If this was Sanford Florida Zimmerman would not get his trial.
The street mobs would have hung him up guilty or not.
The only problem with lynching is the crowd doing the lynching does not always get the right guy.
Lynchings could be avoided by not keeping people awaiting execution for 15 to 20 years.
Give them their trial, then lynch them, do not feed them for 20 years and give them multiple appeals, with shyster lawyers.
Zimmerman is being lynched by the state.
Most roads of good intentions (including vigilante and court) are lined with unintended consequences.