When I heard that the State wanted child abuse 3rd degree murder, I thought, “How many bites of the apple do they get?” One other observation I had, there have been comments by the talking heads that Zimmerman should have announced to Martin that he was neighborhood watch, or that he was armed, etc. etc. which would have defused the confrontation. These “experts” obviously have never been in a situation like this. They seem to think that Zimmerman would have had all the time in the world to do that. No way...Zimmerman would have seconds from the time that Martin appeared in front of him in the dark till Martin played the “knockout game.” This trial should be required watching for anyone considering ccw. I took an advanced course from Insights and this exact scenario was taught to the class.
Didn’t TM tell him that he was going to die tonight? Or at least indicated that he was going to really hurt him badly. That right there puts GZ in self-defense.