This sounds more ;like a “try the victim” fishing expedition than anything.
Its like asking a rape victim how many men she’s slept with.
This is a stand your ground defense. That, the witness reports, and GZ’s proven injuries should be enough to acquit.
Regardless of what you may think of the victim, this can only pour salt into the open wound of his parents.
Picture a situation where the prosecution claims Trayvon couldn’t have attacked Zimmerman because there’s no evidence he ever attacked anyone, and the school records show a history of assaults on his part. Would you deny the defense the ability to discover that evidence?
Your “rape victim” argument goes to relevance and admissibility, not to discoverability.
Picture a situation where the prosecution claims Trayvon couldn’t have attacked Zimmerman because there’s no evidence he ever attacked anyone, and the school records show a history of assaults on his part. Would you deny the defense the ability to discover that evidence?
Your “rape victim” argument goes to relevance and admissibility, not to discoverability.
The victim here is Zimmerman. As for salt in the wounds, I am not too concerned about parents that hired a race baiting lawyer and tradmarked saint Trayvon's name a week after the story went national.
AL and Jesse ain’t messin’ ‘round with Trayvon’s parents no mo. They now goin’ afta’ Romininey. They much!
>> Regardless of what you may think of the victim, this can only pour salt into the open wound of his parents.
I think the victim is DEAD, and beyond reach (in this mortal realm anyway).
I think there’s an innocent man on trial who may lose his precious freedom; he needs all the information he can get to defend himself in a racially poisoned atmosphere.
Frankly I don’t really give a damn what “wounds” the two losers that spawned Travon Martin sport. If they cared so much about their spawn they should have raised him like they did, and none of this would have happened! Actions, including malignant parenting, have CONSEQUENCES.
That’s what I think.
Thanks for asking.
A man on trial for 2nd degree murder should be given very wide latitude in his defense. The same is true of rape.
Past aggressive behavior by the victim is crucial to the credibility of the defendant’s claim that the victim was aggressive and attacked him first, putting his life in danger.
Geesh....Obama’s som was a THUG!! PROBABLY a CRIMINAL THUG!!! The “parebts” most likely KNEW he was aTHUG since he got kicked out of a PUBLIC SCHOOL!! Do you know how BAD you have to be to get suspended froma PUBLIC school??? geesh.......Trayvon was probably the THIEF in the hood they wwre watching for.....would be nice to know how many mor ROBERIES there have been since his death.
I think there is some merit to looking into Martin’s ‘character’.
If his tweets and posts show that he was prone to violence, or violent threats, I think that helps Zimmerman.
And, if his posts show that he was a drug user (combined with the common street use/abuse of Skittles and Arizona iced tea, along with cough syrup), I think that is important to Zimmerman’s defense.
And, if he has a history of theft, well it makes Zimmerman seem a little more justified in his belief that Martin was up to no good.
We’ve already heard and seen bits and pieces...and it doesn’t paint an angel.
There’s no “open wound,” they’re trying to profit from their son’s death in any way they can.