Zimmerman verdict

[BanginJimmy]

It was appropriate for Zimmerman to be charged in order to perform a detailed investigation, which needed to happen. If it wasn't appropriate, he wouldn't have been charged at all. If he wasn't, I would be worried. I'd feel uneasy if I could get away with murder just by claiming "self-defense". Lol

In the American justice system, the detailed investigation is supposed to take place BEFORE you put someone on trial for their life.

You cant get away with murder by claiming self defense unless there is a lot of evidence to back up your story.

I find myself wondering, if Trayvon was alive and Zimmerman was dead, would Trayvon be in jail?

Look a that, the race card again. That thing must be pretty worn out at this point.

I watched the same trial you did. There was enough evidence to charge Zimmerman, and as of last night, not for a conviction. They don't have to be the same, and the prosecutor can charge something more severe than the police, and all the prosecutor needs is an affidavit of probable cause, which a judge decided to issue. If you believe it was political pressure, it doesn't really matter. These people are elected officials and that's a consequence of that. Everyone wants to be elected. There still needed to be an investigation. Any prosecutor would have jumped all over that case if there was a shred of a chance they could get a conviction. But they tried for too much. They might have got a conviction if it was just manslaughter they were looking for. Instead they focused on the 2nd degree murder and lost.

What evidence are you speaking about? I didnt hear any. Everything the prosecution tried to push was conjecture, not fact.

Read the statute on manslaughter again. That charge fits worse than murder 2.

Highly highly doubt that. Might not have heard as much, but there would have been charges. I would be worried if there wasn't.

In 2010 there were 326 justifiable homicides in the US, 33 of them in Florida. Why didnt we hear anything about those? Why werent any of those national media spectacles?

Just read about a case even less clearly self defense, also from the racist state of florida. Greyston Garcia chased, then stabbed to death a guy that stole his car radio. Judge declared it self defense and dismissed the charges because the theif swung a bag of radios at Garcia.