Special prosecutor in Trayvon Martin case known as tough [Active Republican]

TBO.com ^ | 4/9/12

[SoFloFreeper]

The special prosecutor leading the investigation into the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman is known for her tough tactics aimed at locking up criminals for long sentences and making it difficult to negotiate light plea bargains...

Corey, a Jacksonville native, also teaches classes for prosecutors and police officers about interrogations and the justifiable use of deadly force and is active in the local Republican Party.

[SoFloFreeper]

Oh brother. Are we about to see a political prosecution of George Zimmerman?

I doubt she can bring 1st degree murder charges against him. Maybe...PERHAPS 3rd degree/manslaughter...

So the Hispanic Democrat may be pursued.

If he isn't pursued, the fact she is a Republican will give fodder to the Sharpton (who lied about being in Sanford on Easter) lynch mob.

[SoFloFreeper]

hat tip to you...you mentioned this article in another thread.

[Cementjungle]

I doubt she can bring 1st degree murder charges against him.

That depends on if she wants to avoid having the IRS audit her for the past 7 years, and if there's anything the CIA/FBI can dig up in her past that she needs to keep quiet. The Federal government has ways of being pretty persuasive when it wants to... and Obama needs to have this go his way.

[CondorFlight]

“Tough” is not needed here.

“Honest” is the required adjective.

And maybe, “Courage”.

I doubt we’ll see either, though...

[Dan Nunn]

Thanks! And as you said, she cannot bring first degree murder charges because those require a grand jury in Florida.

[over3Owithabrain]

Obama needs to have this go his way.

Yeah but his way is getting a race war and riots in the streets so he is probably in favor of Zimmerman walking

[Tenacious 1]

This is a tough case for an honest and sincere law person. Setting the racial aspect aside and acknowledging that none of us knows all the evidence, this is sticky.

I’m glad to hear that there is some potential sanity that might make some tough and honest decisions (if we are to assume that her ‘Republican’ moniker is a reliable indication of her character.

An easy way out would be to bring charges of some sort and lets courts sort it out (followed by riots).

[onyx]

[AlienCrossfirePlayer]

How is it that a special prosecutor is involved at all?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Corey is known in legal circles as being passionate about victim's rights and having clubby ties to law enforcement. She won the State Attorney's Office seat after being fired from her job at the office a few years ago, beating the handpicked successor of the state attorney who fired her...

Corey, a Jacksonville native, also teaches classes for prosecutors and police officers about interrogations and the justifiable use of deadly force and is active in the local Republican Party...

She sounds like a Florida version of Sarah Palin, to me.

If she didn't have guts, she would have gone with a grand jury.

I say there will be no charges against Zimmerman, and she will have charts and graphs showing exactly why and shove them up the collective wazoo apertures of the New Black KKK.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

How is it that a special prosecutor is involved at all?

To shut the New Black KKK up once and for all.

[mac_truck]

The Martin family is going to regret attacking the integrity of the Sanford Police Dept. and Sanford Police Chief Lee.

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>I say there will be no charges against Zimmerman, and she will have charts and graphs showing exactly why and shove them up the collective wazoo apertures of the New Black KKK.

I think it’s going to come down to not prosecuting because the jury pool is too polluted and a fair trial impossible.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Your Question: "Oh brother. Are we about to see a political prosecution of George Zimmerman? "

Response: Yes.

Comment: In order to keep blacks happy and avoid riots Zimmerman must be convicted, irrespective of the facts or the law. The prosecution's problem is to get Zimmerman before a black or white liberal judge and/or jury in a county that is predominately white. They may have to go to Federal Court. That is the way they convicted the LAPD officers in the Rodney King case. In the King case, if you recall, a California State jury aquitted the officers. THey then charged them in a Civil Rights case in Federal Court.

Zimmerman is toast!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I think it’s going to come down to not prosecuting because the jury pool is too polluted and a fair trial impossible.

So you are saying that the original decision not to prosecute was corrupt in some way?

There was a prosecutor involved on Day One, and the prosecutor turned Zimmerman loose.

Prosecutors are not in the business of letting guilty people off.

[jboot]

Zero is served no matter how this goes down. If Zim is not charged, Eric Holder’s people will be VERY unhappy and there will be a media circus and a long hot summer. If Zim is charged, there will be a protracted media circus with plenty of camera time all around for the usual suspects. If the trial is conveniently timed to coincide with the election, Eric Holder’s people will be very energized, indeed.

[hoosiermama]

AKA The Tan Klan.

[Keith in Iowa]

They could try to go to trial... but I believe it will be impossible to seat a fair jury.

[Cementjungle]

Obama wins either way. If Zimmermam walks, then he gets his riots. If Zimmerman gets convicted, then Obama is the great provider of justice.

[Nervous Tick]

Relax, FRiend.

From her description, she operates on truth, not feelings, and is well-acquainted with the laws regarding use of force.

From what *genuine* evidence I see, *if* the shooting was in self defense (and I personally believe it *was*), it looks good for Zimmermann to have a prosecutor like this one.

As far as the media and so forth using the fact of a Republican prosecutor for hate fodder... so what. We can’t have it both ways, and they’re going to be jerks no matter what if Zimmermann isn’t hung from a lamppost.