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Judge denies George Zimmerman's request to delay trial
Chicago Tribune ^ | February 5, 2013 | Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner

Posted on 02/05/2013 9:10:30 AM PST by Uncle Chip

Edited on 02/05/2013 9:12:02 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: Uncle Chip

How many similar cases were in Chicago last year (though black on Negro!), ~500? How many went to court? Zero, you say?


21 posted on 02/05/2013 10:21:29 AM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Sacajaweau

Orrrr this case is going to be resolve with a stand your ground motion.


22 posted on 02/05/2013 10:25:26 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: longtermmemmory
It really doesn't fit stand you ground and you don't want to go that way because it suggests that YOU pursued a bad guy....i.e., Zimmerman pursued Tray.

It's a simple self defense case.

23 posted on 02/05/2013 10:28:56 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: longtermmemmory

It won’t be a Stand Your Ground defense. Zimmerman wasn’t standing; he was on his back. This is regular, old self-defense.


24 posted on 02/05/2013 10:38:00 AM PST by Tublecane
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To: Sacajaweau

No, it doesn’t imply Zimmerman pursued Martin. Stand Your Ground implies just that: you stood your ground. It removes the “duty to retreat” which plagues states like mine. Zimmerman wasn’t standing, and so had no ability let alone duty to retreat, and for that reason it is not a Stand Your Ground case.

Unless regular, old self-defense is now handled under a law with “Stand Your Ground” in the title, in which case it would technically be a Stand Your Ground defense, even though it isn’t. But my understanding is the SYG law indemnifies you against arrest, not merely conviction, which is why he wasn’t under arrest before the public furor. So according to it he shouldn’t even be in a position to offer a defense, and wouldn’t be if it weren’t for this Nifong of a DA.


25 posted on 02/05/2013 10:46:26 AM PST by Tublecane
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To: Uncle Chip

Obviously there is some judge-fixing going on. This is a prosecutor that is not local...against an attorney with much local court experience

The prosecution has no case. They will not find enough Black Racists in Seminole to convict. Having been a juror in a few cases in this County....few blacks are in Seminole jury pools

This case is embarrassing.....and costly....for us. Zimmerman would not be on trial if Trayvon was white


26 posted on 02/05/2013 10:51:50 AM PST by SeminoleCounty (GOP = Greenlighting Obama's Programs)
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To: Larry Lucido
There are two books, “One Man’s Castle” and “Arc of Justice.” The books offer the historical account of Dr. Ossian Sweet, a black doctor who defended his life, his family and his Detroit home from a violent mob provoked by the Ku Klux Klan in 1925. Sweet was successfully defended by the famed attorney Clarence Darrow, which set judicial precedent for the castle doctrine.


27 posted on 02/05/2013 10:52:59 AM PST by preacher (Communism has only killed 100 million people: Let's give it another chance!)
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To: preacher

I read Arc of Justice but not the other one.


28 posted on 02/05/2013 10:57:54 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Tublecane
Facts Schmacts. What difference, at this point, does it make.

This case is about bringing a White Hispanic to justice for the unwarranted murder of a racially-priveledged young man in Obama/Holder's Afro-merica.

29 posted on 02/05/2013 11:12:46 AM PST by Aevery_Freeman (Proud Thought Criminal since 1984)
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To: All

Ben Crump’s affidavit that he dumped on the court today so as to avoid today’s deposition:

http://twitdoc.com/view.asp?id=83182&sid=1S6M&ext=PDF&lcl=CJC3rdFlCScan20030204002742.pdf&usr=JeffWeinerOS&doc=123982353&key=key-1wnqlxgscgbdpn6w2fy9


30 posted on 02/05/2013 11:16:07 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: Tublecane

http://www.alljujitsu.com/self-defense-law.html


31 posted on 02/05/2013 11:19:04 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: preacher

Excellent story little known in America, but almost totally unknown to blacks. You’d think it would be featured in American history class, but you’d be wrong.


32 posted on 02/05/2013 11:22:58 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Sacajaweau

come on man,
This here b Floriduh


33 posted on 02/05/2013 11:40:19 AM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO))
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To: Uncle Chip
O'Mara ... wanted Zimmerman's trial delayed. O'Mara had argued in a lengthy motion that there's much work left to be done, and many depositions to conduct.

O'Mara also admitted in his motion that the prosecution is in compliance with the law, so I don't find the ruling surprising.

34 posted on 02/05/2013 12:05:10 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Sacajaweau

“Stand your Ground” defense = Zimmerman can go on with his life.

“Self Defense” = Zimmerman will be sued into poverty for the rest of his life.


35 posted on 02/05/2013 12:12:45 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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To: Sacajaweau

fl law does not work that way.

travon was the one escalating to physical force.

The case is about lawyers wanting to be able to sue again. With stand your ground, the lawyers have a statutory prohibition against seeking civil damagaes.

(ps it also lowers insurance rate liability)


36 posted on 02/05/2013 12:38:10 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: RightOnTheBorder
"No problem except that it is now clear that the judge is in on the kangaroo court."

You expected differently? They are going to crucify Zimmerman. This trial is a mockery of justice--has been since the onset--and the obama administration, et al, intend to use it against law-abiding gun owners who fire in self-defense. Do not be surprised when we hear that "tragedies like this" are part of the reason citizens need to be disarmed.

37 posted on 02/05/2013 12:44:03 PM PST by ronnyquest (I spent 20 years in the Army fighting the enemies of freedom only to see marxism elected at home.)
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Hearing — hear here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2_LHB4Vz2Og#!

At 44:40 on the tape hear how Benjamin Crump has been promoted.

He is the Private Attorney General.


38 posted on 02/05/2013 12:49:27 PM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: RightOnTheBorder

Zimmerman would not even be on trial if the politicians were not afraid of having to react to rioting negros.

39 posted on 02/05/2013 12:56:39 PM PST by Old Sarge (We are officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet...)
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To: ronnyquest
Sorry, I spoke too soon, you're the runner up:

the obama administration, et al, intend to use it against law-abiding gun owners who fire in self-defense. Do not be surprised when we hear that "tragedies like this" are part of the reason citizens need to be disarmed.

40 posted on 02/05/2013 1:05:47 PM PST by Old Sarge (We are officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet...)
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