During the Zimmerman trial, we have had DUers argue for his acquittal, which, of course, happened...

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121. Stand Your Ground

I think the Stand Your Ground law played a role in the fact that neither the federal government nor the Martin family sued in civil court. In the case of the Martin family, as a result of the Stand Your Ground law, if they would have lost in civil court they could have been forced to pay for Zimmerman's legal fees. I do not think the family wanted to take a chance at having to pay the legal fees of the man who killed their child. As far as the federal government goes, I think they thought it would be hard to get a favorable verdict due to Stand Your Ground and the fact that Trayvon Martin would not be able testify against George Zimmerman's story.

I think what the original poster might be getting at is that the chance that Zimmerman lied May have increased. I think the OP wants to know if you are still willing to believe Zimmerman's story. A number of people who wanted guilty verdicts did not believe Zimmerman's story that he was just minding his own business when Trayvon Martin walked up to him and attacked him even though he tried to prevent the confrontation and as a result he was forced to kill Martin.

I think some of the opponents of George Zimmerman see shades of the Trayvon Martin case in the last two confrontations Zimmerman has had with other people. According to Zimmerman, in each case he was just minding his business and trying to go about his life when someone, out of the blue, just started attacking him, or "going crazy" and he just tried to defend himself. I think that meme sounds familiar for some at DU.