[Army Air Corps]

Anyone notice the absence of the phrase “alleged killer” in the headline? Zimmerman is described simply as a killer. So much for a presumption of innocence.

[Scoutmaster]

Anyone notice the absence of the phrase “alleged killer” in the headline? Zimmerman is described simply as a killer. So much for a presumption of innocence.

Zimmerman's admitted to the killing; there's no need for 'alleged killer." The brouhaha is over the Zimmerman's potential legal defenses to the killing - common law self-defense and the Florida Stand Your Ground Act of 2005.

[the invisib1e hand]

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[Political Junkie Too]

What I noticed more is that they didn't use Zimmerman's name at all in the headline, they used Martin's.

How come last week we didn't see a similar headline:

Sharon Tate's Killer Denied Parole.

-PJ

[cherry]

"killer" implies evil....Z protected himself....we could go on all day about if it was wise for him to be out there with a loaded gun following an unknown hooded man....

whatever happened, Z wasn't a killer...he was a shooter...protecting himself, period...

[JustaDumbBlonde]

"So much for a presumption of innocence."

Presumption of innocence is a legal term and applies in criminal court proceedings ... the judge, jury and court officers. The media and general public have no obligation to recognize someone as innocent until proven guilty. You've got to know the media isn't going to be fair to the story.