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.
I've been thinking about this case some more. The only scenario I can imagine which would be consistent with the undisputed facts of the case and might justify a Second Degree Murder charge would be if Zimmerman had antagonized Trayvon Martin to such an unreasonable extent that Martin's actions would be considered excusable. To be sure, it's hard to imagine that in the time between the 911 call and the attack Zimmerman could have possibly antagonized anyone sufficiently to merit the savage beating he received, but that's the only scenario I can see the prosecutor painting which would merit the charge, even if all contested facts are viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution.
If the prosecution does take such a stand, then given the lack of any other evidence that Zimmerman unreasonably antagonized Martin, the only argument I can see the prosecution trying to make would be that Trayvon Martin would not have attacked Zimmerman had Zimmerman not unreasonably antagonized and provoked him. If the prosecutor were allowed to put forth such an argument, the extent of Zimmerman's injuries would actually work against him since some jurors may find it easier to imagine that someone who was severely antagonized and stifled his anger for awhile might release his rage in a savage fury, than to imagine that a person could behave so savagely without provocation. If the prosecution does attempt such a tack, that would make Trayvon's past behavior even more indisputably relevant: a claim that Trayvon Martin would not have exhibited such savage behavior without extreme provocation would be rebutted by evidence which showed he had, in fact, done precisely that.