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In reply to the discussion: I couldn't understand how those jurors could not grasp how all the inconsistencies, the comments [View all]Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)25. I think that juries watch too much TV and have no idea what "reasonable" doubt means
Zimmerman's scenario was bogus. The jury could have thrown their account of it out and dealt with the evidence and come to the right conclusion.
The only "reasonable doubt" in the scenario was the defense that Zimmerman's legal team presented.
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I couldn't understand how those jurors could not grasp how all the inconsistencies, the comments [View all]
Maraya1969
Jul 2013
OP
I believe all his lies prove that it was not self defene. Why say you were banged 25 times
Maraya1969
Jul 2013
#20
the problem in interpreting jury decisions is figuring out what they thought "reasonable doubt" was
unblock
Jul 2013
#7
I don't think he was a brillian criminal either. But I also think the jury could not follow the
Maraya1969
Jul 2013
#21
i don't think a black, armed accused person would even bother trying that story with a white victim.
unblock
Jul 2013
#37
And I don't think the prosecution thought about how conservativeness and racism
Maraya1969
Jul 2013
#27
If our legal system is skewed to err on the side of not convicting people why do we convict
Maraya1969
Jul 2013
#29
I think that juries watch too much TV and have no idea what "reasonable" doubt means
Horse with no Name
Jul 2013
#25
See you and everyone who says the prosecution dropped the ball also can see clearly
Maraya1969
Jul 2013
#33