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Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
32. Once again, you are wrong
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 11:23 AM
Jul 2013

And Googling IL when discussing a case in FL is not helping your case.

Here is a good page that discusses the relevant FL law.

http://www.ohioverticals.com/blogs/akron_law_cafe/2012/04/zimmermans-low-burden-of-proof-on-the-issue-of-self-defense/

These are the FL jury instructions regarding self defense:

If in your consideration of the issue of self-defense you have a reasonable doubt on the question of whether the defendant was justified in the use of deadly force, you should find the defendant not guilty. However, if from the evidence you are convinced that the defendant was not justified in the use of deadly force, you should find [him] [her] guilty if all the elements of the charge have been proved.

Reasonable doubt favors the defendant in claims of self defense, therefore the prosecution must prove it was not self defense beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Oh? RobertEarl Jul 2013 #1
you know what? Fuck Zimmerman quinnox Jul 2013 #2
Well said! hrmjustin Jul 2013 #3
thanks quinnox Jul 2013 #5
I HEAR YOU Skittles Jul 2013 #11
OP isn't defending zimmerman. Tunkamerica Jul 2013 #16
Unfortunately there's a lot of simplistic thinking on these sorts of issues mythology Jul 2013 #46
KnR, and good luck trying to be reasonable and analytical around here just now. Hekate Jul 2013 #4
Noted... onpatrol98 Jul 2013 #6
Good post... +1 Pelican Jul 2013 #7
The case was much better than it was presented. DevonRex Jul 2013 #8
I think Corey hamstrung them on race. Much like the OJ trial, msanthrope Jul 2013 #30
That's my take on it, too. And the poor dumb RW Floridians DevonRex Jul 2013 #39
Yeah, I'm not a lawyer and I could have assembled a better proscution case. It was Nay Jul 2013 #34
Oh noes u r disappointed in DU...whaaaaaaaaaaaa Rex Jul 2013 #9
Zimmerman will get his mwrguy Jul 2013 #10
My magic 8-ball is saying... hunter Jul 2013 #12
The one thing I will always remember about you BainsBane Jul 2013 #13
Thank you, very much so. uppityperson Jul 2013 #14
The same "moral authority" that allows you pintobean Jul 2013 #17
You can count 85% of this site in on that BainsBane Jul 2013 #18
Lol. 85% pintobean Jul 2013 #19
Okay, so you think the majority of DUers BainsBane Jul 2013 #21
I didn't ask about anything pintobean Jul 2013 #22
Okay, I stand corrected BainsBane Jul 2013 #23
+1 PotatoChip Jul 2013 #27
Well said, I completely agree... Spazito Jul 2013 #28
and English was her third language Ghost of Tom Joad Jul 2013 #35
Not really. Her family spoke a diferent language before. WinkyDink Jul 2013 #37
+1 uponit7771 Jul 2013 #38
I said he was obvious trolling and a jury agreed with me. Rex Jul 2013 #40
Was a post hidden? BainsBane Jul 2013 #41
#9 in this thread. Rex Jul 2013 #42
If my best friend was murdered, this is not how I would be acting during the trial: XemaSab Jul 2013 #43
You aren't her BainsBane Jul 2013 #44
Did I say anything about her that wasn't true? XemaSab Jul 2013 #45
Zimmerman shot an unarmed 17 year old... Drunken Irishman Jul 2013 #15
How about the racist laws that helped Zman walk, bigots like B37, guns, etc. Hoyt Jul 2013 #20
I believe that your outrage is based on a major misconception on the burden of proof grantcart Jul 2013 #24
You are incorrect on burden of proof Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #25
It is still an affirmative defense. grantcart Jul 2013 #29
Once again, you are wrong Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #32
Your posts on this topic have disappointed me. Marrah_G Jul 2013 #26
That's a thoughtful, articulate and just great post Boom Sound 416 Jul 2013 #31
Any jury that wasn't predisposed brush Jul 2013 #33
Guess what? Those "legal concepts"? They apply to jurors, as has been posted only about a zillion WinkyDink Jul 2013 #36
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