Classic description of a political trial. A replay of many a trial held in Germany during the mid '30s.
Yours is an interesting — and powerful — observation. Specifically, your comparison of the Zimmerman trial to a quintessential ‘partisan trial’ seems rather valid. The trial itself has less to do with the actual conduct of the Defendant as it does with the ‘agenda,’ so to speak, of the (”progressive” federal) regime. The published elements and memes of this trial involving race, self-defense, and firearms tend to supersede the facts (evidence) of the case. The media (even foreign media) tend to continue their pattern of publishing antiquated photographs of a prepubescent Mr. Martin, for example. The media also tend to engage in other propaganda as of owned by the prosecution. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351383/Is-Zimmermans-lawyer-joke-Knock-knock-gag-attorney-nips-ice-cream-trial-posts-selfie-daughters-eating-cones-Instagram.html It perhaps seems almost as if the current proponents of gun-bans, race-hatred, and ‘Black grievance’ have some kind of stake in this trial.