Judge Nelson throws OUT 'child abuse' felony murder charge

June 11, 2013 | CivilWarBrewing

[CivilWarBrewing]

Judge Nelson has ruled AGAINST the prosecution for their attempt at a jury instruction for felony manslaughter based on 'child abuse'.

[wardaddy]

That daft femcow was only will to whore her judicial duties so much

[fwdude]

Why not? I'm always told that he was a little boy hunted down and murdered by a rogue thug. Would the media lie to us? /s

[jehardy]

Home watching the trial right now/closing arguments.. wish this bald dip-sh** would STHU. Absurd.

[Wiser now]

Me too. God, this regime scares me.

[conservative98]

Same here. When is this “f’n punk” prosecutor going to shut up???

[Texas Songwriter]

Does the lead prosecutor, Bernie De La Rionda look like Congressman Nostrilits...Henry Waxman? I do not know how to post photographs...but it is not a study in contrasts.

[Texas Songwriter]

It will really piss off the Black Panthers and those planning to disrupt and burn ‘whity’ if it turn out to be a hung jury. They will be so confused as to their next move. It might become comical.

[alstewartfan]

Nelson has made it obvious the she is an affirmative action hack. Bob

[alstewartfan]

Scott has turned out to be one more progressive coward. Bob

[alstewartfan]

Why, WHY did Zimmerman shoot this child??? Bob

[11th Commandment]

Well, the prosecution lost on the depraved mind element, so they went down the list to manslaughter. The problem is, the killing still has to be unlawful for that element to hold, and if the jury buys the self-defense argument, then the killing was lawful, and that second element also fails, leaving the prosecution with only the single element of the victim’s death, for which there is no lesser included.

I am not a lawyer, but as I read commentary and Florida law I come to the same conclusion... though not as eloquent. Zimmerman's lawyer argued against 3rd degree because George admitted to purposely pulling the trigger, i.e., it was not an accident.

Also the biggest problem the prosecution has is that Martin clearly punched and attacked Zimmerman. Even if one believes that Zimmerman is racist who was profiling black guys, the indisputable fact is the Martin made the decision to confront and attack Zimmerman. A lot has been made of "what if" scenarios in regards to Zimmerman's actions but no "what if" scenarios on Martin's action. "What if" Martin did not confront Zimmerman and simply walked home. And "What if" after Martin said "what is your problem" he then said "leave me alone" and left peacefully.

[SeekAndFind]

Does the lead prosecutor, Bernie De La Rionda look like Congressman Nostrilits...Henry Waxman?

[Theodore R.]

I think an all female jury would be inclined to acquit ...

I think they are more likely to convict out of feaar their lives could be ended or their homes burned down.

[garfield]

Do any freepers know what the dialectic is? The judge of this kangaroo court just pulled the dialectic. It is a marxian move wherein you move two steps forward and then one step back. The naive observer thinks the marxist has had a change of heart. Nothing could be farther from the truth! Zimmerman was charged with 2nd degree murder. This so-called judged threw out the prosecutions post-trial charge of ‘child abuse’ and instead informed the jury they could convict on the basis of a manslaughter charge instead - a clear example of the dialectic! I think she is working for the prosecution who knows their original charge is baseless!

[Lucky9teen]

[GeronL]

This was likely planned well in advance to get a jury to convict an innocent man

[A'elian' nation]

Hey, I’m sure you are not implying that the media pimps would give out the sequestered jurists addresses, phone numbers, social security data, and gun ownership info so that could happen are you?

[MrB]

Like Elvis... Chris Farley faked his death and got a job as a judge!

[CivilWarBrewing]

Zimmerman said on the phone to authorities “This guy looks like he’s on drugs or somethin’”.. WELL, HE WAS RIGHT. Trayvon had THC in his system, AND IT MADE HIM PARANOID AND OVERREACT. Zimmerman’s assumptions were CORRECT!

[CivilWarBrewing]

How could ANYONE say "I think an all female jury would be inclined to acquit".. WTF? A female jury would be far more worried about the OUTCOME from a 'not guilty' verdict than anything else. It will either be a compromise verdict of guilty to manslaughter, or a HUNG JURY..

An all female jury triggering a riot? Ain't gonna happen!