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George Zimmerman to Be Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder in Death of Trayvon Martin, AP Reports
fox news ^ | 4-11-2012 | fox news

Posted on 04/11/2012 2:48:09 PM PDT by OL Hickory

Special prosecutor Angela Corey has decided to bring charges against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: angelacorey; death; florida; georgezimmerman; martin; trayvonmartin; zimmerman; zimmermanarrest
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To: OL Hickory

I’m pretty sure the fact that she keeps saying “the victim, Trayvon Martin”, betrays her decision.


21 posted on 04/11/2012 3:08:23 PM PDT by andyk (Go Juan Pablo!)
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To: RushIsTheMan
Crass political speech.
22 posted on 04/11/2012 3:08:56 PM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: andyk

even before this she has been exhibit A of everything that is wrong with prosecutors in FL.

If this is a political prosecution then she may be as exposed as nifong.


23 posted on 04/11/2012 3:09:25 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: OL Hickory

Don’t worry. Sharpton’s lynch mobs will go berserk again anyhow when Zimmerman’s attorneys file for change of venue. They’ll demand that Zimmerman get a jury of their peers.


24 posted on 04/11/2012 3:09:49 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (The Democrat Ku Klux Klan is alive and well as the New Black Panthers, CBC and the NAACP)
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To: Vendome
Maybe she is angling to get Zimmerman to accept a plea bargain down to manslaughter and a promise he won't be put into the general population. Alternatively, we will make sure that you get killed and your family served up to the mob.
25 posted on 04/11/2012 3:10:17 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: Nervous Tick

Ms. Corey is as big a coward as the governor who appointed her. Now she will try her best to get a conviction and if, by some miracle, Zimmerman is acquitted, she can call a press conference and state how sure she is that she did the right thing and how sure she is that Zimmerman should have been found guilty and how she would do it again if given the chance, blah, blah, blah.

The only people with any balls were the cops who didn’t arrest Zimmerman. And that cost the C.O.P. his job.


26 posted on 04/11/2012 3:10:22 PM PDT by Terry Mross ("It happened. And we let it happen." - Peter Griffin, Family Guy)
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To: andyk

she wants her judgship now.


27 posted on 04/11/2012 3:10:52 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Vendome

Angela is ‘sacrificing’ George Zimmerman to make of him a revenue enhancement for Sanford. The media circus she is purposely building with this ‘sensational trial’ will suit the bastard in chief, little barry bastard to a tee. Racist vermin they are. This bitch is trying to out do the O.J. spectacle.


28 posted on 04/11/2012 3:11:02 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: OL Hickory

What is the legitimate way to contribute to Mr. Zimmerman’s legal defense, without using Paypal?


29 posted on 04/11/2012 3:11:39 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: OL Hickory
"Remember, it is Trayvon's family that are constitutional victims, and who have the right to know the critical stages of these proceedings"

That is a direct quote from the state attorney.
30 posted on 04/11/2012 3:12:22 PM PDT by andyk (Go Juan Pablo!)
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To: OL Hickory

SOOOO...you are punched in the face, knocked to the ground and have your head slammed multiple times into the concrete. You pull your legal weapon and kill the s.o.b - but you are arrested for murder.....

Had enough yet????


31 posted on 04/11/2012 3:12:51 PM PDT by klb99 (I now understand why the South seceeded)
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To: Houmatt

SSS


32 posted on 04/11/2012 3:12:57 PM PDT by satan (Plumbing new depths of worthlessness on a daily basis.)
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To: OL Hickory

I think BO and his followers may have helped to start the Mexican/Black war. This will probably get ugly.


33 posted on 04/11/2012 3:13:44 PM PDT by jetson
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To: Terry Mross

>> Now she will try her best to get a conviction

It’s not clear to me that she will be the one prosecuting the case.

I was under the (perhaps mistaken) impression that her only job was to decide whether to bring charges.

Do you know for sure?


34 posted on 04/11/2012 3:14:18 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: B Knotts

does this charge mean that the attorney general thinks it was premeditated?


35 posted on 04/11/2012 3:15:23 PM PDT by JerseyDvl (Sometimes the road less traveled.... is less traveled for a reason.)
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To: andyk

I said the same thing..what about Zimmerman’s family...she also mentioned the fact.. “of the person who committed this crime”...I am no lawyer...but the special prosecutor might have just given Zimmerman a mistrial..


36 posted on 04/11/2012 3:15:37 PM PDT by OL Hickory (Jesus and the American soldier-1 died for your soul/1 died for your freedom)
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To: B Knotts

I’m concerned that, if convicted, Zimmerman may not survive a jail term.


37 posted on 04/11/2012 3:16:43 PM PDT by ArmyTeach (Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain ... USS Iowa BB 61)
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To: Paladin2
"WAY overcharged."

Absolutely. Definite overkill.

Makes me wonder if she plans on offering him a deal. They'll be hard-pressed to prove the charges, and where will the guy be able to get an unbiased jury? I hope Zimmerman gets himself a good criminal defense lawyer who slaps them all upside the head.

38 posted on 04/11/2012 3:18:01 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: CodeToad
A charge they know cannot stick.

Right, that's the whole point. Charge him with essentially "murder" and get it thrown out under the law.

Manslaughter is all they could possibly hope for under what evidence I've seen.

39 posted on 04/11/2012 3:18:46 PM PDT by sirchtruth (Freedom is not free.)
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To: RushIsTheMan

That speech was sickening and wholly unprofessional.


40 posted on 04/11/2012 3:18:46 PM PDT by commonguymd (Freedom is a myth anymore it seems)
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