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100 watt wrote:I'm betting Zimmerman AT LEAST gets Man Slaughter. He aint gonna walk. Either way he's screwed. If he ends up being aquitted (ap?) , someone will kill him.

The Anomaly wrote:^^^^^^

Not sure if srs tho . . .

I don't think he will get convicted either. I think I've made my peace with this whole thing. We have a justice and trial system. GZ went through it. What will be will be, and I wasn't there, so, I have about as many facts as anyone else who wasn't there, and that's what it boils down to when discussing this.

psychodave wrote:

~Abstract~ wrote:Not guilty.

This was known all along. This was a public lynching.

In the end, one life is lost and two families are destroyed. Nothing to celebrate.

thenakedarab wrote:

Casey4s wrote:We as media spectators were not privy to all that the jury had available to them. Our perception of the incident is tainted by the spin the media decides to put on tragic situations like this one. Two men made unwise decisions, in my opinion, and the result was the worst possible outcome. The jury heard all of the evidence and came to a conclusion. No matter what the decision was, it was never going to please all of the people.

The jury has spoken, it's time to let it rest and move on.

R.I.P. Travon

I couldn't agree more. My heart goes out to the family, and I know I would be heartbroken and full of rage if my son was killed and the man went free. I hope they find peace in the future, but I know it will not come fast or easy.

That being said, I think the jury came to the right decision. If the state had not caved to pressure and prosecuted for murder 2, and went for a manslaughter charge from the first, and if the state had been able to put forth a case that showed an alternate scenario for how the altercation occurred, then they might have succeeded with a manslaughter prosecution. However, they didn't, they didn't, and they didn't, and by going for the harder charge, maybe due to political/community pressure or maybe due to wanting a high-profile case and conviction padding their resumes, they gave themselves a nearly unwinnable case. Seriously, if this case had been a manslaughter case it would not have maintained the media circus it did, and that would have been better for the case, the community, and the families involved.

thenakedarab wrote:

Casey4s wrote:We as media spectators were not privy to all that the jury had available to them. Our perception of the incident is tainted by the spin the media decides to put on tragic situations like this one. Two men made unwise decisions, in my opinion, and the result was the worst possible outcome. The jury heard all of the evidence and came to a conclusion. No matter what the decision was, it was never going to please all of the people.

The jury has spoken, it's time to let it rest and move on.

R.I.P. Travon

I couldn't agree more. My heart goes out to the family, and I know I would be heartbroken and full of rage if my son was killed and the man went free. I hope they find peace in the future, but I know it will not come fast or easy.

That being said, I think the jury came to the right decision. If the state had not caved to pressure and prosecuted for murder 2, and went for a manslaughter charge from the first, and if the state had been able to put forth a case that showed an alternate scenario for how the altercation occurred, then they might have succeeded with a manslaughter prosecution. However, they didn't, they didn't, and they didn't, and by going for the harder charge, maybe due to political/community pressure or maybe due to wanting a high-profile case and conviction padding their resumes, they gave themselves a nearly unwinnable case. Seriously, if this case had been a manslaughter case it would not have maintained the media circus it did, and that would have been better for the case, the community, and the families involved.