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26. I would add that I think the police mishandled the affair from the beginning making it

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Sun Jul 14, 2013, 03:00 PM

Jul 2013

hard for the prosecution - or easy for the prosecution to do less than a "due diligence" job.

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I blame the prosecution. [View all] yardwork Jul 2013 OP

I agree with you. The jury selection wasn't good enough. In_The_Wind Jul 2013 #1

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Hello ~ ZEROzipNADA. It's not about the ethnicity of the jury. It is about ... In_The_Wind Jul 2013 #30

The prosecution was lazy notadmblnd Jul 2013 #2

I agree about the jury. Many seemed to think Laurian Jul 2013 #3

And we keep hearing how the South has Skidmore Jul 2013 #4

I do, too, they did a piss poor job of pointing out inconsistencies Warpy Jul 2013 #5

I think the fix was in katmondoo Jul 2013 #6

Another poster in a different thread made a good point Blue_Tires Jul 2013 #7

To be fair, their witnesses were terrible LittleBlue Jul 2013 #8

Then the prosecution should have prepared more carefully. yardwork Jul 2013 #19

The prosecution destroyed their own credibility pintobean Jul 2013 #9

That was a weak example of Zimmerman's lies anyway. That's what I mean. yardwork Jul 2013 #16

It wasn't a weak example of anything pintobean Jul 2013 #25

My point is that it was a minor issue to focus on anyway, while ignoring big glaring issues. yardwork Jul 2013 #33

The jury had no credibility. They're the ones who blew this case. Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #36

So we're assuming shit about the jury now? OwnedByCats Jul 2013 #37

You just assumed a whole lot of shit about those women!!! Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #39

I said they FOLLOWED THE LAW OwnedByCats Jul 2013 #41

Did you have any problem with the profiling in this case? pintobean Jul 2013 #42

Are you talking about the way Zimmerman profiled Trayvon?? Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #43

No, it is about how you profiled the female jury n/t Lurks Often Jul 2013 #46

Because they weren't white?? Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #49

And what does the President have anything to do with this thread? Lurks Often Jul 2013 #51

No shit. And 3 of them had recently moved there. B2G Jul 2013 #45

I think there was a major irony recognition failure pintobean Jul 2013 #50

You're the one who said it, so you have to own it. Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #53

No problem. I own everything I posted in this thread pintobean Jul 2013 #55

You own everything you ever posted here!!! Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #56

Yes, we all do pintobean Jul 2013 #59

They had to answer every element of Z's story hack89 Jul 2013 #10

There were lots of inconsistencies and obvious lies in Zimmerman's story. yardwork Jul 2013 #12

Those " inconsistencies" and "lies" are obvious to you hack89 Jul 2013 #28

You tell me how Zimmerman pulls that gun out from under him. yardwork Jul 2013 #32

I wasn't there hack89 Jul 2013 #35

The PROSECUTION acknowledged that Martin struck Zimmerman Lurks Often Jul 2013 #48

That's exactly what I'm talking about. yardwork Jul 2013 #52

If you are depending on race instead of evidence... Pelican Jul 2013 #11

If you think that all black males are violent, drug-addled killers then you live in a prison anyway. yardwork Jul 2013 #13

WTF are you talking about? Pelican Jul 2013 #15

Trayvon had a bag of Skittles and a drink and the evil ove had a gun. Your going to tell me the evil hrmjustin Jul 2013 #14

I'll say that Zimmerman has been determined to be "Not guilty" Pelican Jul 2013 #17

Do you think Trayvon started it? hrmjustin Jul 2013 #18

Hell if I know... Pelican Jul 2013 #20

This whole thing is a miscarriage of justice. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #21

and? Pelican Jul 2013 #22

And it must be proclaimed loudly here and elsewhere. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #23

And some here don't give a damn, but continue on supporting a cold hearted killer who has lumpy Jul 2013 #31

Nobody is supporting GZ by supporting our OwnedByCats Jul 2013 #40

I would add that I think the police mishandled the affair from the beginning making it byeya Jul 2013 #26

Correct. Letting this killing go 40 days without a thorough investigation helped to let Zimmerman lumpy Jul 2013 #34

I think they overreached. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2013 #27

I'm with you on this. The witness preparation was abysmal. GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #29

As a trial lawyer, I can tell you that you can only COLGATE4 Jul 2013 #64

I can see how doctors would be arrogant enough to ignore your advice GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #65

The ME did seem to have an inordinately high opinion of COLGATE4 Jul 2013 #66

I Blame Guns otohara Jul 2013 #38

The prosecution had no case. Vattel Jul 2013 #44

No evidence that Zimmerman attacked Martin? yardwork Jul 2013 #47

I mean attacked as opposed to defending himself against an attack. Vattel Jul 2013 #54

The approach I thought they'd take would be to compare Z's story vs the evidence Benton D Struckcheon Jul 2013 #57

Exactly. yardwork Jul 2013 #60

I blame, in order of importance Revanchist Jul 2013 #58

Jury selection, maybe... Punkingal Jul 2013 #61

Have you ever been on a jury panel or selected for a jury? It's hard to get what you want. Honeycombe8 Jul 2013 #62

The judge overruled the prosecution wanting to remove two mzmolly Jul 2013 #63