Posted on 03/11/2013 10:05:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The key prosecution witness in the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman has allegedly been caught in a significant lie:
Trayvon Martin’s girlfriend, the state’s most important witness in the George Zimmerman murder case, was caught in a lie, it was revealed Tuesday.
It was not the first piece of misinformation tied to her, but it was the most damaging to date and left prosecutors in a very awkward position.
They had to publicly acknowledge that their star witness had lied under oath and had to answer questions about what they intend to do about it.
Reporters asked: Will you charge the 19-year-old Miami woman with perjury?
The state’s lead prosecutor, Bernie de la Rionda, gave an ambiguous answer: “You can all read the law and make your own decision.”
The 19-year-old woman — who had originally claimed to be just sixteen at the time of the shooting, when she was in fact two years older — was caught in a second lie. She had told prosecutors that she was in the hospital during Trayvon Martin’s funeral, a claim that investigators for the defense now claim is false.
The unidentified woman, also identified in court documents as “Witness 8,” was the state’s best “earwitness,” having been on the phone with Trayvon Martin during the incident up until the point she claimed Martin initiated a confrontation with George Zimmerman. Shortly afterward, the phone went dead.
The physical evidence recovered in the case largely supports — and at least as importantly, does not conflict with — George Zimmerman’s claim that Martin attacked him, knocked him down with a punch, and then beat his head against a concrete sidewalk. Zimmerman claims that he feared for his life at this point, drew his 9mm pistol, and fired the single shot that struck Trayvon Martin in the chest, killing him.
None of the witnesses at the condominium complex saw the beginning of the confrontation, and those that did see part of the confrontation tell seemingly contradictory stories — some insisting Martin was on top, some claiming it was likely Zimmerman.
Witness 8′s alleged perjury puts the state in the odd position of having to possibly charge their best witness in the case with the crime of lying under oath, significantly damaging her credibility.
This puts the state’s case against Zimmerman in a particularly precarious position. Legal experts including high-profile Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz have claimed from the beginning that there was no evidence to support a second-degree murder charge in the case, and have even gone so far as to claim that the prosecution of Zimmerman was entirely political.
Social-justice activists such as Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson were among those stirring the pot after the district attorney refused to bring charges against George Zimmerman. They raised both the profile of the case and inflamed African-American communities across Florida and across the nation, eventually creating the public furor that led Florida Governor Rick Scott to appoint a special prosecutor to take over the investigation.
Neither Jackson nor Sharpton has responded to a PJ Media request for comment on the developments surrounding Witness 8′s alleged perjury and the viability of the overall case against George Zimmerman.
Jose Baez, the lead defense attorney in the high-profile Casey Anthony case, has lambasted the prosecution for the weakness of the case:
“I have never seen a high-profile case that is so weak as the Zimmerman case,” Baez told Lauren Rowe on WKMG-Channel 6′s “Flashpoint.” The program aired Sunday morning.
Baez said he based his view on the evidence and not on his representing Chris Serino, the lead Sanford police investigator in the case. “I just think looking at the overall case, it’s extremely weak,” Baez said. “I had that opinion from very early on in the case.”
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Baez cited several reasons for his take on the Zimmerman evidence: The only eyewitness says that Martin was on top during the fight, and Zimmerman told law enforcement he was screaming for help during the fight, a point backed up by a 911 tape.
It remains to be seen if the state will continue the case against Zimmerman now that their best witness has severely damaged her credibility, and what the ramifications will be publicly and politically if the case is no longer tenable.
The original purpose of the prosecution was to gin up more White Guilt so as to get the One reelected. It did. They should drop the case.
Or how about an innocent verdict in July or August? When the riots are over, demolish Detroit, Watts, Camden, Newark, New Orleans, Birmingham.
It has to go to trial. They’ve already found him guilty. They need to make it official.
That's been my guess all along. The state is in the position of a fool who's talked himself into a corner, and now chooses to make wilder and wilder assertions rather than back up, admit the facts, and apologize for having been mistaken.
Playing the race card is every bit as stupid today as when George Wallace stood in the school house door and proclaimed, "Segregation today! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!"
I think we can hear the train coming for this railroad job. I expect sort of a reverse OJ verdict with the prosecutor saying, “Once the dog’s been sicced, you must convict!”
We can only hope Zimmerman seeks and wins an appeal.
Trayvon Martin’s death was a GOOD SHOOT.
Get over it....
This guy isn't quite up to speed yet. The age discrepancy is a fiction by lawyer Crump so she could be shielded from the public while he used the so-called testimony to have Zimmerman arrested.
Eventually, this "DeeDee" will be proven in court to never have existed in the first place, and Crump himself will be up on many charges, including perjury and obstruction of justice.
Nobody who cares, believes justice will ultimately prevail.
Given the actions of the media, police, political activists, witnesses, lawyers and our government, none of whom appear to be all that focused on truth and justice.
If Zimmerman is judged not guilty, many others should immediately be charged with crimes.
If Zimmerman is judged guilty, many others should immediately be charged with crimes.
Everybody who cares, is correct.
Credibility will not a problem with low-information jurors.
tara says:
March 13, 2013 at 11:20 am
If you all don’t mind, I want to continue a conversation about a post by recoverydotgod in yesterday’s Zimmerman thread. It regards a comparison of two different ABC recordings of DeeDee, the first is a portion of the ABC recording of the Crump interview, and the second is a Matt Gutman report from Mar 29. recoverydotgod asks us to determine whether or not it’s the same DeeDee.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/hear-phone-conversation-18622033 @3:12-3:20
Same DeeDee?
Also notice in Matt’s Mar 29 report that he explicitly states that Trademark’s “girlfriend” is 16 years old. He attributes much other info to Crump, but when it comes to her age he reports it as fact. So how did he know that she was 16?.
We know Matt talked to DeeDee several times, presumably after the Crump interview. Where are those recordings? What did Matt ask DeeDee before the brief clip at the second link? The clip starts out with DeeDee emphatically stating “Trayvon did not say that at all”. What didn’t Trayvon say? This is infuriating and intriguing at the same time.
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2013/03/13/03-13-george-zimmerman-case-open-discussion-thread/
How many chillens do they have together? Is he the sperm donor?
These day’s I’m pretty much fine with racism, as long as its allowed to go both ways...
That is the job of Zimmerman’s attorney to block enough black jurors that Zimmerman can at least get a mistrial. It is why he earns the big bucks.
Create a entirely new party; call it what you might. The Patriot Party is born out of necessity. Don't scoff at me, the Republican Union Party was born in 1860 because of the threat of civil war.
That train has travelled full circle, we have arrived at that sad, unhappy station where for the good of the Republic, we must fight again. Surprisingly, we'll be going to battle for the exact same reason we fought the bloodiest war in our history; to free black America from racism and slavery to entitlement.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Obama weighed in on this case early on, and doesn't have the balls to admit that he spoke before he had the facts. There's a lot riding on this... a lot of very powerful people want to make sure Obama doesn't get embarrassed by this thing going the "wrong way".
Um . . . . . . what?
No, seriously, what the h#ll are you talking about?
I really like your accent not to mention you’re logic. It’s oldfashion workfare!
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