[2ndDivisionVet]

Any lawyers here? Won't this make it much easier to win an appeal should he be convicted?

[FlingWingFlyer]

The DemocRATS from Barry on down want some kind of “guilty” verdict. They’ll take anything as long as they find Zimmerman “guilty” of SOMETHING.

[Enterprise]

I would think that there would be sufficient grounds for a conviction to overturned. My fear for Zimmerman is that if he is convicted for manslaughter, Nelson will immediately have him remanded to custody while awaiting sentencing. She will ignore the findings of the probation department and give him 30 years. Then while he is waiting on his appeal, he will be assassinated in prison.

[bigbob]

I’ve been convinced this beyotch just wanted to boot the case into the appeals court as quickly as possible after realizing how bad the prosecution’s case was.

[immadashell]

Debra Nifong ( oops) Nelson should be impeached, disbarred and thrown into the slammer for this fraudulent abuse of her position.

[Bullish]

She should be disbarred and sued into poverty by Zimmerman. It’s like the judge was another prosecutor as bad as mike Nifong (Duke Lacross case).

[fabian]

what a loser bitch...

[montanajoe]

Oh please..

This was not a kangaroo court unless your only point of reference is the lawyer shows on TV...

Folks here have a point of view that I personally agree with but I know the judicial system well enough to call BS on all the claims of bias from both sides..

[viaveritasvita]

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[virgin]

Just say no to jury duty. Tell them you don’t trust lawyers, the judge, or the system under our current DOJ.

[foundedonpurpose]

Kangaroo court,

That’s our justice system, wake up!

[BigCinBigD]

I remember two jackasses and a gorilla. But no kangaroos.

[hamboy]

I think BLDR best hope is:

2nd degree - not guilty

manslaughter - can't reach verdict!

What if:

2nd degree - not guilty

manslaughter - not guilty!

I guess they'll be finger pointing why it even went to trial...

[sickoflibs]

Great list, very helpful.

[Lmo56]

• Allowing, conversely, the last-minute request of plainly desperate prosecutors to have jurors consider an alternative lesser charge of manslaughter to try to secure some kind of conviction, any kind of punishment, in the complete absence of a sound murder case.

I hate to burst his bubble, but the inclusion of the lesser count is in FL law. However, if self-defense is invoked on the higher count and he is acquited, it must also be applied to the lower count of manslaughter. You can't have it both ways.

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

I am not a lawyer but I manage America’s largest Urban Poverty Law Center.

Judge Nelson needs to confer with Hillary Clinton’s Plastic Surgeon or wear a bag or become a muslim.

And I hear her father and mother were quite nice looking.

[Bikkuri]

2ndD .. we finally have her party? (if this is true, then why the heck did Jeb get her in her position?!?)...
As moderate as Dubya is, I don’t think he would have been that ‘stoopid’ :p

[pas]

The saddest part of this whole article is where it came from. Not that I expect different anymore.

[Captain Jack Aubrey]

Why doesn’t someone file a complaint against her with the Florida Judicial Commission?

See http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/pub_info/jqc.shtml

[Hot Tabasco]

I have a friend who was initially convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. After 6 years in prison, his conviction was finally overturned by the State Supreme court because the judge had prevented his defense lawyers from submitting damning information (exculpatory evidence?) about the victim.......

He was given a new trial and ultimately sentenced to 8 years with 6 years of it being already served.

[Taxman]

Money quote: “Nelson has higher ambitions, having twice applied for open seats on Florida’s supreme court. Let’s hope for the sake of impartial justice the governor continues to pass her over. She really has no business sitting on any bench.”

For you attorneys out there: Can a sitting judge be removed for cause?