George Zimmerman trial: Defense will likely rest case Wednesday

[Lee-Lee]

39. This is quite likely

However, self defense law in most states really only begins to care what you did when the first blow is thrown, so to speak.

You can follow somebody, you can talk to them, even rudely, you can call them names, you can be a racist- none of that matters in self defense.

It only matters when the first blow is thrown and what happens after that.

The problem is that there simply isn't enough evidence from the time period that matters, the struggle.

If the jury is even 80% sure that Zimmerman is guilty, 20% is reasonable doubt, and they must acquit.

As a self defense instructor this case has me very conflicted. I have no doubt he profiled, and his judgement in pursuing Trayvon outside his car was very poor. But with go good witness of how things went down, we just don't know with certainty.

So on on hand, I want him in jail for life. I know he belongs there. But I also want it done by the same standard of justice that we have always had in this country that presumes innocence unless proves beyond a reasonable doubt. And I just don't think that the state had reached that burden- and I am really questioning why they are not trying harder.

I have always said that I would rather see 100 guilty people go free than 1 innocent person convicted, and even through my time working in LE I kept that opinion that our justice system should be set up with that sort of twist to protecting rights. When I was a deputy it just knew I had to work harder to have all my facts in line to convict. But this case really has me questioning if that is how we should be administering justice in this country, in a way where just by raising the possibility it could be other than what the state claims is enough to get away with it.