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George Zimmerman Case: Should Charges Be Dropped?
ABC News ^ | May 21, 2012 | Matt Gutman

Posted on 05/21/2012 5:39:01 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Two prominent U.S. lawyers are among the skeptics questioning whether evidence in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin supports the second-degree murder charge against George Zimmerman, given the confessed shooter's apparent injuries and freshly released eyewitness accounts.

"There is no second-degree murder evidence in this case," Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said. "It's a very close case."

Details released in the past week add to the picture of what might have transpired on that rainy Feb. 26 before Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain in the Sanford, Fla., community where Martin, 17, was staying with his father's fiancée, shot the teen dead.

Previously unknown particulars, including the scrape on Martin's knuckle and photos of Zimmerman's battered and swollen face -- which were taken moments after he shot and killed Martin in what he says was self defense -- coupled with eyewitness accounts that back up Zimmerman's story, suggest for some that the prosecutor overreached.

"I'd rather play the defense than the prosecutor, because there's no way you get a murder-two conviction," journalist-attorney Geraldo Rivera said on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" last week....

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: blackkk; dershowitz; florida; georgezimmerman; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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Is there anyone besides Sean Hannity and Ted Baxter on Fox News who isn't a lawyer?
1 posted on 05/21/2012 5:39:08 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Palin.


2 posted on 05/21/2012 5:41:00 AM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Change!)
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and freshly released eyewitness accounts.

..the same eyewitness account that was told the next day after the story broke.....what has disappeared is the bounty, wanted dead or alive by the Black Panther party and Holders "I ain't seen nuttin" reaction

3 posted on 05/21/2012 5:44:16 AM PDT by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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Dropped against Zimmerman.

Instated against A.Whorey, concurrent with disbarment.

4 posted on 05/21/2012 5:45:13 AM PDT by tomkat (:^)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We all know there is only one reason why these charges were filed :
Terror of the black lynch mob which was rallied by Rev Al the Master hoax-ster.

Welcome to Obama’s united America,


5 posted on 05/21/2012 5:45:46 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Romney is a liberal. Just watch him closely try to screw us.)
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We all know there is only one reason why these charges were filed :
Terror of the black lynch mob which was rallied by Rev Al the Master hoax-ster.

Welcome to Obama’s united America,


6 posted on 05/21/2012 5:45:54 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Romney is a liberal. Just watch him closely try to screw us.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yes the charges should be dropped. I saw the lawyer for the Trevon family last night in an interview and the guy was absolutley violating every ethical and legal agreements and consideration as he blatantly attempted to influence the public opinion in his interview...trying to negate the new evidence. It was absolutely shameful and a disgrace.


7 posted on 05/21/2012 5:45:54 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free, never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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If Zimmerman were smart, when the charges are dropped and/or he’s found not guilty, he needs to move to some South Pacific island, or some place like Liechtenstein or Monaco.

If he stays in the US, he’s not long for this world. Not when he’s already been tried, convicted and sentenced in the court of political correctness.


8 posted on 05/21/2012 5:46:18 AM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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No, the charges should not be dropped.

At this point I want maximum embarassment for the prosecutor, president and press!


9 posted on 05/21/2012 5:46:28 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
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To: JohnBovenmyer

I meant regular employees, not guest commentators, but you’re correct. Ted Baxter has an MPA from Harvard and I’m not sure of Sean’s education. Greta’s a lawyer, as are most of the female regulars on the network.


10 posted on 05/21/2012 5:47:03 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Ich habe keinen Konig aber Gott)
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No, Corey should be brought up on charges.


11 posted on 05/21/2012 5:47:10 AM PDT by Paladin2
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Quotes Dershowitz “It is a very close case,” but cuts it off right there before he has completed his thoughts. What did Dersh really say, in full? We know there is more because a smart person whould not state that it is a “close case” and then suggest that this should be dropped because there is no murder 2 evidence? Editors at it again. There ought to be laws that send them to jail for this.


12 posted on 05/21/2012 5:47:44 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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The prosecution’s attempts to paint Zimmerman as a violent racist that jumped out of his car in eager anticipation of hunting down a black child will not stand up in court. In fact, with the fight club video of Trayvon that has now surfaced, all of the “violent history” positioning of Zimmerman by the prosecutor may be moot, unless the prosecution wants to see Trayvon subjected to the same personal scrutiny.


13 posted on 05/21/2012 5:47:57 AM PDT by Ironfocus (Unseat the Looter-in-Chief)
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"It's a very close case."

I'm not a lawyer. What's a "close case"?
14 posted on 05/21/2012 5:49:23 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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Don't kid yourself. Obama is pulling all the strings.

The object will be to usurp the power of the states in regard to such laws as "stand your ground". Scr** self defense. Waiting to hear Jim Brady's name mentioned.

15 posted on 05/21/2012 5:50:17 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They got manslaughter at the most and they might get it on the grounds that the popo told Z. not to pursue and he got himself “a problem” when he did pursue. And that he escalated the level of violence, i.e. brought a gun to a fistfight.


16 posted on 05/21/2012 5:50:29 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Doogle

The BP bounty was called for until Z was charged.

If he had not been charged, their bounty would still be in force.

It’s now in the legal system, although we know it’s political and racial.

Even the BP would have a tough time calling for Z to be taken into their custody and their brand of vigilante justice meted out to him, while he is under jurisdiction of the official legal system.


17 posted on 05/21/2012 5:52:25 AM PDT by txrangerette ("HOLD TO THE TRUTH...SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR" - Glenn Beck)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Shouldn’t have been charged in the first place.


18 posted on 05/21/2012 5:52:41 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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In fact, with the fight club video of Trayvon that has now surfaced,

When they asked the father if that was Trayvon in the video, he probably said, "Um, let me check with my lawyer."
19 posted on 05/21/2012 5:53:21 AM PDT by Krankor
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There was never a case to begin with.

The police were right in not charging Zimmermen.

The prosecutor should have let it lie, but she had Jesse and Al to deal with.

Charges should be placed against the two biggest race baiters in this nation.
Instead the idiot Sharpton is still working for by MSNBC, probably the most idiotic hiring in the history of television.


20 posted on 05/21/2012 5:53:30 AM PDT by Venturer
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