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In reply to the discussion: Jury finds George Zimmerman not guilty [View all]DallasNE
(7,947 posts)At the crime scene and the following couple of days. The absence of evidence is not the same as the presence of evidence and that absence is a direct result of the most rotten police work I have ever seen and it worked heavily in Zimmerman's favor.
The circumstantial evidence in this case pointed strongly to Zimmerman being guilty of 2nd degree murder but the only hard evidence was the scream on the 911 call and the very high likelihood that the scream belonged to Martin. But for this Jury they could not come to that conclusion beyond a reasonable doubt. In a he said/she said case one person is lying and the other is telling the truth and sometimes the liar wins. I don't think that there is any doubt but what that is the case here.
The next hurdle that has to be grappled with is whether this case represents a blueprint for someone to be able to commit murder with impunity and what the changes are that need to be made in order to correct the glaring deficiency.
Lastly, the comments by O'Mara and particularly Don West are ungrateful and disgusting. May they rot in hell.