Is there even precedent for that? Have any courts previously held that prosecuters referring to victims of crimes violates a defendant's presumption of innocence? The job of prosecutor is the opposite of presuming innocence!
I think it's because in this case they are trying to prove a crime was committed. After all, it's legal to drive into protestors, so if he claims self-defense there isn't clearly a crime, and they therefore would be instigators or fatalities, not victims. The judge is having a really hard time here because no property was damaged, just human lives were violently ended by some miserable sack of dog turds whom I believe should be thrown into the ocean in a burlap sack with a brick in it, so he doesn't know if a crime was committed or not. If he were to accidentally hit someone's tire with a bullet, then the judge would easily be able to tell a crime was committed.
Is there even precedent for that? Have any courts previously held that prosecuters referring to victims of crimes violates a defendant's presumption of innocence? The job of prosecutor is the opposite of presuming innocence!
I think it's because in this case they are trying to prove a crime was committed. After all, it's legal to drive into protestors, so if he claims self-defense there isn't clearly a crime, and they therefore would be instigators or fatalities, not victims. The judge is having a really hard time here because no property was damaged, just human lives were violently ended by some miserable sack of dog turds whom I believe should be thrown into the ocean in a burlap sack with a brick in it, so he doesn't know if a crime was committed or not. If he were to accidentally hit someone's tire with a bullet, then the judge would easily be able to tell a crime was committed.
The other article that's been posted here about this event notes that that is in fact common in potential self-defense cases.
Self defense is making sure this fucker isn't on the street by any means means necessary for a wide swath of people
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