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In reply to the discussion: Zimmerman's Uncle is an Obvious Liar, and Here's Why: [View all]TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)He has no concept whatsoever that he's pissing off the jury more than anything else. How he ever imagined that joke would come off well is beyond me. And after he said it, he truly could not understand why it was taken so badly. Anyone that blind can't see when they are beating up on a witness so badly that the jury just feels sorry for the witness, hates him, and is more likely to believe the witness just because they feel bad for them. The way he tore into Rachel was abominable and likely why the prosecution never objected to any of it. The more he went on like that the more he looked like an ass beating up on a poor young witness which probably went a very long way in the jury feeling sorry for her and thus more likely to believe her.
O'Mara does the same thing but is sly about it. Or I should say trying to be sly but is way too transparent. Between the two I find him the more vicious because of that. I find O'Mara to be so full of himself that he can't see that this transparent slyness IS transparent. Truthfully, they're the worst two defense attorneys I've ever seen, and I thought I saw the worst with the Arias case. Those two were fabulous compared to these two.