What White People Don't Understand About Rachel Jeantel / witness in Zimmerman trial

[HockeyMom]

12. Knock, knock?

That was just plain stupid and not one person laughed. Cracker? Statistical fact. 2/3 of the population of Florida is from another state. I am a transplant to Florida. Cracker? Huh? That would have elicited the same response from me as the Knock, Knock "joke".

I did like her. As a MOTHER, I felt he was badgering a very young woman, whatever her race. How many different ways can you ask the same damned question until you have the witness in tears?


I also have a paralegal degree, and was called to be a juror once. There is a very fine line that an attorney has to walk with cross examination. While they want to discredit witness testimony, they have to be very careful to not be seen as badgering a witness. In that case, the witness will elicit sympathy, and the attorney will receive the backlash.

Getting into the voire dere process, you cannot dismiss the fact that the entire jury, and judge, are all females. What does this mean? What is the difference? Ask an attorney, and there is supposedly a science to this. Women will not just listen to testimony, but look at body language also. Doesn't matter what race they are. How does a witness hold up their head? Do they look the attorney in the eye? Are they crying or scowling? Are they fidgeting? Most men, according to the data on this, would not even notice.

The race of the jury will make a difference? No, if anything, it will be gender of the jury. Does they testimony match the witnesses body language. I do not think you will see George Zimmerman take the stand in front of jury of all women for exactly this reason.