One of the fundamental things the jury will have to determine is whether it is more plausible that Trayvon Martin attacked George Zimmerman without provocation, or that George Zimmerman acted in an unreasonable fashion so as to provoke the attack. The prosecutor is objecting to evidence of Trayvon Martin's character not because it is irrelevant to such determination, but because they know full well that it is very relevant to such determination. For the right to a trial by jury to mean anything, the jury has to be allowed to make the important factual decisions. If Judge Nelson keeps out such evidence, and the state scores a conviction as a result, it will be Judge Nelson, rather than the jury, who really found Zimmerman guilty.
I agree with that. Judges screw accuseds all the time.
A “search for the truth”? Ha
Hopefully Jorge’s attorney will be willing to go to jail for his client
These judges are nasty down there. I’ve never seen a case so crying out for self-defense.