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2. Trayvon's suspension will be a element of Zimmerman's
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 12:54 PM
Mar 2012

defense if it is for something like fighting +. Zimmerman's attorney will portray it as a kid getting progressively more violent. I know that Trayvon's English teacher has claimed the suspension was for tardiness, but, if that is the case, it makes no sense to me. Trayvon is just going to get further behind in his classes from the suspension. A suspension is for doing something that violates the safety or order of the school - excessive absences and tardiness are something else entirely. If it is the case that they are meeting out two week suspensions for tardiness, then something needs to be done about the school. Requiring the child to serve after school detention with study help would be far more appropriate.

I think it was idiotic for the website to list the possible reasons for suspension, but the reason will be revealed in discovery. I understand Trayvon's parents unwillingness to talk about it - it detracts from the importance that their son was chased by a nut case with a gun for being black.

If it cannot be clearly established that it is Trayvon screaming for help, then Zimmerman will have a case to at least move his crime from murder to manslaughter. The nature of the suspension could factor into that decision.

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