Those who believe that a Judge in a trial is little more than a referee who see’s to it that the case runs smoothly and within legal limits are what those in the arena of the Law know as moron’s, fools, or stupid.
Most Judges see a defendant the same way everybody else in America does, if he is accused of a crime, he’s guilty. If barbie looks you in the eyes and tells you she thinks Raymond is an innocent man, she’s a better liar than Flora Jessop.
She also now knows that Raymond has a much more capable Legal Defense team than either she or the State expected to come up against, and so certain adjustments have had to be made in their strategy to convict him.
For the State, that adjustment has been to keep repeatedly tying to sneak in testimony that has been ruled in-admissible by the Court for various reasons. This is evidence “In Limine”. Today’s blowup by the defense was because Nichols kept trying to sneak in something he knew that the Jury should not hear.
For the Bench, this adjustment has been to run marathon Court sessions of 12 to 14 hours, not including the hours before and after Court begins and ends. Today, barbie sat on her fat ass from 9:00 in the morning until 10:00 at night.
This is in the hope that one of two things occur that allows barbie to smile and allow certain evidence in without the case being overturned by the Appeals Court. Either the DA will be able to sneak in the evidence un-noticed by the defence because of fatigue, or, the defense itself is so damned tired, they “Open the door” to the evidence and allow the DA to come marching triumphantly through it with his evidence in hand.
It’s a good strategy, and it has a high chance at accomplishing what both barbie and Nichols wants; a conviction.
In Point of fact, an exhausted defense team robs Raymond Jessop of what he is entitled to; a fair trial. After 8 hours of work, how sharp is your mind? After 10, 12 and 14? Let’s keep in mind that there is no pressure on barbie other than her ass. All she does is sit there and rule for the prosecutor. There’s no pressure on Nichols, he’s going to retire in a few years and collect his salary for the rest of his life if Raymond is found guilty or not.
On the other hand, Raymond will sit in a Texas prison for 20 years, and not a day shorter, if he is convicted because of a missed word by the DA or a mis-spoken word by his defense team.
In the morning, the defense team will be back in Court, and they will be lucky if they received 5 hours of sleep. Then they have to stay at the top of their form for the next 10 to 14 hours watching barbie nap until she gets tired, and then they still have another 4 to 6 hours of preperation for Wednesday before they fall into bed.
By Friday, just how effective is Raymond’s council going to be? If barbie has anything to say about it, none at all.
Somebody needs to tell barbie that she’s running a trial, and not either police or traffic Court. Somebody needs to tell that to barbie on the record so that the Appeals Court can decide just how effective Raymond’s defense team could have been for him during these marathon games being played by barbie.
You’re not running a race barbie, there is no rush to Justice. If the fact that you have 12 cases to hear bothers you, than you should have thought about that when you had your Grand Jury pile on all these charges against these men. Just because you have a personal agenda to keep doesn’t mean you can deprive Raymond and the other men of effective council and a fair trial.
Get reasonable on your docket schedule, or get overturned for driving your slaves too hard.
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