Judge considers lesser charges for Zimmerman

[Perdogg]

link only USA Today

[digger48]

hung jury and a retrial.

will probably take until at least....oh, say..... mid-November 2014 to get him back in court.

In the mean-time, the Crackers of this coutry are held hostage to the terroist threats of Justice Department sponsored riots every weekend,

[cdcdawg]

Yeah, or if they sold guns to Mexican drug cartels, with the goal of disarming the American people.

[cdcdawg]

Analyst for CNN?

[clintonh8r]

This is a trap! In Florida manslaughter against a minor is 30 years, and the jurors probably don’t know that.

[depressed in 06]

Sounds like double jeopardy to me.

[cdcdawg]

I don’t have much faith in that process. I think the decent folk of Florida are outnumbered now. Actually, maybe some south Florida riots would be a good thing. Perhaps they should get what they voted for. I don’t worry about the Northern part of the state, or the panhandle.

[Rebelbase]

Or if the media made a martyr out of a woman who testified before Congress about birth control all because a radio talk host exposed her as being slutty.

[MrEdd]

There are no federal statutes to try Zimmerman under. He is not a government employee so civil rights violations do not come into play.

[advertising guy]

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[advertising guy]

thank you

[cdcdawg]

I think we could go on for while with these. It would take a lot for me to not believe something about this Administration/Regime.

[supercat]

Someone mentioned today that in florida that manslaughter inclusion is automatic.

It would be if it were consistent with evidence. I would think that if the defense were to stipulate that GZ deliberately aimed at Trayvon before pulling the trigger, that would imply that a manslaughter charge would be inconsistent with the stipulated evidence.

[luvie]

There should have been a mistrial after she spoke directly to Zimmerman...IMHO....

[griswold3]

FL manslaughter committed with gun and victim under 18 or elderly carries 30 years. not much difference

[glock rocks]

Shameless my pretty pony dooties, straight out of the oval office.

Those who go along with this kind of treasonous horseshit are the enemy within!! Nationwide TEA Party this weekend!! Be there!! DONT TREAD ON ME!!

134 posted on 07/03/2009 12:32:19 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jimrobfr)

[Theodore R.]

I just don’t have faith in much of anything Floridian; haven’t set foot in the state since 1989 and probably never will again.

[luvie]

Dude...

....that’s an insult to Judge Judy! :)

[Sarah Barracuda]

Then I guess you have a hung jury..but what I worry about is not the 2nd degree murder charge, I dont believe for a second he will be convicted of that, but what I fear is the jury, not knowing the law about what a manslaughter conviction will bring, but say “What the hell, let’s convict him of something” and think that manslaughter will bring him 4-5 years when in reality its the same sentence as 2nd degree murder

[muffassa]

Spot on perdogg....i left that cesspool!

[cuban leaf]

What about Aggravated Assault? That was the other charge mentioned in the article.

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Except Zimmerman was acting in self defense. And in florida you are allowed to use deadly force if you fear “great bodily harm”. Several witnesses testified that the head trauma he receieved was more than enough to cause a normal person to believe he was in for a serious beating, and even the injuries he received could have killed him.

And he doesn’t have to even prove that. He only needs to create a reasonable doubt. This is a classic self defense case. The man is guilty of absolutely nothing, except maybe double parking his truck.