Racialized prosecutorial indiscretion in the Zimmerman case

Legal Insurrection ^ | 7-6-2013 | William A. Jacobson

[zeestephen]

Is Florida one of the states that gives a jury the chance to “downgrade” a charge?

Namely, if the jury finds Not Guilty on Murder 2, can they still find Zimm Guilty on Involuntary Manslaughter or a lesser charge?

Murder 2 is absurd.

There has been NO evidence at all that Zimm acted with “Depraved Indifference To Life.”

[Chewbarkah]

Posts from attorneys say “lesser included” offenses are an option. That includes manslaughter. Based on the trial evidence so far, manslaughter has not been proved any more than murder 2, either, and it can carry a very long sentence (like 25 years). If the jury takes the coward’s way out to appease the mob, it would be overturned on appeal, but what a travesty.

[JoeProBono]

[jiggyboy]

No credit to the judge. She wants this train to run on time, to the point of more or less demanding on Wednesday that the Defense knock off all its annoying “questioning of witnesses” stuff so that the Prosecution could bring TrayMom to the stand to run out the clock with sympathetic, emotional testimony.

[varon]

If both Zimmerman and Martin were of the same race or ethnic background, this case would never have seen a courtroom.

Worth repeating...........

[Chewbarkah]

We don’t have a verdict yet, so let’s not get overconfident.

Hardcore Traybots don’t care about no stink’in facts and are maximally wee-weed up, the media is itching for a violent spectacle, and Holder’s Community Relations Force is on the job. What could go wrong? The key is not to let anything get going, especially in places with majority criminal populations ...like inner-City Miami.

Riots would not really help the Scheme Team agenda, so it will be interesting to see if Crump, Fulton, Martin and other Schemers will be savvy enough to make conciliatory public statements.

[SeaHawkFan]

I may be in the minority, but I don’t forsee any mass rioting.

I don't either. The widespread availability of air conditioning will make it too inconvenient to go outside in the Florida summer heat and humidity.

[SeaHawkFan]

Maybe the jury was hoping the defense would not present a defense and rest its case so they could be home for the weekend.

[zeestephen]

Yes, a travesty.

Obama, the Democrat Party, and the MSM have inflicted more damage on the Constitution and the Rule of Law than any other political gang since Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal.