walking while black - Trayvon Martin

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, it's funny to imagine you with the ladies flipping through the Avon catalog and watching The View on the lunch break.

I don't know what they'll really be doing when not in the courtroom, but they're sequestered. So, their access to public communications/media is very limited.

They'll be holed up together for at least a couple of weeks, unable to talk about the case with each other until testimony is completed and verdict deliberations begin.

The jurors' images won't be shown by the media; we won't see them at all during trial; we'll see the judge, attorneys, witnesses and courtroom trial watchers though.

Monday's opening statements begin with Bernie de la Rionda for the prosecution. He's aggressive and fiery; very passionate veteran prosecutor.

Bernie de la Rionda, State Prosecutor

Don West will then offer up the defense's opening statements. He's been less visible in than his media-present partner O'Mara (who's generally described as laid-back and kinda country lawyerish in demeanor). West is often described as very deliberate and intelligent in his approach; he reminds Adub of Skeletor (I can see it).


O'Mara and West, Zimmerman Defense

All of the attorneys have a lot of experience and many murder trials under their belts. If the preliminary hearings are any indication, trial's gonna be a full on battle royal.

Judge Nelson is great for this kind of passion-charged case. She's so organized, decisive and knowledgeable. She rules by the book and nobody takes control away from her in her courtroom.


Judge Deborah Nelson