The prosecution is desperately pulling any rabbit out of the hat they can to get any kind of conviction against Zimmerman. Even if the rabbit is dead and decayed nad has absolutely no life in it.
Zimmerman was attacked by Martin. After all of the testimony, that is absoluteely clear. Zimmerman violoated NO law, and yet Martin sucker punched Zimmerman in the nose, breaking his nose and knocking him to the ground. Martin then climbed on top of the prostrate Zimmerman and was beating him, knocking his head into the ground and cement. Zimmerman's screams for help are hysteric, panicked, and clearly a person fearing for his life.
Zimmerman finally shot in defense of his life. Killing a 17 year old who is in the act of beating you senseless and possibly beating you to death is not child abuse.
The very idea would make reason stare, and would be just another affront to, and travesty of justice. At least the Judge recognized this and rejected it.
Now, I pray, with all my heart, that the Jury comes back with an innocent on all counts verdict, and that they do so very, very quickly. I also pray that the Standford and other local...and heck, nation-wide police and Sheriff's departments are prepared to put down whatever rioting results from such a verdict.
The race baiters, politicians, and liberal media people who are stirring up and inciting this travesty need to be cut down to size...cut off at the knees. They need to be themselves prosecuted for their incitement to violence and conspiracy to subvert the law.
Agree with you. A not-guilty on all counts should be scratched together as soon as possible and let Mr. Zimmerman try to get on with his life. I’m cynical though, and believe the jury will somehow obligated to apply a lesser charge.
I still say that a 20 oz can of ANYTHING is a weapon.
When you pick up a can of fruit from your cupboard & heft it in your hand-—you tell me if you think that would be something called a weapon when it is being slammed against your body or your head.
The idea that only a gun or a knife or a machete or similar can be a ‘weapon’ is a joke.
I can find alot of weapons here on my ranch—even a stirrup strap with a heavy metal stirrup attached can be swung & can most likely kill someone.
Anyone here on FR can find a can of 20 OZ weight in their cupboard & see what I am talking about.
There’s a guy on death row in Texas who just lost his final appeal. When he was 18 he beat a woman to death when she delivered donuts to the his parents. He was just a little older than Trayvon Martin. If she would have been armed and killed him, she would be on death row.
I hope the defense points out that they need to look at it as though Martin was beating Zimmerman with a brick. They had so many chances to point out things like this but didn’t. Such as “Who started the fight? Who had a broken nose?”