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To: servo1969
Is Florida one of the states that gives a jury the chance to “downgrade” a charge?

Namely, if the jury finds Not Guilty on Murder 2, can they still find Zimm Guilty on Involuntary Manslaughter or a lesser charge?

Murder 2 is absurd.

There has been NO evidence at all that Zimm acted with “Depraved Indifference To Life.”

21 posted on 07/06/2013 5:43:51 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

Posts from attorneys say “lesser included” offenses are an option. That includes manslaughter. Based on the trial evidence so far, manslaughter has not been proved any more than murder 2, either, and it can carry a very long sentence (like 25 years). If the jury takes the coward’s way out to appease the mob, it would be overturned on appeal, but what a travesty.


22 posted on 07/06/2013 6:08:02 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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