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Day 24 (Week #5) Zimmerman Trial – Final Day – Probably a Verdict before dinner [No, Jury Adjourned]
The Conservative Treehouse ^ | July 12, 2013 | Sundance

Posted on 07/12/2013 4:52:55 AM PDT by Uncle Chip

Today, July 12th, is DAY #24 (of 5th week) State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case.

Yesterday the prosecution provide closing arguments (Summary: http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/07/states-closing-argument-two-hours-of-raising-doubt).

Today the defense attorney, Mark O’Mara will present his closing argument. Then the prosecution rebuttal.

(Excerpt) Read more at theconservativetreehouse.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: finalday; livezimmermantrial; trayvon; trayvonmartin; verdict; zimmerman
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To: maggief
cursive

That's the new dog whistle, right? How raycyst!

2,501 posted on 07/12/2013 1:12:32 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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To: txmissy

I take it then that the jury retired for deliberations at 2:30 pm.

My prediction: Jury returns with a verdict at 7:10 pm (4 hours, 40 minutes deliberation).

Second degree murder: “Not guilty.”

Manslaughter: “Not guilty.”


2,502 posted on 07/12/2013 1:12:38 PM PDT by Jeff Winston
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To: freeangel

Thank you my dear girl.. It is certainly good be be anywhere after my surgery, it is a real pleasure to be back home on FReeRepublic... Carlo


2,503 posted on 07/12/2013 1:12:52 PM PDT by carlo3b (Speechless in Sugar Land)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
"I thought Miss Cleo had been shut down..."

They could be relying on this one....(Oda Mae)...


2,504 posted on 07/12/2013 1:13:04 PM PDT by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie)
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To: XenaLee
LOL!!!

Thanks for that!!!

2,505 posted on 07/12/2013 1:13:45 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
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To: cornfedcowboy

All hung juries readily in a mistrial.

Not all mistrials are a result of hung juries.

The end result is most often the same, a new trial unless the prosecution declines to retry the case.

In rare instances, the defense may try to file a motion of prohibition to bar a new trial. Those are usually rejected, but would likely be successful in this case.


2,506 posted on 07/12/2013 1:14:17 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: toldyou

THANK YOU!


2,507 posted on 07/12/2013 1:14:20 PM PDT by Fawn (In a World of Information, Ignorance is a Choice.)
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To: wbill

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2,508 posted on 07/12/2013 1:15:09 PM PDT by Ingtar (The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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Zimmerman trial draws 50 to courthouse

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/trayvon-martin/os-george-zimmerman-trial-scene-20130712,0,2192412.story?track=rss

SANFORD — About 50 people — not including the media — are gathered calmly outside the Seminole County criminal courthouse now, awaiting the verdict in the George Zimmerman second-degree murder trial.

The gathering was mostly subdued until someone with a megaphone showed up. Officials told Chimurenga Waller with the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement to stop using it, which he did.

“We come in peace. We’re emphasizing peace but we also understand the issues can’t be swept under the rug. We’re here to support the people of Sanford... Even after this case is over our work is just beginning...” said James Evans Muhammad, minister of education for the New Black Panther Party.....

“These people don’t look violent to me,’’ Muhammad said.

Meanwhile, one woman from Georgia says she heard what she thought were jail inmates chanting “Justice for Trayvon” before arriving outside the courthouse.

The county’s jail, the John Polk Correctional Facility, is across the street from the courthouse.

Cawthon said she had been following the case since it exploded in the media last year and she felt morally obligated to be at the courthouse for the verdict.

“It was a different feeling I got even as I was driving up,” said the 40-year-old Cawthon, who has a 17-year-old daughter. “When I drove past the jail all I could hear was ‘Justice for Trayvon’ — like all the inmates screaming. That was exhilarating.”

After the deliberations began, Benjamin Crump, an attorney for Trayvon’s parents, expressed confidence jurors would return a guilty verdict.

“The state prosecutor’s closing statement cut to the heart of the matter. If you reverse the dynamics, nobody would say that it was a hard case. Nobody would say that it was a complicated case,” Crump said. “We’ve always believed that if the jury based their verdict on the evidence, he will be held accountable for killing Trayvon Martin.”

Crump added that he believes “that they’re going to return a verdict that holds him accountable for killing Trayvon Martin. I put my faith in the justice system and that it works for everybody... Does it work for everybody, that’s what the whole world is watching for. Do we all get equal justice?”

Cawthon said traveling to Sanford for the verdict was her way of becoming part of the historic moment.

“I have never had the opportunity to be a part of anything that involved brown people and I’m here now,’’ she said. “I had the opportunity to do this and I felt like I should. I wanted to be here. I wanted know what the feeling was like... I just wanted to see the reaction of real people”


2,509 posted on 07/12/2013 1:15:15 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: RetSignman
What if there is no their, there?

Then they're screwed.

2,510 posted on 07/12/2013 1:15:53 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Harriet Meiers is looking pretty good right about now.)
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To: onyx

It would be nice if millions of white people started wearing your cap. You should get a copyright and start selling them.


2,511 posted on 07/12/2013 1:16:07 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (If you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil!)
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To: XenaLee

Florida ...bracing for protests and possible riots

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/12/zimmerman-verdict-police-prep/2511995/


2,512 posted on 07/12/2013 1:16:18 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Uncle Chip
someone with a megaphone showed up

Reverend Al???

2,513 posted on 07/12/2013 1:16:26 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
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To: maggief

Thanks for the photo..

Teaching hatred starts at a young age. How sad.

Note the poster that starts out with:

“If You White.”


2,514 posted on 07/12/2013 1:17:08 PM PDT by toldyou (Even if the voices aren't real, they have some pretty good ideas.)
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To: maggief

Love the sign...”I Am Trayvon”? Don’t think so...you’re still breathing.


2,515 posted on 07/12/2013 1:18:20 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: dragnet2

“Florida ...bracing for protests and possible riots”

Yep. The natives will be disappointed if a guilty verdict is rendered, no doubt. They’re “in the mood”.


2,516 posted on 07/12/2013 1:18:23 PM PDT by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie)
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To: Jeff Winston

7:10 huh? haha...:)


2,517 posted on 07/12/2013 1:18:43 PM PDT by Fawn (In a World of Information, Ignorance is a Choice.)
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To: Uncle Chip

The absolute ignorance is beyond belief.


2,518 posted on 07/12/2013 1:18:49 PM PDT by John W (Viva Cristo Rey!)
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To: VerySadAmerican

I’m a cracka, he’s a cracka, she’s a cracka, wouldn’t you like to be a cracka too?


2,519 posted on 07/12/2013 1:18:56 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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To: Donnafrflorida
she thinks he is guilty

Many people don't understand what "murder" means, as in, "He shot him so he is guilty of murder."

Heck, yesterday a Freeper described the shooting of a dog as, "He murdered a family member."

2,520 posted on 07/12/2013 1:19:28 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Harriet Meiers is looking pretty good right about now.)
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