a child is killed and a florida law lets the murderer walk and you think its about race?
Well ok, coredumped. thats the problem.
I was not one of the people who cheered when OJ Simpson got off for murdering his ex wife. I thought it was a terrible miscarriage of justice, and I was down that entire day.
But he didnt get off because California had a law which created certain circumstances where he could murder his wife and not be guilty of a crime. He got off because the Jury did not believe that he had actually been present for the crime.
Thats not what happened here. Zimmerman admitting to killing the child.
If you cant understand that, I think it says more about your filters than it does about the public reaction.
StephenDare!, to repeat....Zimmerman claimed self defense. The jury, after reviewing the evidence and hearing all of the witnesses as well as the arguments of opposing council, agreed that the available evidence showed him to be not guilty. There is not a state in the union that has a differing law on self defense. Blaming the "law" of Florida for this verdict is a false argument.
Sorry, but the juror instructions included stand your ground law. Just because Zimmerman didnt use it as part of his official defense when it came to trial doesnt mean that the law just blinked out of existence, as you are claiming in your argument.
You are being disingenuous.
Stephen, your problem is you think you know exactly what happened that night when you really don't. The jury heard all of the evidence, listened to all of the testimony, and could not say he was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. I bet your mind has been made up since this story hit the news months ago.
What if, Martin did attack Zimmerman first as was alleged and he was beating him, it is reasonable that someone could be scared that their life is in danger and react the way Zimmerman did.
