Alan Dershowitz: Drop George Zimmermans murder charge

Margot · May 28, 2012

GZ is lying. His bald head wasn't being repeatedly bashed on the sidewalk.. His injuries would have been more severe............

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Of course Zimmerman intended to pull the trigger - if someone was on top of me and bouncing my noggin off of the pavement like it was a basketball and they were "Curly" Neal of the Harlem Globetrotters, I'd shoot them too!

The bottom line Margot is this -- only two people know exactly what happened that night, and one of them has - in the words of Rush Limbaugh - assumed room temperature.

No one knows who provoked the incident, no one knows what words were exchanged between Zimmerman and Martin in the thirty seconds leading up to the physical confrontation. No one knows why Treyvon Martin acted in the fashion he did, and only Zimmerman knows why he acted the way he did.

The medical evidence is inconclusive - parts of it tend to bolster Zimmerman's statement as to how the incident transpired, parts of it don't. The witnesses are unreliable - some of them have changed their testimony in the time period since they gave statements to the police in the immediate aftermath of the shooting.

The forensic evidence is also inconclusive - as with the medical evidence, some of it tends to corroborate Zimmerman's version of events, some of it tends to cast doubt as to the truth of Zimmerman's story.

There are no eyewitnesses who either observed and/or overheard the entire event, and there is no surveillance camera footage that shows how the shooting actually transpired.

Finally, there's the... shall we say "less than thorough", job the Sanford PD is alleged to have done investigating the shooting.

And with that huge pile of inconclusive evidence, a mass of circumstantial evidence, a mountain of contradictory evidence, somehow Zimmerman is supposed to be absolutely, positively, 110% beyond a reasonable doubt GUILTY?

Regardless of what you, SkyStryker, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and the rest of Zimmerman's detractors believe - he has a right to a fair trial before an impartial jury of his peers. The state of Florida has the burden of proof to show beyond a reasonable doubt (there's that term again...) that Zimmerman not only acted without regard for human life, but that Zimmerman's claim of self-defense is not applicable in this instance.

Given what I've read about the evidence up to this point in time, I don't see how the state of Florida can possibly prove that.
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Injeun · May 28, 2012

Margot said: ↑

no one has made such a claim.
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It's a montage of the ever changing kalaidesope of lies which began with Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, ran the liberal mainstream media gamut, farted from Sanford like swamp gas, and is still peddled here like Dr. Phils elixir for any sucker who'll buy into it.

doombug · May 28, 2012

SpotsCat said: ↑

Of course Zimmerman intended to pull the trigger - if someone was on top of me and bouncing my noggin off of the pavement like it was a basketball and they were "Curly" Neal of the Harlem Globetrotters, I'd shoot them too!

The bottom line Margot is this -- only two people know exactly what happened that night, and one of them has - in the words of Rush Limbaugh - assumed room temperature.

No one knows who provoked the incident, no one knows what words were exchanged between Zimmerman and Martin in the thirty seconds leading up to the physical confrontation. No one knows why Treyvon Martin acted in the fashion he did, and only Zimmerman knows why he acted the way he did.

The medical evidence is inconclusive - parts of it tend to bolster Zimmerman's statement as to how the incident transpired, parts of it don't. The witnesses are unreliable - some of them have changed their testimony in the time period since they gave statements to the police in the immediate aftermath of the shooting.

The forensic evidence is also inconclusive - as with the medical evidence, some of it tends to corroborate Zimmerman's version of events, some of it tends to cast doubt as to the truth of Zimmerman's story.

There are no eyewitnesses who either observed and/or overheard the entire event, and there is no surveillance camera footage that shows how the shooting actually transpired.

Finally, there's the... shall we say "less than thorough", job the Sanford PD is alleged to have done investigating the shooting.

And with that huge pile of inconclusive evidence, a mass of circumstantial evidence, a mountain of contradictory evidence, somehow Zimmerman is supposed to be absolutely, positively, 110% beyond a reasonable doubt GUILTY?

Regardless of what you, SkyStryker, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and the rest of Zimmerman's detractors believe - he has a right to a fair trial before an impartial jury of his peers. The state of Florida has the burden of proof to show beyond a reasonable doubt (there's that term again...) that Zimmerman not only acted without regard for human life, but that Zimmerman's claim of self-defense is not applicable in this instance.

Given what I've read about the evidence up to this point in time, I don't see how the state of Florida can possibly prove that.
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Completely describes the situation in a nutshell! Some people want Zimmerman found guilty out of emotion instead of facts.

SpotsCat · May 28, 2012

Margot said: ↑

Do YOU think that GZ set out to kill someone that evening? I don't.. I think he's just a world class dumbass,
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Margot, I don't have the foggiest idea of what happened that evening - that's why I'm staying impartial and waiting for the trial to begin.

Margot · May 28, 2012

SpotsCat said: ↑

Margot, I don't have the foggiest idea of what happened that evening - that's why I'm staying impartial and waiting for the trial to begin.
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Well good....... We should all shoot for that impartiality

The12thMan · May 28, 2012

Sorry. The thread has reached the limit of 500 posts and must be closed. Enjoy posting elsewhere.

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