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Casey Anthony’s lawyer: George Zimmerman’s a victim of prosecutor's ‘political prostitution’
The Miami Herald | Thursday, April 12, 2012 | Marc Caputo

Posted on 04/12/2012 8:47:05 AM PDT by kristinn

Link to Miami Herald news article

Cheney Mason, the freewheeling criminal defense attorney who successfully defended tot mom Casey Anthony, is shaking his head over the second-degree murder charge against George Zimmerman in the shooting of Trayvon Martin.

The charge leveled by prosecutor Angela Corey is too severe and reeks of political calculus, Mason said.

“It’s political prostitution,” Mason said. “Now I don’t have all the facts – no one does – but you look at what we know of the case and it looks like the prosecutor bowed to other pressures.

“The fact is there is lots of racial bigotry in this case,” Mason said. “And a lot of it is coming from the side of Trayvon Martin’s family. I can understand why his family is upset. They lost a child. But they weren’t at the crime scene. None of us was.”

Mason said Corey is too zealous of a prosecutor.

"This is a person who wanted to put a 12-year-old boy as an adult for murder. It’s just too much,” Mason said.

SNIP

Mason said there will be a hearing under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law – which expands the right to use deadly force -- and the charges could be dropped then by a judge. But, Mason said, “people are using Stand Your Ground to obfuscate the facts of this case. This comes down to the fundamentals of homicide. What’s the evidence? The burden of proof is on the prosecution. It’s not on George Zimmerman. And you can’t blame Stand Your Ground for this tragedy.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: angelacorey; caseyanthony; cheneymason; coreyfong; georgezimmerman; trayvonmartin; zimmermancharged
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
You evaded the question, try again.

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If Corey and the government did Zimmerman a favor, what happens if the jury is stacked with black racist, like what happened in the OJ trial, but he is found guilty here?

Is this the kind of government favor you’re talking about?

The Rodney King jury found the LA police innocent, and it was a mixed jury.

You evaded the question, try again.

What happens if the roof over your head caves in on you at this moment?

You have in fact again evaded the question.

I suspected you head for the tall grass here.

81 posted on 04/12/2012 12:06:40 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

Go play your mental masturbation games somewhere else.


82 posted on 04/12/2012 12:09:17 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Over half of U.S. murders are of black people, and 90% of them are committed by other black people.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
You evaded the question, try again.

________________________________________________________

If Corey and the government did Zimmerman a favor, what happens if the jury is stacked with black racist, like what happened in the OJ trial, but he is found guilty here?

Is this the kind of government favor you’re talking about?

The Rodney King jury found the LA police innocent, and it was a mixed jury.

You evaded the question, try again.

What happens if the roof over your head caves in on you at this moment?

You have in fact again evaded the question.

I suspected you head for the tall grass here.

Go play your mental masturbation games somewhere else.

You run for the tall grass really fast slick!

See the tagline below.

83 posted on 04/12/2012 12:13:25 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

Bless your little heart.


84 posted on 04/12/2012 12:18:31 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Over half of U.S. murders are of black people, and 90% of them are committed by other black people.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Never mind my heart, how about answering the legitimate question you’ve evaded multiple times now?


85 posted on 04/12/2012 12:19:43 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2
If he loses, there will be an appeal.

If he wins, he gets his life back.

Were you really incapable of figuring that out for yourself, or do you just enjoy asking the same questions a two-year old would ask?

86 posted on 04/12/2012 12:24:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Over half of U.S. murders are of black people, and 90% of them are committed by other black people.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Fact is, Zimmerman's life is over if he doesn't have a trial and clear his name. Whether intentional or not, she has done him as big a favor as he can hope for under the circumstances.

If Corey and the government did Zimmerman a favor, what happens if the jury is stacked with black racist, like what happened in the OJ trial, but he is found guilty here?

Is this the kind of government favor you’re talking about?

If he loses, there will be an appeal.

Let me make this question clear, so even you understand.

If Zimmerman is ultimately found guilty by a jury stacked with black racist, like in the OJ trial, is this what you consider government doing a "favor" for Zimmerman?

