You spoke to witnesses?Quote:
Originally Posted by creaker
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You spoke to witnesses?Quote:
Originally Posted by creaker
Racist.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
I meant based on the testimony I picked up from the media.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
What do you mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
I did not read the 173 posts on this thread but I did watch much of the trial on TV. Based solely on the evidence presented, the testimony given and my work experience with the court system, I agree with the verdict. I do not approve of anyone killing another person but it happens and legally speaking, feelings need to be separated from fact but if this were my son, facts be hanged, I’d definitely want a different verdict.
Despite all the ballyhoo about SYG, I don't really see where it was a factor. This was just a straight self-defense case. I don't see how GZ could have "retreated" when being straddled and pummeled by TM, so there was no need to invoke SYG.Quote:
Originally Posted by Suzanne
I was sort of surprised that Zimmerman showed absolutely no emotion at the Not Guilty verdict. He really hasn't shown any emotion through the whole thing.
But.....he must have been relieved inside. Still.........life has changed forever for him, even with the verdict.
I heard on the news that one reason Martin's family wasn't there for the verdict is that they were getting threatening emails/calls. That's unfortunate.
I've been hearing from various other lawyers (on TV) that they thought the prosecutors put up a horribly bad case. Any thoughts on that?
I tire of people making judgements about defendants who "don't show emotion." People react to things in different ways. We are not all cryers. Look at the great job of acting that Casey Anthony did, and she is likely guilty.Quote:
Originally Posted by CathyA
There was a trial here where a mother was charged with killing her kid because he kept getting sicker and sicker although it was unclear what exactly was his malady. Some kind of poisoning they charged her with. The jury said she showed no emotion during the trial, and in that didn't do herself any favors. She was convicted and sent off to prison.
While in prison her 2nd child got sicker, and then sicker, with what looked to be the same wasting illness. Come to find out her children have a rare genetic metabolic illness.
Doh.
Experts are too seldom experts and juries expect stupid things.
rant over.
oh wait--let me take a moment to comment on the Reverends Jackson and Sharpton and their moment in the spotlight, for now they are calling for civil cahrges to be brought against Zimmerman. Hey fellows, no one takes you guys seriously any more. And that is sad because I remember when Jesse Jackson was real and sincere. I'm not sure that the Reverend Al has ever been anything other than a hustler.
now, rant truly over.
I have to wonder, if he is truly innocent, what the impact of his legal expenses for defense of his innocence will have on his life. I'll bet the cost was huge. It seems like an unfair punishment for someone trying to defend his life and well being.
The news said that 12 person juries are only required for trials involved a possible death sentence. I don't know if this is specific for Florida.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
Whatever they may have done in the past, Jackson, Sharpton, and here in Chicago Fr. Michael Pflager, are for lack of a better term, media whores.
The prosecution wasn't able to show beyond a reasonable doubt that Zimmerman was guilty. Whatever lead up to it, when your head is getting pummeled into the ground, MMA style, per the one witness, you have every reason to be in fear of your life.
I only found out yesterday that the prosecutor was a SPECIAL prosecutor, appointed just for this case. I thought that was very interesting.
The prosecutor didn't put on a very good case. Day after day, the witnesses seemed to make the defense's case for them. That one black young woman who was TM's friend (or girlfriend, I'm not sure which) was just a disaster. She actually told the prosecutor "That's just retarded" when asked a question. She couldn't read (as in, she didn't know how to read) the letter, in longhand (cursive) she had supposedly written, in court when it was shown to her.
The NAACP is apparently pushing for the feds to look into civil rights charges against GZ. I seem to remember that the FBI looked into that very thing early on in the case and couldn't find anything. TM was the one who made this about race with his "creepy a$$ cracker" remark about GZ.
TM's relatives during the press conference afterwards were what you would expect. The sainted martyr bit and all that.
As GZ's defense attorney said during the press conference last night - none of this would have happened if GZ had been black. And all the media going on and on about stand your ground laws, well, that wasn't even a part of this case.
And Angela Corey was just a happy, chipper, cheery, overly made up smarmy mess during the press conference after the verdict last night. HER behavior was totally inappropriate for a big case she lost and did a very poor job on.