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In reply to the discussion: George Zimmerman Witness Can't Read Letter She 'Wrote' About Shooting [View all]Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)103. And this is supposedly the "star witness".
I wonder how impressed the jury is.
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If they don't allow a dictated letter, a whole lotta business lawsuits have to be reopened
TrogL
Jun 2013
#9
Secretaries from back in the day will tell you that they had to clean up a lot of stuff that
CTyankee
Jun 2013
#55
It is perfectly acceptable to write or read for someone if they have a disability or believe
DhhD
Jun 2013
#32
How could the Defense place it in evidence when its the prosecution's case?
former9thward
Jun 2013
#60
My son is dyslexic, when he was younger, I would help him write his papers.
all american girl
Jun 2013
#85
The headline is very misleading because she never claimed to write the letter...
nenagh
Jun 2013
#12
Creole was the first language she spoke at home. She is a person who is of Haitian background and
kelliekat44
Jun 2013
#10
I know plenty of white, black, and hispanic high school kids who can't read cursive. it isn't
kelliekat44
Jun 2013
#13
A lot of districts may be teaching keyboarding instead of penmanship these days.
TheDebbieDee
Jun 2013
#29
I find it difficult to write in cursive any more. Being retired, I don't print out addressed
CTyankee
Jun 2013
#56
Yup! Ability to read/execute cursive script has nothing to do with intelligence
woodsprite
Jun 2013
#58
Didn't hear her full testimony, but I heard nothing that changes my opinion that Zman
Hoyt
Jun 2013
#20
Thank you for making that point. Wonder how racists would do in a similar situation. n/t
Judi Lynn
Jun 2013
#106
What in the hell was the prosecutor doing? Did he not talk to these people before?
still_one
Jun 2013
#47
Redirect can give her opportunity to explain that she composed the letter, a friend
magical thyme
Jun 2013
#59
Bingo. How she was pushed through high school really speaks to lowered educational standards. n/t
NoodleyAppendage
Jun 2013
#99
Pervert Don West has bullied, scorned, mocked this young woman from the first.
Judi Lynn
Jun 2013
#73