Michael Vick killed a dog he went to jail

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6. The criminal justice system is supposed to make it hard to convict somebody

The case presented by the prosecution wasn't enough to meet the bar of beyond a reasonable doubt. Yes I think it sucks that George Zimmerman isn't going to jail, but as Benjamin Franklin said, "it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer".

The prosecution had to prove it's case. A dog fighting ring is easy to prove, as was Plaxico Buress shooting himself. It's pretty easy to point to a dog that has been in a dog fighting ring, it's easy to prove that the gun Plaxico Buress had was the one that shot him.

It's hard to prove what happened on a dark street with no real witnesses. Yes George Zimmerman was the underlying cause of any confrontation and therefore the death of Trayvon Martin, but that alone doesn't prove murder or manslaughter given the laws around self-defense. I think those laws should be revisited in light of this case, because there's obviously a pretty big flaw with them.