Times, NBC, CBS, CNN and more than a half dozen other news organizations are expected to weigh in and try to prevent that.
They earlier jumped into the case and convinced Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. to unseal the court file, a different and much more limited set of information
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-05-14/news/os-george-zimmernman-omara-gets-discovery-20120514_1_special-prosecutor-angela-corey-evidence-rachel-fugate
peacebird
(14,195 posts)Their rules and procedures.
Baitball Blogger
(46,571 posts)"if does?"
Cave_Johnson
(137 posts)Last edited Mon May 14, 2012, 04:55 PM - Edit history (1)
... so the case can be tried properly.
Doubt it is even possible now but why make it worse?
Baitball Blogger
(46,571 posts)And may not even be desirable to keep this under wraps because of all the mistrust in the system.