Posted on 01/18/2013 8:58:42 AM PST by Uncle Chip
ORLANDO, Fla. - The defense team for George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman charged with shooting and killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, has received Martin's school records, but won't release it to the public, according to the defense website.
Zimmerman's attorney, former Local 6 legal analyst Mark O'Mara, writes on GZLegalCase.com that Martin's records are protected and shouldn't be part of the public record.
"A number of parties have expressed concern that we will use information found in the school records to “demonize” Trayvon Martin," O'Mara writes. "The Zimmerman defense has no intention to demonize Trayvon Martin. While we believe that George Zimmerman has been unjustly demonized as a racist and a murderer by those who saw benefit in doing so, nothing would justify a reciprocal attack on the character and memory of Trayvon Martin."
The defense does say they plan to challenge Martin's representation as the several-years-old pictures of Martin as a boy.
"We do, for instance, have an interest in presenting Trayvon Martin accurately as he appeared on the night of February 26, 2012, and that will include challenging the several-years-old photo of Trayvon Martin as a boy wearing a red shirt -- the photo that has become the popular representation of him in the minds of the public at large," O'Mara writes. "If the memory of Trayvon Martin is going to be a catalyst for a conversation about race relations in America, then we should have an honest conversation."
(Excerpt) Read more at clickorlando.com ...
DEFENDANT'S SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF RECIPROCAL DISCOVERY ON 18 JANUARY 2013.
The defense has filed DEFENDANT’S SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF RECIPROCAL DISCOVERY. The notice cites several items found in the records of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement that had not previously been disclosed or furnished to the defense. Once these items have been redacted we will post them to our website.
MOTION FOR SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM TO AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY (ABC)ON 18 JANUARY 2013.
The defense has filed the following MOTION FOR SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM TO AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY (ABC), ALSO KNOW AS AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES. (ABC,INC.), AND ITS DIVISIONS, SUBSIDIARIES, AND AFFILIATES.
Live Links to:
The list of what the prosecution was hiding and didn’t want the defense to have:
http://184.172.211.159/~gzdocs/documents/0113/defendant_supplemental_discovery.pdf
And finally, ABC’s invitation to the party:
http://184.172.211.159/~gzdocs/documents/0113/motion_for_sub_to_abc.pdf
Get the popcorn ready.
Good. They are going to fight this, and fight it smart.
How many and to what extent the court will grant these motions will tell a lot about whether there will be an American trial or a Moscow show trial.
Will justice be achieved? It will be hard, now that an innocent man’s life is ruined by media and leftists needing to squeeze out a little bit more White Guilt before the election.
“The Zimmerman defense has no intention to demonize Trayvon Martin.”
This kid’s own behavior and record will probably do that all by itself.
They may need a change of venue as it seems there is lots of corruption going on in the Orlando area.
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Defense deposes witness who says Trayvon was on top, Zimmerman crying for help
One of the most important defense witnesses in the George Zimmerman murder case – the one who told police he saw Trayvon Martin straddling Zimmerman and “throwing down blows on the guy kinda MMA-style,” was quietly brought to the Seminole County Courthouse Dec. 11 and deposed, according to new court paperwork.
The man, identified in court records only as “witness 6,” was a neighbor who told authorities he heard and saw the fight.
By identifying the clothes they wore, he told police that Zimmerman was on the bottom, was being beat up and was crying for help......
The state had no case and still has no case, per Nejame and Gerragos. Having sworn in court they are boxed in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Mlte_VAXENQ#!
How many and to what extent the court will grant these motions will tell a lot about whether there will be an American trial or a Moscow show trial.
The state has already made it abundantly clear it's persecuting Zimmerman with a show trial. I won't be surprised if he's found guilty at the conclusion of a blatantly obviously prejudicial trial; I deeply hope his conviction will be summarily dismissed on appeal.
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