WELL, SHOOT... JUST SHOOT

[HairOfTheDog]

Follow up to the second-degree murder case against Theodore Wafer for the shooting death of Renisha McBride (starting on post 27).

Looks like Wafer's attorney is going for the predictable and popular defense strategy -- attack and blame the victim.

George Zimmerman's attorneys tried to get some of the same (irrelevant, IMO) kinds of posts/pics by Trayvon Martin entered as evidence in Zimmerman's trial. The judge didn't allow them in his case and I'm glad to see that Judge Carpenter isn't allowing them in Renisha's case either (so far).

Snip:
In court filings and arguments, Wafer's attorneys have clearly signaled their strategy: He lives alone in a neighborhood on the edge of Detroit and was afraid of what he was hearing at about 4:30 a.m.

Defense attorney Cheryl Carpenter has tried to get the judge to allow the defense to use McBride's text messages, which carry a slang reference to marijuana, and the provocative photos, but the judge won't budge. Separately, Judge Hathaway agreed to approve subpoenas to get access to social media sites that the victim may have used.

"Our defense is blown to pieces if you don't allow me to argue to the jury that she could have been up to no good. ... She could have been running from somebody," Carpenter said. Carpenter acknowledged that questioning McBride's reputation "leaves a bad taste" but "we have to do this."

Story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/no-selfies-o...-at-trial/