Kyle's trial went well today
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Alos I don't think the jurors even can see the points made by the defense. They're not ckearly signaled, not explained (instead he explained what a cell phone is), not repeated, etc.
Compare to "the government" repeating all the time how there was "no gun, bo knife, no bat, no weapon of any kind but a plastic bag" on the evil midget while showing him dying again and again too. And other such easy tricks for the lay persons "of average intelligence".
His description of the "fumble" by the defense is quite long, and revolves around the prosecution presenting irrelevant evidence/argument to Kyles (legitimate) case of self defense, either now or in the future. At the end of this he comments with the following:
I think they intend to do this for all the major charges when the prosecution rests. Kyle has a legitimate self defense claim in all three cases, and should the prosecution attempt to present irrelevant (and speculative, in Huber and Rosenbaum's cases) evidence or argument that the decedents were acting in good faith to stop an active shooter, that the defense can (and will) show contrary character evidence, as well as video evidence proving Kyle's legitimate self defense claims.
If they do this, the prosecution's narrative to the jury may not matter, as the judge can simply dismiss the charges then, or overrule the jury with a judgement notwithstanding of verdict. Ultimately I don't think that the narrative of the prosecution is strong enough to outweigh the facts of the case, but I don't think the facts of the case are going to convince anyone who went into the trial convinced that Kyle was guilty to find him not guilty. So I'm not worried (currently) about the prosecution's narrative, but simply the fact that Jury selection was handled less than ideally and it's possible that there are members of the jury capable of convincing the jury to convict Kyle on the some of the charges irrespective of the evidence. All he really needs is one juror unwilling to convict and he walks (unless the state decides to retry the case.)