Posted on 09/10/2012 5:14:21 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
George Zimmerman’s defense lawyers will subpoena Facebook, Twitter and Miami-Dade schools in a widespread pursuit of clues to suggest that Trayvon Martin could have thrown the first punch on the night he was killed, a sign that attorneys are going into attack mode in preparation for their case.
A series of notices were sent last week to Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho and the principals of the schools Trayvon attended, advising that subpoenas for copies of the slain teen’s academic and attendance records would be issued in 10 days’ time.
Similar warnings are expected to be sent this week to the popular social networking sites where Trayvon maintained accounts, defense attorney Mark O’Mara said.
Defense lawyers argue that if the defendant’s social media sites and school records were reviewed by prosecutors, it’s only fair game for Trayvon to undergo the same scrutiny. The move underscores a shift in the defense strategy,
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Well, they need to look at all his tweets that show extensive drug use, especially of dextromethorphan and how the latter produces changes in the brain and liver, how those changes were observed in his autopsy, and how the radical changes in behavior, especially violent behavior, associated with the abuse of this drug showed up in Trayvon shortly after he started using it as manifested by incidents at his school.
OOOOOOOhhhhhh, they will say how terrible, the defense is trying to put the sainted victim on trial.
Well, who turned Trayvon into a saint? An innocent young child, almost? HMMMMMM?
They did.
They didn’t care about the truth, did they?
The record does not bear them out...
I'm shocked that the Miami Herald actually printed this. Pleased, but shocked.
Good quote. Surprised it made the editing cut.
Hhhhhmmmmmmmm -- now you were saying????
Local gun dealers are watching this case with interest.
The first target is the Stand Your Ground law.
The next target is the Castle Doctrine.
The ultimate target is the Second Amendment.
And that’s all there ever is, or was, to the Zimmerman Trial.
I had to look it up - I had no idea that people used dextromethorphan “recreationally.” But that would certainly account for St Trayvon’s behavior.
Actually, if one follows the stories from just before this became big news, the girl he was talking to on the phone said (and I paraphrase):
He said he was being followed.
She said that he should run.
He said, no, I’ll walk faster.
She said, it’s not worth it.
She heard him ask a guy why he was following him and then the phone was dropped in the shuffle.
If one compares this to Z’s statements, one can draw the conclusion that Martin confronted Z, and after Z answered, Martin dropped the phone and attacked him.
I’m applying other statements and evidence to come up with this theory (e.g. Martin’s background)
BTW, it is assumed the girl was his girlfriend, but apparently that is not true. She was just a girl he knew. If you follow her follow up response to his call you’ll get the feeling it was not a big deal to her.
Judge Lester has already been bounced by an appeals court order, and the defense is still receiving funds that will, (used for investigation), "uncover" a load of crap about the violent criminal druggie, Saint Treyvon.
This will likely end up like the Duke rape case, except Saint Teryvon won't go on to murder someone and suck millions more in taxpayer money down the diversity hole.
Uh, shouldn’t all of this info been obtained already? I’d say bad on ya to the defense. He/they should have been collecting all of this from the day he/they were hired. But, hopefully it will never come to trial (slim chance of that) and all of this info will never be used anyway.
Helping keep mankind warm for 65 years.
Anyone trying to understand how Barack Obama could possibly be in position to win reelection need go no further than to examine the procedural history of this case compared to the substantive facts and draw the obvious parallels.
Actually, that is very well stated and gets to the core, I believe, of why this case is so controversial.
If *all* those things are,in fact,true and accurate they paint a clear picture a filthy,worthless punk and career criminal in the making,one who's *absolutely* capable of throwing the first,the second *and* the third punch.Even if only one or two of them are accurate it paints a picture of a kid with an attitude.
If I'm on the jury this picture *alone*,while it doesn't *prove* self defense to me,strongly suggests it.A real possibility of self defense equals reasonable doubt equals *NOT GUILTY*!
The FBI investigated this case. Surely the have information on Trayvon they are eager to share. /s
Do Federal prosecutors and/or the FBI have a legal obligation to share info they have in a particular matter with defense lawyers in a *state* trial? I'm no lawyer but my hunch is "no".
(zimmerman’s bleeding, lacerated head)
I took a bad spill on my mountain bike a week ago. I had a divit in my right forearm below the elbow that looked about as bad. Bled like what is shown in the photo. It was a hard fall. Zimmerman had two such injuries. Martin was trying to bash his head in — unprovoked and murderous.
Plenty of time to sanitize the records.
How dumb can these people be to telegraph such a move?!
That's a distinct possibility.Of course the question could be asked "did he try to bash Zimmerman's head in simply because Zimmerman had a gun and Trayvon was scared?" We don't know that for sure...at least *I* don't.That's why exposing the kid's past is key.If he was an honor roll student,no trouble with the police,no evidence of booze or drug use,no gang activity then that wouldn't bode well for Zimmerman.If he was the opposite (which seems distinctly possible) then that bodes very well for Zimmerman.But if the prosecution's gonna make Zimmerman's past an issue the defense can *certainly* do the same with the kid.
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