Yearly Archives: 2013
ZIMMERMAN VERDICT PART 14: THE JUDGE
Of all the key figures in the courtroom during the Zimmerman trial, I found Judge Debra Nelson the most enigmatic.
Some of Zimmerman’s advocates called...
ZIMMERMAN VERDICT PART 13: ANGELA COREY
In the last installment, I said that it was the coach who sent the prosecution team in to try to win a game that...
ZIMMERMAN VERDICT PART 12: RATING THE LAWYERS (PROSECUTION)
While there were two lawyers at the defense table, there were three at the State’s: Bernie de la Rionda, John Guy, and Richard Mantei. ...
ZIMMERMAN VERDICT, PART 11: RATING THE LAWYERS (DEFENSE)
Watching the Zimmerman trial in 2013 was like watching the OJ Simpson trial in 1995: while the general public got a hell of an...
ZIMMERMAN VERDICT PART 10: THE SEMANTICS
Anyone who has trained with me in the last few years has heard me talk about what I call “combat semantics.” Smart debaters know...