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In reply to the discussion: Help me understand something about the Trayvon Martin case. [View all]Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)36. Of course that witness wouldn't lie in order to protect a neighbor
And then I should mention the two jurors who admitted to the media that their minds were already made up to acquit before the trial even started...
People believe the narrative they want to believe...Things like truth and fact had nothing to do with Zimmerman's acquittal, but playing to latent prejudices plus a shockingly weak prosecution did...
But this isn't something I'm in the mood to tear the scab off of for the hundredth time, and I suspect the OP is taking a piss with this little hand grenade of a thread, so this will be my only post on the topic...
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The case wasn't being presented as SYG, but the judge gave SYG instructions anyway
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2014
#23
The jury has the power of jury nullification, I think, just like OJ's jury had. nt
valerief
Oct 2014
#6
SYG is part of self defense in Florida and part of jury instructions whether it is a defense or not.
flamin lib
Oct 2014
#12
I saw police who didn't want to charge, prosecutors who didn't want to try and a jury that couldn't
flamin lib
Oct 2014
#11
I take solace in the fact that Zimmerman is now legally the greatest coward in the history of man.
ieoeja
Oct 2014
#21
When a seemingly credible witness states that Trayvon Martin was on top of Zimmerman,
Nye Bevan
Oct 2014
#34