All of the witnesses that suggest Martin was screaming, etc. didn't and couldn't see anything. Hardly the sort of basis one would want to have as a "star witness" for the prosecution!
The foresnic evidence favors Zimmerman's account, too.
“What’s the state gonna do, put on a set of witnesses that saw Zimmerman getting beat up?”
Excellent point! It’s far easier to - almost as if by magic - suddenly find witnesses who will swear that Mr. Zimmerman was chasing down minorities with his motorcycle gang while alternately wearing replica Nazi helmets or KKK hoods.
This should be mere child’s play for so great a civil rights guru as the Rev. Al “Skillets” Sharpton; he apparently has a great deal of experience in such matters, and no matter what eventually unfolds or is exposed, will suffer precious little damage to either his reputation or livelihood.
So why not go for it, right?
Precisely. So the state’s case cannot survive a trial. The defense does not have to call any witnesses, just leave the prosecution to its burden of proof. But the witnesses that they can and should call, the forensics guys and the eye witnesses who saw him getting beat up, will get him acquitted. The facts are aired publicly, the wind is removed from the hustlers’ sails, and an innocent man is vindicated. Done and done.
If I were prosecutor, I would be doing exactly what Ms. Corey is doing. The end result will be justice.