Did Trayvon Martin have a history of violence?

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17. The prosecution will do nothing of the kind

If you noticed they will NEVER bring up Trayvon's good character. Once they do they make an opening to the defense to rebutt.

To be fair to the prosecution aficionados same thing If gz's lawyer whip out documented proof say that he was part of a campaign to get justice for a black homeless man(there is good proof) or walked little old ladies across the street, they can bring up gz's old past, as old as it may be.

Perhaps a time limit going back would be fairer, human beings change. get better or worse with time. That is often why in job applications they often only go so far back when asking about criminal history. 10 years, 5 years. In any case, neither have records where somebody went to trial or pled.

As for real data on Trayvon, that is going to be rather hard to do anyway. In miami-dade, a real effort is done to keep juveniles out of the criminal system, when they transgress. the state goes extra mile to even avoid having records if at all possible.