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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 964084" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/04/20/Dershowitz-prosecution-immoral" target="_blank">DERSHOWITZ BLASTS PROSECUTION: &#039;NOT ONLY IMMORAL, BUT STUPID&#039;...</a>After the release of the photo, however, Dershowitz went much further, telling Breitbart News that if the prosecutors did&nbsp; have the photo and didn’t mention it in the affidavit, that would&nbsp; constitute a “grave ethical violation,” since affidavits are supposed to&nbsp; contain “all relevant information.”&nbsp;&nbsp;Dershowitz continued, “An affidavit that willfully misstates&nbsp; undisputed evidence known to the prosecution is not only unethical but&nbsp; borders on perjury because an affiant swears to tell not only the truth,&nbsp; but the whole truth, and suppressing an important part of the whole&nbsp; truth is a lie.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;When asked if it made a difference whether the prosecution had the&nbsp; bloody photograph at the time they charged Zimmerman, Dershowitz&nbsp; responded, “We do know that there were earlier photographs before the&nbsp; affidavit was done that strongly suggested blood on the back of the&nbsp; head, and we know the police had first access to him, so if there was&nbsp; blood they [the prosecution] would know about it …</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 964084, member: 12952"] [B][URL='http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/04/20/Dershowitz-prosecution-immoral']DERSHOWITZ BLASTS PROSECUTION: 'NOT ONLY IMMORAL, BUT STUPID'...[/URL][/B] After the release of the photo, however, Dershowitz went much further, telling Breitbart News that if the prosecutors [I]did[/I] have the photo and didn’t mention it in the affidavit, that would constitute a “grave ethical violation,” since affidavits are supposed to contain “all relevant information.” Dershowitz continued, “An affidavit that willfully misstates undisputed evidence known to the prosecution is not only unethical but borders on perjury because an affiant swears to tell not only the truth, but the whole truth, and suppressing an important part of the whole truth is a lie." When asked if it made a difference whether the prosecution had the bloody photograph at the time they charged Zimmerman, Dershowitz responded, “We do know that there were earlier photographs before the affidavit was done that strongly suggested blood on the back of the head, and we know the police had first access to him, so if there was blood they [the prosecution] would know about it … [/QUOTE]

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