That’s about where I’m at on what they proved.
I just read the instructions to the jury. No wonder they’re taking so long. It was a head-scratcher and full of convoluted language. It probably took the first day and a half to figure out what the heck it was saying.
http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/news/documents/2013/07/12/Zimmerman_Final_Jury_Instructions.pdf
I don’t know how he would have such insight, but a close friend of GZ’s just said on Fox that he has insight that indicates 5-1 for acquittal with one holdout for manslaughter.
HEADS UP EVERYONE: FRANK TAFFE SAID HE HAS HEARD THAT 5 GO FOR AN ACQUITTAL AND ONE IS HOLDING OUT LOOKING AT MANSLAUGHTER. HE JUST WENT ON AN UNFAIR RANT AT JUDGE ALEX SAYING HE HAS SEEN HIS INTERVIEWS AND KEEPS PUSHING RACIAL PROFILING AND JUDGE ALEX WAS SHOCKED. IT WAS NOT TRUE.
Ping to 2042 for final jury instructions.
I’ve read the jury charge five times and I still don’t understand the Florida law.
I can believe that leaving the truck COULD BE “culpable negligence”, but the way self-defense is supposed to be integrated with the elements of manslaughter is incredibly unclear in the instructions as written.
And if I ever imagined leaving your truck such that you were attacked could be “culpable negligence” by the manslaughter law, I would have demanded an SYG hearing before the trial.