[svcw]

Yep, it is also really hard to prosecute someone when there is no evidence to support your claims.

[xzins]

But after hearing the testimony this week, many legal experts said that the state had overreached and that it should have filed manslaughter charges instead. The jury can still find Mr. Zimmerman guilty of manslaughter, but it would fall to the prosecutors to argue for that result without appearing to concede a weakness in their case.

At the end of this NYT article

[Bob]

Yep, it is also really hard to prosecute someone when there is no evidence to support your claims.

It's not all that hard to prosecute them. It's pretty hard, though, to prosecute them successfully without any evidence.