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In reply to the discussion: George Zimmerman trial: Defense will likely rest case Wednesday [View all]John2
(2,730 posts)of your Florida Statute for initial aggressor. That is the instructions the judge should have read to the jury. George Zimmerman initially pursued Martin. That is why Zimmerman is guilty of murder and not self defense. Zimmerman provoked the whole events that occurred after he initially pursued Martin. He also falsely profiled Martin.
The prosecution is working for the State and City. The initial aggressor needs to use all alternate means to retreat. They do not have the same immunity of a non aggressor.
Zimmerman nor his defense team has presented no collaborating evidence in this trial,Zimmerman stopped pursuing or Martin circled back to pursue Zimmerman.
The Deadly Weapon Doctrine should also come into effect. That should be automatic, because Zimmerman pursued Martin with a deadly weapon, that was already loaded and ready to fire.
It gave Martin reasonable grounds to believe his life was in danger and a reason to use all available means to defend himself, even causing the injuries to Zimmerman. The prosecution is negligent in not bringing that out to the jury, if they don't. Just because Zimmerman had the most injuries, doesn't mean he was defending himself or was the one reasonably believing his life was in danger.
The emphasis on Zimmerman having a gun in pursuit of Martin gave him the upperhand period. It is not reasonable to believe Martin knew Zimmerman had the gun, much less it was loaded or how to even use it. Do you know a gun manuel that teaches gun owners to have a loaded gun with the safety off in a holster, when carrying it around?
The bottomline is, if the judge read the proper instructions to the jury and they follow the law, Zimmerman should be found guilty as charged.