Comments on: First day of 17-year-old murder trial not good for former NFL linebacker http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/20/first-day-of-17-year-old-murder-trial-not-good-for-former-nfl-linebacker/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: richm2256 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/20/first-day-of-17-year-old-murder-trial-not-good-for-former-nfl-linebacker/#comment-1102556 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:47:44 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=136534#comment-1102556 Guilty or not, if I’m on trial for murder, I don’t think I’m going to be smiling or laughing very much.

But hey, that’s just me.

]]> By: cmstrick http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/20/first-day-of-17-year-old-murder-trial-not-good-for-former-nfl-linebacker/#comment-1102523 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:30:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=136534#comment-1102523 I don’t know why he snorted. I don’t even care if he’s guilty. What I want to know is, How can you kill someone in 1994 and not go to trial until 2011?

]]> By: WingT http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/20/first-day-of-17-year-old-murder-trial-not-good-for-former-nfl-linebacker/#comment-1102472 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:35:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=136534#comment-1102472 What did he snort?

]]> By: haroldballsagna http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/20/first-day-of-17-year-old-murder-trial-not-good-for-former-nfl-linebacker/#comment-1102465 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:23:25 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=136534#comment-1102465 Why have a trial? He snorted so he’s automatically guilty.

]]> By: fin72 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/20/first-day-of-17-year-old-murder-trial-not-good-for-former-nfl-linebacker/#comment-1102453 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:50:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=136534#comment-1102453 Why is it not surprising that this guy’s last name ends in “ski”? Bring on the Polock jokes.

]]> By: Brian http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/20/first-day-of-17-year-old-murder-trial-not-good-for-former-nfl-linebacker/#comment-1102374 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:16:57 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=136534#comment-1102374 Mike, I don’t know whether Naposki is guilty or innocent. I hope he gets justice so that if he is truly innocent he walks or truly guilty he walks behind bars.

My question is about criminal courtroom strategy. You wrote: “That’s why every lawyer who has a client in the presence of a judge and/or a jury needs to control that client, explaining to him or her that, no matter what is said by anyone in the courtroom, there should be no reaction.”

Really? Is that the response of an innocent person when his freedom is on the line and someone who looks and sounds very authoritative is making accusations against him? I know the lawyers and the judge want nice, docile defendants, but a truly innocent man would be coming out of his skin. He would be incensed that he was even arrested and charged, much less put on trial. So, if a juror saw a person reacting angrily or at least with agitation to each accusation, wouldn’t that make him a more sympathetic figure to the jury?

Put another way: aren’t most criminal defendants convicted and don’t most of them sit there with no reaction?

I agree that “smiling and laughing” are not going to help Napolski. I just wonder if “no reaction” will help the defendant just as little.

Set me straight, counselor.

]]>