Opinion | Why blowing kisses in court earned parents of alleged school shooter a rebuke

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Danny Cevallos: For the victims’ families, any gesture of love by the defendants is likely a slap in the face. That’s a good enough reason to put a stop to the nonverbal signals in court. - NBCNewsTHINK

“insolent behavior directly tending to interrupt the proceeding or impair the respect due to the court's authority.”

The instinctual answer for many is yes — because these people are accused of being responsible for a school shooting, the most horrific of crimes. It’s almost impossible to separate the legal issues from the negative feelings many surely have for these defendants.The prosecutors almost surely have an emotional motivation as well. The first question to ask of them is whether the prosecution would ever bother to file such a motion if the case involved a serious but not notorious crime.

Of course, someone blowing kisses from the witness stand is unacceptable, because it would be unacceptably distracting during the substantive part of the hearing. But before the judge has taken the bench, or after court is in recess, it’s less clear-cut.

 

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THINK Their son did a horrible thing & ruined many lives but I do feel some sympathy for their son because I do not believe he had a supportive & loving home life. These two are just so all over themselves.

THINK Tell them to cover their fucking noses!

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