George Zimmerman "testified" in his Second Degree Murder trial today. He won't have to again.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

125. Sure you can.

All second degree murder requires is that Zimmerman acted with a callous disregard for human life, that he went there not caring about any potential lethal consequences his behavior might have.

Manslaughter requires that Zimmerman acted recklessly, that he knew about potential lethal consequences and still did what he did.

There's not much of a distinction between the two. It's a pretty small jump. The state can argue that Zimmerman's actions that night fell into both catagories without contradicting itself.

We're not talking about the Casey Anthony case, where the state pretty much locked itself into a first degree, premeditated murder charge and really couldn't argue outside of its own box wherein they would have to say, "Well, even if Casey didn't intentionally and premeditatedly kill her daughter because she wanted to return to her partying lifestyle as we claim she did, she...um....acted recklessly or with a depraved heart."

This is a much different case.