how damaging do you think it was. a defense attorney normally doesn t apologize to the jury, especially on the first day. you know, i looked at the jury because i was so surprised at this joke. they seemed offended to me and it was painful for me to listen to. not only as someone covering the trial but as someone who has tried cases and given opening statements, some of them go better than others, but this was just so very painful. i will tell you, it wasn t just the delivery of the knock knock joke which didn t make sense, it was a rambling presentation. he seemed to break all the rules of opening statement, it wasn t schematic, it was rambling. it didn t make sense to me. mark, you think it is much ado about nothing. what do you make of this three hour opening statement by the defense, where the prosecution had 30 minutes opening statement?
of opening statement, it wasn t schematic, it was rambling. it didn t make sense to me. mark, you think it is much ado about nothing. what do you make of this three hour opening statement by the defense, where the prosecution had 30 minutes opening statement? look, i have to tell you having tried quite a few cases that the idea that somehow this knock knock joke is going to make a difference i think is almost as funny or as unfunny as that joke came across. it is going to matter not one wit. the fact that it is three hours versus 30 minutes, the fact that the prosecutor that got up there was very dramatic in 30 minutes, that s great for tv and great to show it, that he s dropping the f bomb and everything else. you want to know the truth, my experience has been, and i have been in situations where i ve seen people give kind of a rambling two hour opening
doesn t apologize to the jury, especially on the first day. you know, i looked at the jury because i was so surprised at this joke. they seemed offended to me and it was painful for me to listen to. not only as someone covering the trial but as someone who has tried cases and given opening statements, some of them go better than others, but this was just so very painful. i will tell you, it wasn t just the delivery of the knock knock joke which didn t make sense, it was a rambling presentation. he seemed to break all the rules of opening statement, it wasn t schematic, it was rambling. it didn t make sense to me. mark, you think it is much ado about nothing. what do you make of this three hour opening statement by the defense, where the prosecution had 30 minutes opening statement? look, i have to tell you having tried quite a few cases