In the George Zimmerman self-defense trial going on up the road from clipper's headquarters, I understand that Zimmerman's parents have not been permitted to be in the courtroom. The reason, I was informed, was that the prosecution has put them on a "potential witness" list. As we have seen, witnesses for the prosecution have been held outside the courtroom and called in as needed. This makes sense. It prevents their testimony from being influenced by that of others preceding them. However, it does generate two questions in clipper's aging mind.....
#1 Is this standard prosecutorial practice? Put defendant's supporters on your "potential" witness list, never intending to actually call them as witnesses, but keeping them from providing moral support to the defendant in the courtroom?
#2 How come Trayvon Martin's mother, who has been sitting in the front row for the entire trial and heard every word of testimony, be called as a witness? This seems VERY inconsistent, but must have a basis in law.
Comments below appreciated....
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