This prosecutor is trying to lecture instead admitted she f'd up.

[RandySF]

How can she be so smug? This is what happens when you pay bottom dollar for government officials.

[WinkyDink]

1. IKR?! She's speaking TOTALLY AS IF THEY'D WON! What a complete fool.

[katmondoo]

2. This IS the outcome she wanted

[Junkdrawer]

6. Yep. Protect the Sanford PD and the Republican DA was at the top of her priorities....

Putting on a decent show was a distant second. Justice for Trayvon was scratched from the race.

[NightWatcher]

3. She was the same one who failed at prosecuting Casey Anthony

[krawhitham]

4. She seems a liitle too happy

[avaistheone1]

10. Did she just say " All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up"?

This woman sickens me.

[avaistheone1]

5. She is grandstanding, smiling and basking in the camera. She is disgusting.

Her behavior is very insensitive. She is so garish and fake.

Yuck.

[DefenseLawyer]

7. Go to any city in America

And watch a cop being prosecuted for just about anything. It's a charade. Anyone who watched this and couldn't tell they were in the tank wasn't watching very closely.

[Azathoth]

9. So, are you saying Corey was in the tank for Zimmerman?

Christ, I hope the level of delusion hasn't descended that far.

[JVS]

15. I agree that saying Corey was in the tank is incorrect.

But it did seem to me that about half of the prosecution's witnesses were neutral on the issue if not in favor of Zimmerman's story. It seems like they were interviewing the same people who had decided not to pursue this in the first place and in the process uncovering the kind of ambivalence that had made them decide not to prosecute in the beginning.

[DefenseLawyer]

16. I'm saying the Sanford cops weren't trying too hard

And generally, the prosecutor has a pretty firm grip on how the cops are going to testify. You are free to draw your own conclusions. I've seen enough witnesses in 20 years to know when someone is mailing it in.

[Azathoth]

17. So, what then?

The cops clearly aren't convinced the guy's guilty -- and they're probably a little pissed and resentful over the political pressure that's been brought to bear on them over the past year -- so what would you have the State do? Not call them?

With the exception of Corey's personal ME and one or two others, nearly every State witness started testifying for the defense at some point. That's not just witnesses phoning it in. That's a case that should never have been brought.

[Igel]

18. I don't think it was a case that was going to be brought.

But media and political pressure made it necessary to bring it.

One could argue that this made the DA's office reluctant to pursue it well.

One could argue that they didn't think they'd win in court given the evidence, and they did the best mediocre job they could.

I suspect the two scenarios would be remarkably similar looking, and which you decided you were seeing depended upon what you brought to the tv screen or printed page.


I wonder how this fits in:
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/07/02/5539380/zimmerman-prosecutor-angela-corey.html

[Junkdrawer]

11. Yep. Zimmerman managed to hitch his wagon to the Sanford PD and the Republican DA....

The "trial" was a charade.

[NotThisTime]

8. Thankfully the two other attorney's are showing some anger or sadness for Trayvon and the family

This woman not so much... she doesn't seem too disappointed.

[avaistheone1]

12. Who is the garish woman talking?

[JVS]

13. How did she fuck up?

[Ruby the Liberal]

14. She was appointed by "JEB!" Bush

and thanked everyone for their prayers.

Whats not to like?

[GiaGiovanni]

19. Is this why the prosecution was so damn awful?

They just gave away the trial. They didn't prepare their witnesses well.