Family of Florida boy killed by Neighborhood Watch seeks arrest

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

I think these have to be prosecuted in the state where they happened. Was just the last time in FL? Will Zimmerpedo be going on tour?

[Luna]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/trayvon-martins-dna-george-zimmerman-gun_n_1897356.html

Apparently, they couldn't find any of Martin's DNA on the grip of the pistol.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/trayvon-martins-dna-george-zimmerman-gun_n_1897356.html

Apparently, they couldn't find any of Martin's DNA on the grip of the pistol.

[/obvious]

Following up on a red herring like that does make it sound like they might actually be trying to get a conviction, though.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

As evidence mounts that Zimmerman is a BIG FAT LIAR I am leaning toward the likelihood that he will end up convicted.

[Luna]

Well, nothing like both cashing in AND leaping to the defense of your friend, right? 

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/09/21/3545938/george-zimmermans-friends-book.html

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/05/trayvon-martin-wrongful-death-suit_n_3022300.html

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Annnnd jury selection.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-jury-selection-jurors-race-focus/story?id=19360931

[Junkenstein]

Yeah, slate. However:
http://www.salon.com/2013/06/11/stand_your_ground_law_helps_white_defendants_a_lot_more_than_black_ones/?standonthis

The disparity between these outcomes should be shocking. But, sadly, it's not, once you take into account the fact that Wald is white and Alexander is black. The "stand your ground" law is notorious for being applied in a biased and inconsistent way. The Tampa Bay Times found that defendants claiming "stand your ground" are more successful if the victim is black. Seventy-three percent of those who killed a black person faced no penalty. Only 59 percent of those who killed a white person got off. The Urban Institute determined that in "stand your ground" states, when white shooters kill black victims, 34 percent of the resulting homicides are deemed justifiable. When black shooters kill white victims only 3 percent of the deaths are ruled justifiable.

Some of the quotes from jury selection are worth a look. Looks like a mistrial waiting to happen.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Yeah, slate. However:
http://www.salon.com/2013/06/11/stand_your_ground_law_helps_white_defendants_a_lot_more_than_black_ones/?standonthis

The disparity between these outcomes should be shocking. But, sadly, it's not, once you take into account the fact that Wald is white and Alexander is black. The "stand your ground" law is notorious for being applied in a biased and inconsistent way. The Tampa Bay Times found that defendants claiming "stand your ground" are more successful if the victim is black. Seventy-three percent of those who killed a black person faced no penalty. Only 59 percent of those who killed a white person got off. The Urban Institute determined that in "stand your ground" states, when white shooters kill black victims, 34 percent of the resulting homicides are deemed justifiable. When black shooters kill white victims only 3 percent of the deaths are ruled justifiable.

Some of the quotes from jury selection are worth a look. Looks like a mistrial waiting to happen.

Those are some dismal and highly revealing statistics. 

[Left]

I'm really outraged on the behalf of Marissa Alexander...
He admitted he was going to assault her.
She was not ABLE to get away.
Discharging the gun into the ceiling stopped a crime from being committed.

I think the worst she ought to have gotten have been convicted of, if anything, was improper discharge of a firearm, class A misdemeanor.   http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2012/790.15
WTF was the jury thinking?

"Well, we were gonna acquit her, but she's black."

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm really outraged on the behalf of Marissa Alexander...
He admitted he was going to assault her.
She was not ABLE to get away.
Discharging the gun into the ceiling stopped a crime from being committed.

I think the worst she ought to have gotten have been convicted of, if anything, was improper discharge of a firearm, class A misdemeanor.   http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2012/790.15
WTF was the jury thinking?

"Well, we were gonna acquit her, but she's black."

Bingo.

[Bu🤠ns]

George Zimmerman Gets All Female Jury

[Junkenstein]

Plea bargain immient, surely?

All women is a pretty good bet at negating the chance of the death penalty from what I can remember of lawyers rules to jury selection.

I doubt either side is going to take the chance of letting this run all the way to the end. It looks to me like both sides have agreed he's going to jail, the question is what for and for how long.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

From the article:

"In a case that has had racial overtones since Martin's death in February 2012, the ethnic makeup of the panel comes as a surprise. Five members of the panel are white and one is Hispanic."

Not surprised.
Florida. 

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/trayvon-martins-dna-george-zimmerman-gun_n_1897356.html

Apparently, they couldn't find any of Martin's DNA on the grip of the pistol.

According to the testimony on latent fingerprints "It was raining off and on, so its possible that the rain ruined the evidence"

I mean, obviously it SHOULD BE THERE... IF ITS NOT THERE IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE RAIN!!!