MACHIAS — The University of Maine at Machias recognized 138 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2023 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 104
charge conference. objection is noted. based on the incorrect statement, rejoin. ladies and gentlemen, if you could please just go ahead and take a step in the jury room. let s bring in nbc s cal perry in brunswick, c.j. hofstra and sarah lazaro. a criminal attorney in state and federal court. c.k., what s your reaction here? i think she s being very dynamic, very aggressive. hitting on all fronts. i think the defense making the objections, they re making the objections to really take her off her game. there s a way to object in closing, actually, the jurors
don t like it because they could have asked for a sidebar once. they shouldn t have announced the reasons why. but they did that simply to discredit the prosecution. but i ve got news for them. that s not a good strategy to use in front of a jury. she s got news for you, bad news, guys. sarah, the defense doesn t have much to work with. how is the case looking right now? stephanie, the defense for the mcmichaels was factually bankrupt from the beginning of this case. and while the prosecution has really really heavily relied on the law, applying the laws to the facts of this case, they have completely ignored the law. they ve essentially argued that, you know, travis mcmichael had a specific duty. there was crime on the rise in the neighborhood. he had a duty to protect the neighborhood. and just completely ignoring this idea that the facts that they re claiming the citizen s arrest but they know the facts