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So now we’ve now have an apparently “conservative Republican” prosecutor issuing an affidavit that might as well have been written by Sharpton?

What a circus!

It’d be comical were it not for the fact that a man who appears very unlikely to be actually guilty of murder is being put through this at the behest of a bunch of left-wing goons and race pimps.

Coming from where it did I expected the affidavit to present some “game changer” piece of evidence.. a cell phone cam or something.. that justified the charge.

As the case stands now, we have the most reliable eyewitness, one who saw and heard the events immediately prior to the shot, saying Martin was beating Zimmerman and Z. was calling for help, while on the other end we’ve got theories, speculations, character assassination (the profiling garbage), and now prosecution “theories” built on witness who’ve crawled out of the woodwork, changed their stories, or been exposed to weeks of propaganda and pressure.

What a travesty.

Actually, almost all informations as felony warrants are called in Florida, read just like this. The prosecutor only shows incriminating evidence in order to make the arrest and process the arraignment. The prosecutor will NEVER include exculpatory information (information beneficial to the defendant).
Unfortunately I do see this going to trial. The evidence hearing will only determine if the evidence was legally obtained.
That being said, the preliminary hearing is the only chance to stop this charade. There the evidence is challenged by the defense and exculpatory evidence will be admitted at this phase. Understand that we are still not at the innocent/guilty phase. The prosecutor will present the evidence suggesting guilt and the defense will challenge it. I do not know if they defense can or will produce their own evidence. They can produce their own challenging witnesses.
Basically, the pre lim requires the State to submit evidence indicating substantially more proof than probable cause but far less than guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

If preponderance of evidence is 51%, probable cause would be 65% (more likely than not), pre lims may require 80% but guilt beyond a reasonable doubt 99%. Some may argue but the percentages but I am just trying to offer a visual.