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Duer 157099

(17,742 posts) Sun Jul 14, 2013, 11:21 PM Jul 2013

What would a successful prosecution have looked like? [View all]

Apparently they were supposed to convince the jury that Z wasn't afraid for his life. How the hell can one even do that? What would that look like?

That a witness heard him say: "Come here asshole, I'm not afraid of you! I don't think you will kill me!"

Is that really what they needed to prove?

If not that, then please provide an example of what a proper successful prosecution would have to do to get a conviction in a case such as this?

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What would a successful prosecution have looked like? [View all] Duer 157099 Jul 2013 OP

I think the prosecution was supposed to cut through the BS and say the bigot with a gun Hoyt Jul 2013 #1

It would have had pipoman Jul 2013 #2

I thought his past was not relevent? Duer 157099 Jul 2013 #3

It has to pertain to the charges pipoman Jul 2013 #5

One where the judge allowed the prosecution to show ... GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #4

A reliable eyewitness who saw Zimmerman on top of Martin, beating the shit out of him, Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #6

What if it was just an earwitness? Duer 157099 Jul 2013 #7