87 posted on 04/12/2012 12:33:59 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: shhrubbery!
There is nothing wrong with Mason's grammar in his statement, "None of us was."

If only that were true.

88 posted on 04/12/2012 12:37:35 PM PDT by P-Marlowe
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To: shhrubbery!
I also thought “none of us was...” was grammatically correct. But I did not go to Harvard.
89 posted on 04/12/2012 12:39:49 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: circlecity; snarkytart

Is sanctioned the same as disbarred?
Only a question, not an argument!


90 posted on 04/12/2012 12:44:01 PM PDT by GOYAKLA (Recall/ Impeachment Day, November 6, 2012. FUBO)
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To: kristinn

She said she wanted “justice for Trayvon”. What does that mean? Why couldn’t she just say she wanted to see justice done?


91 posted on 04/12/2012 12:51:21 PM PDT by mtrott
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To: GOYAKLA

I am not an attorney, and I didn’t go to Harvard... but I think “sanctioned” means, for example, a letter of reprimand or possibly a temporary suspension of law license. Disbarred, I believe, means permanently out of business to practice law.


92 posted on 04/12/2012 12:55:18 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: mtrott
She said she wanted “justice for Trayvon”. What does that mean?

You know what it means, I know what it means. This prosecutor completely impeached herself.

93 posted on 04/12/2012 12:58:12 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Biggirl

Well...isn’t THAT the tool that Obama has at his disposal? That it COULD happen. Give the country a little taste of what happens when blacks don’t get their way...acquittal of Zimmerman(and, frankly, I think there’s gonna be trouble if he’s found guilty of anything less than second degree murder.)And none of this occurs in a vaccuum. Don’t forget the 99%ers. Obama needs to keep the whites that feel they were duped into voting for him. You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time...


94 posted on 04/12/2012 12:58:50 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: NEMDF

I thought that would be what they meant.
Thanks for your reply.


95 posted on 04/12/2012 1:00:58 PM PDT by GOYAKLA (Recall/ Impeachment Day, November 6, 2012. FUBO)
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To: GOYAKLA
"Is sanctioned the same as disbarred?"

Disbarrment (suspension from the practice of law) is a severe form of sanction. Most states provide for attorney sanctions in the form of: public and private repreimands, temporary suspentions with or without automatic reinstatment and permanent suspention.

96 posted on 04/12/2012 1:01:23 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: NEMDF

“None of us was” IS grammatically correct.


97 posted on 04/12/2012 1:02:17 PM PDT by mtrott
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To: P-Marlowe

Yeah, it oughta be ‘nonna us guys wuz’!


98 posted on 04/12/2012 1:06:18 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: NEMDF; P-Marlowe
I also thought “none of us was...” was grammatically correct. But I did not go to Harvard.

Heh. Perhaps P-Marlowe is aware of an uber-correct form of grammar, known only to Harvard graduates.

99 posted on 04/12/2012 1:12:49 PM PDT by shhrubbery! (NIH!)
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To: mtrott

Here are grounds for case against George Zimmerman to be thrown out and or appealed. Judicial misconduct by Prosecutors!

http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/201461/158/Parents-of-Slain-Teen-Trayvon-Martin-Prayed-With-Prosecutor-Before-Charges-Announced

I posted this on a previous thread:
Thu Apr 12 2012 12:18:02 GMT-0400 (EDT) · 51 of 55
GOYAKLA to TigerClaws
When/If George Zimmerman is found Guilty of anything, there is already an appeal issue that will GUARANTEE his verdict being overturned!
The Prosecution has tainted the proceedings during the investigation and bringing of the charges. His lawyer,O’Mara, in bond hearing today can bring it up but probably will not. If he did the Judge would have to rule in his favor.
O’Mara will probably not play that card now.

Separation of Church and State
If my kids cannot pray in schools or school sporting events,then sure as HELL and God made little green apples this prosecution should not stand!
Use this against Zero and the Fascist State!


100 posted on 04/12/2012 1:16:24 PM PDT by GOYAKLA (Recall/ Impeachment Day, November 6, 2012. FUBO)
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