Prosecutor Matt Halling said that through their submissions, the defense is telling the jury not to do their job and not to be judges in this case.
“We have heard some new words. While we have checked all the footnotes to be as transparent as possible with the defense…What we have noticed is that their general arguments do not match the general rhetoric. The arguments are as follows; do not freely evaluate the evidence because it is material under Rule 140, paragraph 4; do not solve the inconsistencies but only choose the path of exculpatory evidence; do not ask the witnesses too many questions; do not ignore the opinions of international witnesses who have worked for countries that have decided whether there should be a further tribunal or not; do not overthink the situation,” the prosecutor said.
Prosecutor Halling said this is a clear signal of the aforementioned request by the defense.
"All of this is a clear signal. It's a signal one way or another that is interpreted like this; don't do your job, don't be a judge in this matter," he said.
The prosecutor further said that all court documentation in the case shows that the accused directed and acted with a common criminal intent.
"All court documentation in the case shows that the defendants, through the abuse of their position and the structures they led, acted with a common criminal purpose and significantly contributed to this purpose," Halling said.
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