there's a a pattern I have noticed in the last few years, is because the way people consume social media, and therefore interpret the world, there can be huge disconnect, in the trial that people are watching online, and what the outcome is in the courtroom.
To keep it simple, most people don't attend trials, so they don't know what they are like. I have been to at least 5 homicide trials, and they can be extremely funny. The witnesses are sometimes hilarious. There are comedic moments and dull moments across each day almost. So, it's normal for witnesses like Relli to act like that. Or it's not that unusual.
Just like with Lanez, just like with Majors, people are seeing this refracted and manipulated version, of an experience that they don't really know, I can tell you at a trial for the killing of a friend, one of witnesses was some OG who didn't want to testify, but the problem was, he already did a recorded interview with police on the day of a shooting. So, they played the audio, and he was like under oath, on the stand, yeah that doesn't sound like me. You guys made that up. Sir is this your name and signature? Yeah, but that ain't me.
it was so funny I had to bite my mouth to keep from laughing. There was a moment when the Public Defender kept trying to use a persons name, which was like Akillah, and he kept saying it like A KILLER, and the judge had to say SIR PLEASE STOP THIS. But, the jury came back guilty on every single count for a triple murder case. Defendants got maxed out.