“Were you on the Casey Anthony jury?”
I wouldn’t go there. If anything the Casey Anthony defense should be a model for Zimmerman. The state in that case couldn’t prove its case, merely relying on what was not a crime—i.e. failing to report the kid’s disappearance—to hint that she was the one who killed her. Well, Casey shutting her mouth for a month was far worse than Zimmerman “following” and “confronting” Martin and getting out of his truck. Someone killed Caylee, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was Casey.
But you can’t convict according to the “someone did it” mindset, nor by the “Martin was unarmed” mindset. Neither adds up to conviction. There was some evidence against Casey, in the form of internet searches, sticker residue, and trunk smells. Nothing to surpass the reasonable doubt bar, as the defense could reasonably posit that she drowned in the pool and Casey’s dad helped her cover it up. Likewise, Zimmerman could have started the fight and resorted to shooting once he was losing. But it also could’ve happened like I think it probably did, i.e. by Martin committing assault by attacking Zimmerman and Zimmerman shooting Martin.
The Anthony defense obviated all but two possibilities. The jury just picked the one with absolutely no evidence to support it.