George Zimmerman is PRESUMED innocent.... [View all]

[mike_c]

I'm going to do something real unpopular around here today and remind everyone that, now that he has been charged and arrested, George Zimmerman is presumed innocent until proven guilty. He hasn't been convicted of 2nd degree murder yet-- I suspect he never will be, but rather will cop to a lesser charge eventually, but that's beside the point. This is where people who love their human rights start standing up for them. Even the most vilified deserve due process and a chance to confront their accuser in court.

Cheney threw people down the hole at Guantanamo without respecting their human rights, and that place is still a blight on the American conscience. Zimmerman will get his day in court, as will the people. Until then, everyone has an opinion, but none of them really matter. He is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. An indictment isn't a conviction.

Now I'm going to turn off my computer and go home. Flame away.

on edit: clarified the OP to include the PRESUMPTION rather than the fact of innocence, since no facts have been established in court.