Interesting development (or maybe not): Zimmerman implicated in molestation of younger relative

[mzmolly]

36. The prosecution released the information

above, which is how the media knows about it.

Most people can think of people in their past or present who would not portray them well if asked by a police investigator...some may actually make shit up...the police know this and so do judges and prosecutors. Did you steal the neighbor girl's boyfriend 20 years ago? Did you report a co-worker for a rules violation 3 jobs back? Were you fired for cause from any job? Did you go through a bad divorce? Did you call animal control on the neighbor's dog 6 1/2 years ago?

So, you're equating a history of criminal behavior, violence and sexual assault, to trivial matters such as - most people know someone who doesn't like them? Am I understanding you correctly?

So you get a witness on the stand and the only people who know for sure what is true or false is the witness and the defendant. The witness makes a proclamation, "he molested me", the prosecutor can't use others to collaborate this because the witness told nobody. Now the defense gets to question the witness. Isn't it true that you have accused at least 4 other's of molesting you? (the defense knows because the accused knows everything about this person in minute details, and the police spoke to her for an hour or 2, if that) Witness: Well, yes.. (Prosecutor is picking himself off the floor). Not everyone questioned by police are used as witnesses in the trial, in fact outside of Hollywood trials, there has to be a very direct link between testimony and the criminal charges.

The witness did tell someone. I refer you back to the article, again. Your absurd suggestion that the accuser in this case, made other accusations, is completely unfounded. Further the article indicates that there were more victims.

Lastly, there are no depositions in criminal cases except in unusual cases such as an illness which may make the witness unavailable for the trial, or if the witness is a minor..There has been no testimony that I am aware of taken in this case. No, the things listed are the raw product of the criminal investigator's reports, or news reports based on people the news reporters spoke to...people never lie to reporters...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deposition_%28law%29

"Depositions are a part of the discovery process in which litigants gather information in preparation for trial. Some jurisdictions recognize an affidavit as a form of deposition, sometimes called a "deposition upon written questions." The routine practice of obtaining the oral evidence of a witness before trial is foreign to common law jurisdictions such as England, Australia and New Zealand. Having the right to pose oral questions to opposing parties in litigation before trial developed in Canada and the United States in the nineteenth century."

You should follow the case more closely, given your zealous defense of Mr. Zimmerman.

The first link: "None of the cases was exhaustively investigated, so we can't know what actually happened at this point."

How can you make such a claim?

Second link: "“You describe him as a bully?” an investigator asks the unnamed former co-worker. “Yes,” he replies. "And did you feel bias towards yourself? “Yes, and that is because I was an easy target for him,” the former co-worker responds." Meaningless, not admissible, without much more and some way to collaborate..maybe the person has made these claims at every job he has worked at against others who have no history..we can't know at this point.

Polish up those investigative skills you have and do some googling. You'll see that your suggestions are completely unfounded. "We" can and do "know at this point." The accuser in this case, brought the matter to his superiors. The accuser also had co-workers support his claims.

Third link. There may actually be something usable in that case..testimony or some such..admissibility is another question.

I'm going to defer to the judge about what is admissible or not.

Forth link: I don't know. Isn't Zimmerman Hispanic?

He's Peruvian and Jewish. I have no idea if he self identifies as Hispanic or not. Nor do I care.

No matter how you slice it, none of your links include depositions or testimony, they are news stories..

Uhm, I'm not here to try the case. I'm here to discuss it. The "news stories" are based upon the "evidence" that has been released and includes depositions, witness statements, police reports etc. Thus the report entitled "Witness 9" claims George Zimmerman sexually molested her" http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57472994-504083/george-zimmerman-witness-9-claims-trayvon-martin-shooter-sexually-molested-her/