[Terry Mross]

The republican governor was a coward so he passed it off to a special prosecutor. She’s a coward so she passes it off to 12 “honest” people. And that’s where Zimmerman is probably screwed.

It could be Corey is taking it to court so all the facts can be brought out and “hoping” there won’t be a conviction. The problem, of course, will be the black jurors either wanting payback to whitey or feeling intimidated by their “peers”.

[Verginius Rufus]

All they have to do is get 12 jurors who are already convinced Zimmerman is guilty--that should not be hard to do (cf. the Scooter Libby trial). It doesn't matter if they are black or white--there are plenty of white liberals who are convinced of Zimmerman's guilt.

The Sixth Amendment is supposed to guarantee a defendant an impartial jury but I wouldn't count on it. The same amendment guarantees the defendant the right to the assistance of counsel--but there was a case a few years ago in Michigan where a man was denied the right to counsel and was found guilty--and wasn't allowed to appeal the case.

The Fifth amendment is supposed to require the involvement of a grand jury but it sounds like they have decided to ignore that rule.

[Alberta's Child]

Two things:

1. If Zimmerman's legal counsel doesn't think he can get a fair trial before a jury, there's always the option of having a non-jury trial in which the judge makes the ruling.

2. If charges are brought, the best thing that could possibly happen would be for the prosecutor to file an indictment for a ridiculously serious charge that will never stand up under any legal scrutiny. This has happened occasionally in New York City in cases involving police shootings ... in which an "over-zealous" prosecutor files a murder charge because he/she knows damn well that the police officer will never be convicted.