Angela Corey and Benjamin Crump should be disbarred and serve hard time.
Logically, the motion should have been granted. However, the Judge made the proper ruling in light of the big picture. The media, the White House and the poverty pimps would have caused massive social upheavel had the motion been granted. Sad to say it, t but the denial very likely saved innocent lives. That’s a sad commentary on our society.
I’ll say this much:
O’Mara is a great lawyer. Refusing to cite the “stand your ground” law may have been the single most effective stratagem in defending Zimmerman’s freedom— or what at least what remained of it.
“Stand your ground” was the initial impetus of the media’s attention. Without that issue, the persecutors have to turn to the threat of mob violence to justify conviction.
I can think of no better proof that white-on-black crime is statistically non-existent in this country, at this point in time, than the choice of this particular incident by entrenched powers to push the white-racism-is-rampant narrative.
that may well be....the fact is it wasn’t
reference bump
Wrong.
I’ve argued literally thousands of these motions. The sole test is ... is there enough to go to a jury and could a reasonable juror (a term of art) convict? It’s as low a threshold as you can get. It’s right there with probable cause. It is also a VERY VERY VERY different test than “proof beyond a reasonable doubt”.
Never saw an acquittal at a hanging party.
Well it should have but it would have made the riots start sooner so the judge decided to put it off until the not guilty verdict. Let the jurors take the heat.
There will be another one when the defense rests so Nelson will get a Mulligan.