[gaijin]

1. If convicted - It will help energize Florida blacks 4 Obama

2. If tossed - It supplies ammo for “White hatred resulted in this case being tossed, and THAT is also why they tossed our super smart, black POTUS...” So it makes a face-saving excuse.

3. If exonerated - Same as above.

Why didn’t they go for manslaughter? Cuz they’re going for either the Hail Mary, or they WANT it to be tossed.

IT IS ALL ABOUT THE **ELECTION**.

[Verginius Rufus]

My guess is the prosecutor went for second-degree murder because that was the highest level she could ask for without going to a grand jury. She wants Zimmerman found guilty and locked up for the rest of his life. She may or may not care about the legalities, but she feels empathy for Trayvon's "sweet mother."

After the O.J. trial and the Scooter Libby trial, I don't have a lot of confidence in juries coming to an honest verdict--if the jury selection is done with a view to getting a particular verdict.

I was a juror once for a criminal trial which was settled by a plea bargain before it went to the jury, and was an alternate for another case but was dismissed before the deliberations, so I have no first-hand knowledge of how juries reach their conclusions.