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Why weren't the Martins represented by their own lawyer? Is there some rule that the lawyer [View all] HiPointDem Jul 2013 OP

He represents the state LittleBlue Jul 2013 #1

i think in a civil case they can pick their own lawyer, but this was a state case JI7 Jul 2013 #2

It's the way things work in a criminal case NoPasaran Jul 2013 #3

how convenient. the lawyer sucked. so badly you'd think it was planned. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #4

How convenient? Jenoch Jul 2013 #7

go away HiPointDem Jul 2013 #8

I am on record on these threads Jenoch Jul 2013 #9

go the hell away HiPointDem Jul 2013 #16

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #34

your (sic) a joke too. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #40

That would explain Zimmerman & his family's smugness perhaps Matariki Jul 2013 #23

If the family brings a civil suit and loses onenote Jul 2013 #24

Right. Defend this travesty of justice. Matariki Jul 2013 #25

I'm not defending it onenote Jul 2013 #26

The state prosecutors didn't have much to work with, unfortunately. Avalux Jul 2013 #28

protecting the state of florida & sanford le hopemountain Jul 2013 #35

they did have their own lawyer TorchTheWitch Jul 2013 #5

"he's NOT an incompetent prosecutor." -- have you seen him in trials before? are you from HiPointDem Jul 2013 #6

no, I'm not from Florida TorchTheWitch Jul 2013 #10

Your feeling that he threw the case is based on his being a highly competent lawyer in other HiPointDem Jul 2013 #11

The two prosecutors have a lot of woolldog Jul 2013 #15

I never thought about that TorchTheWitch Jul 2013 #37

You really believe he threw the case? Why would he do that? GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #13

politics TorchTheWitch Jul 2013 #18

So you think the NRA had undue influence? GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #22

both TorchTheWitch Jul 2013 #27

It's like you're describing a completely rotted tree GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #32

our entire government from local up through federal IS a completely rotted tree TorchTheWitch Jul 2013 #33

thank you for this post hopemountain Jul 2013 #36

Benjamin Crump is representing the family, but it was the state that filed charges GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #12

The Martin family were not the victims in this case Nevernose Jul 2013 #14

they *were* victims. they would have been better off with their own lawyer than the half-assed HiPointDem Jul 2013 #17

It's a criminal case... Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2013 #19

the concept that individuals don't press criminal charges ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2013 #20

I'm kinda gobsmacked that you don't know the most basic things here cali Jul 2013 #38

i said they would have been better off with their own lawyer. whatever the law says, the crime HiPointDem Jul 2013 #39

Criminal cases are prosecuted by the government, MineralMan Jul 2013 #21

Because no one named Martin was on trial. 1-Old-Man Jul 2013 #29

This is not how the system works anywhere in the country and what would be the point? TheKentuckian Jul 2013 #30

ou don't know the difference between civil and criminal law? rustydog Jul 2013 #31