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In reply to the discussion: Wow! It sounds like the JUDGE, not the jury, may have freed Zimmerman. [View all]DallasNE
(7,994 posts)That the defense team was able to successfully bully Judge Nelson. And with a 100% chance of appeal stemming from a guilty verdict Judge Nelson caved time and time again as she seem unsure of herself at several key moments and was unwilling to take a single risk. Justice often seemed secondary in such a pressurized situation. Results are measured by outcomes and the jury instructions are the key area where this comes into play.
The jury still has to explain how they simply ignored the 911 call with the scream that terminated the millisecond the shot was fired. Because of the circumstances there is a 100% chance it is Martin that is screaming so how could the jury have not seen this recorded call as the 600 pound gorilla in the room. Left out of the discussion so far is the role money had in the outcome of this case. The defense had it and the prosecution did not and no where does that show up more than in discovery. It was discovery, after all, where the defense learned that the girlfriend could not read cursive. Another indicator was the props the defense had at their disposal and the prosecution had none. The prosecution, for whatever reason, was starved for money.