If Zimmerman prevails in the SYG hearing the Martin family can't sue.

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45. I don't think there was a cause for arrest

even two days before the arrest. Clearly, Zimmerman was working with an attorney who was working with the prosecutor to figure out if there would BE charges, and what they would be. There was no reason to "turn himself in" if there was no arrest warrant or such legal paperwork being drawn up.

The only way SYG gets "shot down" is if the various legislatures decide to rewrite it or eliminate it. It's possible that the courts could try to invalidate it, but if that went all the way to the SCOTUS, we'd have to hope that one of the five conservative Justices is replaced by a progressive one at that point. Still, legislatures could use the words of such a decision to rewrite another SYG that passes judicial muster.

If this doesn't go 100% your way (and that seems to include having Zimmerman shanked in prison by a black inmate, from what you say in post #38) then I expect you will be very sorely disappointed? I have a feeling that a significant number of people feel the way you do, and it's one of the reasons that I'm glad this trial will take place after the election. I saw how Richard Nixon was able to play white fear of the 1965-68 race riots into a winning issue, even with George Wallace bleeding off the very worst of the racist vote.