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In reply to the discussion: Enough of the bs. Let's cut to the chase, shall we? [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)You seem to be ok that Trayvon threw a punch? I don't even know that. Maybe he threw none.
Do you not understand how every little detail like this shifts the potential crime, punishment, and the burden of the state to prove to a particular level of confidence to the jury that certain things occurred?
Do you not understand how a defense attorney will use, if a punch was thrown, that fact in Zimmerman's favor? You seem to dismiss a punch as a credible threat under Florida's acceptable self defense statutes. You realize that fists and feet rank significantly high on the FBI's Unified Crime Report as murder weapons, right?
Do you not see how this spreading assumption of guilt, and disregard for the judicial process actually hurts the Martin family's quest for justice? That a juror could potentially be shown to have read these sorts of online commentary pre-trial?
At the end of the day, I tend to agree with you, BUT I was not there, so I cannot know for certain, and I will leave it at that, and wait for the process to do its thing. If the facts at trial do not match the verdict, THEN I will start to form my own certain judgment, not before.