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markiv

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7. i've never understood how people handle the pressure of a murder trial

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Wed Jun 26, 2013, 01:53 AM

Jun 2013

innocent or guilty, it would absolutely break many people, it's why we have the double jeopardy rules, because more than one trial for murder could kill many people, innocent or guilty

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Zimmerman has gained 120 lbs in a year [View all] BainsBane Jun 2013 OP

I doubt it. I think he is just getting ready for prison. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #1

There is no way to tell why he gained all that weight... cynatnite Jun 2013 #2

medication would make sense BainsBane Jun 2013 #4

Anti-depressants are infamous for that n/t Kurska Jun 2013 #6

and it would make sense if he's depressed BainsBane Jun 2013 #8

i heard this also and was wondering if it was intentional, but if you look at his older pics JI7 Jun 2013 #3

I suspect he has struggled with his weight his entire life. Kurska Jun 2013 #5

i've never understood how people handle the pressure of a murder trial markiv Jun 2013 #7

that's an average gain of 2.3 pounds a week Spider Jerusalem Jun 2013 #9

calculate in that he is less active BainsBane Jun 2013 #10

He was really heavy when he killed Trayvon. Then disappeared DevonRex Jun 2013 #11

CNN said he weighed 190 when he killed Trayvon BainsBane Jun 2013 #12

How tall is he? Did they say? DevonRex Jun 2013 #16

He's not very tall BainsBane Jun 2013 #23

Strategy? NoOneMan Jun 2013 #13

If his previous weight was the result of a crash diet ecstatic Jun 2013 #14

It makes him look more bigger/bulkier. I don't think that's necessarily a plus for the defense nt Incitatus Jun 2013 #15

I agree, that's what I was thinking. If I had been Zimmerman I Raine Jun 2013 #24

It's the cheap carbs that both prisoners and students are fed. Fawke Em Jun 2013 #17

He's not in jail BainsBane Jun 2013 #18

Then he's still eating too many carbs. Fawke Em Jun 2013 #19

120 lbs is a whole lotta carbs BainsBane Jun 2013 #20

Forty more pounds and he'll be his "killing weight" plus Trayvon's. nt MADem Jun 2013 #21

He probably is on a drug MFM008 Jun 2013 #22