The prosecutor and the judge are embarrassments to the rule of law. Neither belongs in a courtroom.
I've never seen any prosecutor above municipal court (1) argue the defendant's silence with a (2) a Motion in Limine in place. If the fix is in then the state is in on it.
The judge has banned calling the dead "victims". Absurd use of PC thinking. And having the courtroom applaud a witness on the stand is textbook impermissible comment on the weight of the evidence.
As to defense counsel, I liked his carefully walked line between jury nullification and contempt; aces. I coached a young attorney in my firm on that very issue and Tuesday he stayed inside and still got an acquittal that could only be based on nullification.
“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.” (The Law, p.6) Frederic Bastiat