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Skype Overload Interrupts Zimmerman Trial

Posted by timothy on from the do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can? dept.

MouseTheLuckyDog writes "Today during the George Zimmerman trial, an ex-professor of Zimmerman's was allowed to testify via Skype while on vacation. When setting it up the prosecution didn't have the sense to blank the destination account. The result, according to The Smoking Gun, was a flood of callers to the destination account resulting in the connection being terminated and cross examination being done on a cell phone in the witness box." Also at CBS News.

3 of 325 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Whole Trial is bullshit by dadelbunts · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    If he was a THUG he would have just shot Zimmerman.

  2. Re:Whole Trial is bullshit by __aaltlg1547 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Exactly. Martin would have been justified under Florida law in killing Zimmerman. The other way around is not the case because Zimmerman approached and threatened Martin, not the other way around. But in Bizzarro World, Zimmerman was supposedly OK to approach Martin, challenge him, provoke a fight and shoot him dead because...

  3. WTH?? by JeanInMontana · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    This murderer is going to walk on technicalities! The court itself should be setting up and Skype calls and hopefully have someone who knows what the hell they are doing!

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