Posted on 04/19/2012 9:26:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
We asked you: Can George Zimmerman get a fair trial?
YES 35%
NO 65%
Media have already tried Zimmerman
It seems quite unlikely at this point. I want to believe that our legal system will work and that justice will be served. However, the state versus Zimmerman case has been tried in the media.
The mind readers have decided George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin solely because he was black and that Zimmerman is a racist. The likes of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and the New Black Panther Party have condemned the man, and crowds seem to echo their sentiments...
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Stoking the fire
I'm not sure Zimmerman can get a fair trial on the planet, never mind in Seminole County or Florida.
What we have going on here is public [sentencing] by the mainstream media, black community of Sanford and [people] across the country. Whatever happened to innocent until proved guilty, or is this the government of North Korea, where entire families are thrown into gulags, never to be heard from again?
The media, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and others have already proclaimed him guilty. It is a disgrace that someone has to go into hiding before being arrested, never mind before a trial. I don't believe anyone here crying for justice actually wants justice.
Why don't the Sharptons and Jacksons show up when other people die in our community — white, black, Hispanic, Asian, et al.? Because it doesn't fit their cause — publicity, notoriety, outrage. They only show up when the cameras are rolling.
Shame on everyone for throwing accelerant on the fire. Justice, I doubt it....
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We’re on the edge of complete political, economic, and social disaster. I can’t gussy it up or make it sound palatable.
Other than that, everything is peachy keen!
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He could if I was on the jury.
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I think Corey overcharged hoping Zimmerman would plead out, and a trial wouldn’t be necessary.
As far as I’m concerned, he’s innocent. And so is every other accused person out there.
If this doesn’t get thrown out at the evidentery hearing, it will be a much higher bar that the prosecution will have to meet at trial. All 12 jurors will have to be convinced of guilt. I’m betting there are more honest jurors than most think. Zimermann only needs one holdout.
As far as I’m concerned, he’s innocent. And so is every other accused person out there. Can he get a fair trial? Sure..but it’s not going to be easy. They might actually have to pull in some right wingers with a sense of honesty and justice.
If there’s nobody to pull in, we all need to kiss our tails good-by because there’s no jury system left to protect US when we are unjustly accused. ALL people accused are unjustly accused...until PROVEN otherwise. That hasn’t happened for zimmerman, and it hasn’t happened to anybody on a court docket, anywhere in the country.
Did you know that writing essays about this case is already part of the school lessons in many places?
Liberal teachers doing the assigning of course.
Only if they select the jury from people here on FR. As a whole, this is the most intellectually honest group I know. Sure we’re conservatives, patriots, etc. and we definitely have strong opinions. But my fellow freepers seem to be a cut above the ordinary when it comes to education, integrity, and common sense. Out in “the wild” of MSM land George doesn’t stand a chance.
He shouldn’t have to plead out to anything because he didn’t DO anything but I agree with what you said. I just hope I’m alive when the race baiters in this country are rendered irrevelent and one day they will be.....I have to have faith that it will happen.
Thanks, FRiend.
They are going to want to find the least informed (possibly dumbest) jurors they can find. Isn’t that how it usually works?
No. That’s the point.
Due to one personal brush with the courts, and several friends' dealings with courts... I have absolutely zero faith that justice is done there. Zero. If I ever have to go to court again I am finding the slimiest, sleaziest, low-life, bend-the-rules {expletive} I can to represent me and/or my interests. I will go into court to fight dirty, destroy anyone and anything that gets in my way. I advise any of my fellow freepers to do the same. Don't look for justice, look for survival.
Zimmerman and his lawyer should tell Corey to go piss in the wind. Her case is so weak she’ll never get a conviction, and as an aside I think she’s sabotaged her own career.
If that is true, Corey is a fool. Then again, maybe locals already knew that.
Justice no longer exists in America, and neither does honesty.
I have to say no.
If the charging document that was made public is what the State has to base its case on, I'm betting that a judge would dismiss charges on motion after the State makes its case. No jury decision would even be necessary under this scenario.
I can't see how that document suggests the intent needed to justify 2nd degree murder, and with what was written I can see no proof that Zimmerman wasn't acting in self defense, which is the State's responsibility to prove - not his.
This is my non-lawyer opinion of course, and its not my freedom thats on the line so whatever the defense decides, I hope ultimately justice is done.
It might require a lot more than honesty. It might require a hell of a lot of courage. Jurors who vote not guilty risk having their names, addresses, and photos posted on Twitter. The lynch mob will want revenge.
The only safe verdict for the jurors is guilty.
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