Verdict as expected. And that's shocking.

Jul 17, 2013 00:15

People here expected exactly this outcome, despite the overwhelming majority being convinced that Zimmerman was guilty. And nobody's surprised that the black woman who fired a shot in the air to scare off her abusive husband got 20 years, either. Right, I know Florida couldn't care less for my opinion, but seriously - is this really an image to be ( Read more... )

racism, politics, one of those issues

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delaese July 16 2013, 23:09:44 UTC
Yeah I've been following it too. Disgusting, isn't it? Disgusting and sad.

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joyful_molly July 16 2013, 23:15:13 UTC
I wish there was a stronger word than disgust, this whole case is so bizarre that I find it difficult to discuss it without lots of expetives. Just what kind of people are this? What's wrong with them? I can't wrap my brain around it...

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delaese July 16 2013, 23:24:40 UTC
No neither can I. The good news is we are clearly not alone. A group of students at Howard University made a very powerful statement -

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=704735329555923&set=a.223098324386295.105971.205344452828349&type=1&theater

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jaiden_s July 17 2013, 03:42:20 UTC
You'll probably rip into me for saying this, but I'm gonna.

Legally speaking, the prosecution had a poor case to begin with. There were no witnesses, little evidence and all kinds of doubt as to who threw the first punch. Murder 2 was ridiculous. There's no way any jury could have convicted for that, and it never should have been an option. Manslaughter, frankly, was 50/50 the way it was presented...and it would have likely been tossed in appellate court. The way the law is written and the way the case was presented, the jury did the right thing. There simply wasn't enough evidence to convict without reasonable doubt.

That being said, a not guilty verdict doesn't equate innocence. If/when a civil case is filed, the burden will be on Zimmerman to prove innocence rather than on the state to prove guilt. He'll likely lose that one.

It's fine to be upset with the results, but according to the legal system, the verdict rendered was indeed the correct one.

Flame away.

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joyful_molly July 17 2013, 05:07:12 UTC
No ripping and no flaming. I actually agree with you to a point, but the fact that a law exists which lets somebody go free legally in such a case (and allows for a twenty year prison sentence for shooting in the air!) is a disgrace, and I don't see any justification beyond paranoia for this law to exist.

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veronica_rich July 17 2013, 12:23:51 UTC
I can't disagree, but I wonder if that means the prosecution in the verdict of the woman who got 20 years for a warning shot against someone she had an order against did an equally inverse bang-up job proving the state's case?

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joyful_molly July 17 2013, 13:09:09 UTC
What I take from this is that in Florida, you have to shoot somebody to avoid jail rather than shoot in the air. Which is too bizarre for words.

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vampfan30 July 17 2013, 17:20:05 UTC
Let me as a Floridian chime in for a mo ( ... )

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chaotic_binky July 17 2013, 19:59:55 UTC
So, no such thing as justice in Florida.

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caecus_parvulus July 18 2013, 04:58:35 UTC
Born and raised in Florida, and this is exactly what I expected. It's utterly disgusting, and saddening to be proven right. Everyone knows damn well he is guilty. I shudder to think what this verdict will pave the way for.

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