George Zimmerman not expected to face civil rights charges in Trayvon Martin death

[branford]

125. The argument that the state deliberately lost is absurd

and should be relegated to the tinfoil hat conspiracy theory dustbin along with the birthers, truthers and anti-vaccers.

You take witnesses and evidence as you find them. The prosecution can counsel and prepare witness, but cannot coach or suborn perjury. If the prosecution didn't call witnesses like John Good and try to blunt their impact, they simply would have been called by the defense. Similarly, the prosecution's aggressiveness, including the first degree murder charge, was championed by many here. If anything, the prosecution realized early-on how weak their case really was, and sought more to placate the mob than achieve a verdict that was nearly impossible, absent some screw-up by the defense. If anything, much of the criticism amounts to little more than lamenting that the defense was too good at its job. Simply, the article amounts to little more than vague attempts at being a Monday morning quarterback.

I would also remind you that the FBI separately investigated the case, interviewed witnesses and reviewed forensics, and provided all their findings to both the state prosecutor and DOJ. Do you also allege that the FBI threw their investigation and/or that Eric Holder secretly wanted Zimmerman to get away with murder? I would very much like to see an updated article now that the DOJ has basically conceded after two additional years of investigation.

You gave yourself away when you (incorrectly) raised the specter of jury nullification. You don't care about evidence, due process and trials. Your opinions were firmly formed well before the jury was even selected, and the trial was an inconvenient nuisance. You demand the "justice" of the mob. Thankfully for any number of poor, anonymous minority defendants who desperately require every due process protection available, few heed your bloodlust.