Having never been in court or witnessed an entire trial I am learning a lot about how this all goes down. You see a lot of it on TV and they case is always won because the accused screws up when the ultra smart prosecutor tricks them into becoming emotional and admitting... or, they accused are too smart to reveal and justice is not served. It isn't too often that you see closing statements on TV but when you do its ultra quick...
In this case, the closing statements take up quite a bit of time. Throughout all the interviews, I was waiting for that smoking gun moment that proved or disproved the allegations. It didn't happen. Now I'm hearing the lawyers closing statements, and they go into detail to pick apart what we've learned from the witnesses, accuser and accused. Based on what we've read about all the interviews, this case all depends on how well the laywers can make their case. Right now I'd put money on the prosecution, but that's whose closing remarks are current and fresh. I don't have a month to deliberate (well, I do, but it's not my job so I'm not going to).
Hollywood needs to turn the courtoom into amazing drama to sell their stories, this is much different. Not that I expected it to mirror what we see on TV, but it is nice to get a glimpse behind the curtains as to how everything does go down.
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