A review of the case will show that the Florida prosecutor
should have realized that they could not prove second degree murder and should
have gone for the lesser charge of manslaughter but their egos took control
over their brains.
They persuaded the judge, on the last day, to give the
jurors the option of lesser charges such as manslaughter and even child abuse
since Trevon was only 17 when he died; the desperation to convict Zimmerman on
anything resulted in absurd legal maneuvering…the prosecutors should have known
better.
I have never liked prosecutors because they are not about
justice and fairness; they are there to convict at all costs and to use the
publicity the trial brings to run for higher office; in this case they lost
their asses and came out looking like total dumb asses.
Trevon Martin should not have died; he was returning home
from a trip to the store.
George Zimmerman should not have been playing cops and
robbers with a real gun; he should not have been there.
George Zimmerman is responsible for Martin’s death because
George Zimmerman created the scenario that led to Martin’s death; if George
Zimmerman was not doing what he was doing, Martin would be alive today.
We all have to agree that George Zimmerman was responsible for
Martin’s death but was he “guilty” and here is where discussions and arguments
will occur.
It is obvious that the all-female jury of six (6) could not,
in good conscience, convict Zimmerman of even the charge of manslaughter; they
asked the judge for clarification on this charge before deciding. Most lawyers
asked how the jury will vote said that if the jury followed the letter of the law,
they would vote not guilty and that is exactly what these women (5 mothers)
did.
This verdict, even though predictable, is not sitting well
with people; all people, not just African-Americans; he should be guilty of
something…
Many will say that there was only one minority (Hispanic) on
the jury but that is an absurd argument since black or white, minority or not,
people should vote according to the law and not with racial emotion; the law is
the law.
My wife has already been invited to protest the verdict but
what is there to protest; the trial was legal and fair and the jury followed
legal directives as to what constitutes a crime; there was nothing underhanded
about the trial.
I am not sure a case could not have been made for
involuntary manslaughter but I will wait to see how the analysis goes…
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