As far as I’m concerned, this is another big screw up by the prosecution to focus on those pictures. What has to be made apparent is what most likely was going on in Zimmerman’s mind about his immediate safety to the jury, and those pics make it pretty obvious he took a good thrashing and nose break. Even one scratch should be plenty for any defense lawyer. I sure hope the jury already understands this unless the fix is already in.
the prosecutor just told every woman on that jury that cramps are “all in theirhead”.
It is true that Zimmerman escaped without serious (as in permanent or life-threatening) injury.
That does mean that someone whose nose has been broken, who is pinned to the ground and has no leverage, whose head is being punched and slammed onto the ground, does not have a reasonable fear that his life is in danger.