{"id":5799,"date":"2013-09-28T09:47:42","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T13:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=5799"},"modified":"2013-09-28T09:49:39","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T13:49:39","slug":"mistrial-in-first-quitman-10-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/mistrial-in-first-quitman-10-trial.html","title":{"rendered":"Mistrial in first Quitman 10 trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o5ZOy3s4nfQ\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/o5ZOy3s4nfQ\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nThe trial of Lula Smart ended in a mistrial,\r\nreports George Boston Rhynes from the Courthouse in Brooks County.\r\nSo the first of\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/quitman-102-trial-three-years-late.html\">\r\nthe Quitman 10<\/a>\r\nis going\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/madison-9-down-to-2.html\">\r\nlike the Madison 9<\/a> did.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o5ZOy3s4nfQ\">\r\nPart 1 of 3:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o5ZOy3s4nfQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3Q3MTKSn1z8\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/aTzmQWIr_P4\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nGeorge says witnesses today talked about voter intimidation\r\nand some said they would not vote again because of this\r\ninvestigation on the Quitman 10+2.\r\nHe says the GBI agent was asked how they were trained before\r\nthey were sent to Brooks County, and they had little training\r\nin voting investigations, plus they took ballots home from\r\nthe Board of Elections, including some with no addresses\r\nfor any of the persons they were investigating.\r\n<p>\r\nGeorge also reported WCTV had a camera in the courtroom,\r\nafter you may recall<!--more-->\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/quitman-102-trial-three-years-late.html\">\r\nthe Judge told George<\/a> he couldn&#8217;t even record from the street in\r\nthe front of the courthouse.\r\n<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3Q3MTKSn1z8\">\r\nPart 2 of 3:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Q3MTKSn1z8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wPXBatwQloE\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/wPXBatwQloE\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nGeorge interprets this mistrial as ending all the trials.\r\n<p>\r\nThe defendants&#8217; attorney Chevene B. King Jr. reported:\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9981309403\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Attorney Chevene B. King Jr.\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7315\/9981309403_b54f9f5521_n.jpg\" alt=\"Attorney Chevene B. King Jr.\"><\/a>\r\nThe judge reconsidered a motion for mistrial\r\nthat we had made a couple of days ago because of\r\ncomments that he &#8230; that had prejudiced Ms. Smart&#8217;s right to a fair trial.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nThe judge said there was nothing he could say that could make the jurors\r\nforget what was heard, so he declared a mistrial.\r\nGeorge asked if it was also because of the evidence stacking up.\r\nThe attorney said if the trial had continued there were good grounds\r\nfor acquittal.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wPXBatwQloE\">\r\nPart 3 of 3:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wPXBatwQloE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nVideos by George Boston Rhynes on YouTube.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The trial of Lula Smart ended in a mistrial, reports George Boston Rhynes from the Courthouse in Brooks County. 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