Quote:
Originally Posted by TigerTank77
The prosecution has almost nothing to go on for 2nd degree murder. They have absolutely nothing to suggest that anything other than what Z has presented in his defense so far. I would have supported criminally negligent manslaughter, but it's obvious that the D.A. overcharged him big time.
Zimmerman is most likely going to walk, and the lynch mob is going to have to deal with it.
|
I'm intrigued as to what exactly it is you know, outside of what has been released into the public domain, that leaves you convinced that Mr Zimmerman has an insurmountable defence which would see him acquitted of a charge of 2nd degree murder. Given that we have no actual way of ascertaining that until the defence present their case (given that application of the stand-your-ground law, and similar such defences, has to be affirmatively demonstrated by the defence), I would say the odds of it success are 50-50 at best as things stand. As such, I would be interested to hear what you feel sways the case so decisively. I don't mean that in a snide way, merely that I'm interested to see if anything new has come to light which would help the defence.