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Judge considers lesser charges for Zimmerman

Posted on 07/10/2013 6:47:08 PM PDT by Perdogg

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 3rddegreemurder; debranelson; judgenelson; trayvon; zimmerman; zimmermantrial
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To: isthisnickcool
Florida has turned in to a dysfunctional backwards third world cesspool.

It's not just Florida.

81 posted on 07/10/2013 8:38:13 PM PDT by ladyjane (For the first time in my life I am not proud of my country.)
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To: Friendofgeorge

There has to be a way for the jury to be told this, because even I had no clue about this..Ive heard about people serving 4-5 years for manslaughter..but I think in the state of Florida, if the victim is under the age of 18 and a gun is used simple manslaughter can get you the same sentence as 2nd degree murder..been hearing that repeated over and over on Greta’s show by Judge Alex and others


82 posted on 07/10/2013 8:39:07 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Perdogg

The evil news media created this story and is inciting riots.

Zimmerman isn’t even a white male but a Hispanic.

Now the media has all of us talking about this trial when we should be focusing on stopping the awful Amnesty bill.


83 posted on 07/10/2013 8:39:19 PM PDT by Democrat_media (IRS rigged election for Obama and democrats by shutting down tea party)
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To: Dallas59

It’s still hard to believe that dipshit is POTUS.


84 posted on 07/10/2013 8:39:49 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (They can follow the Communist, I'll follow the Constitution...)
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To: Perdogg
Zimmerman's attorney, Mark O'Mara, said he will argue against the lesser charges being considered.

"Self-defense is self-defense," O'Mara said. "What happened out there was not a crime, so in that context there shouldn't have been" any charges.
85 posted on 07/10/2013 8:43:28 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
She is pro-prosecution/persecution.

fo' sho'!!

86 posted on 07/10/2013 8:45:52 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, Chris, & all of you!)
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To: Democrat_media

Zimmerman is a white Hispanic - meaning that his family was primarily Spanish speaking European without a large admixture of African blood. There are also black Hispanics, mostly from the Caribbean, who are Spanish speakers but have a mixed Spanish-African heritage.

And there are many”Hispanics” who have no Southern European blood but came from Germany or France or from England or Ireland but have been living in a Spanish speaking culture for generations.


87 posted on 07/10/2013 8:51:20 PM PDT by livius
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To: marygam

During the Rodney King riots I took my family to Disneyland.
It was the best day ever. No people, no lines. Just my family and a bunch of Japanese tourists.

Maybe you should consider going to Disney World.


88 posted on 07/10/2013 8:51:39 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: cuban leaf

defense request is automatic.

prosecution request is discretionary.


89 posted on 07/10/2013 8:52:54 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
I do not believe that she is incompetent. She is pro-prosecution/persecution.

Judge Roland Freisler would be proud.

90 posted on 07/10/2013 8:53:26 PM PDT by BulletBobCo
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To: Perdogg

If nothing else, the state of Florida will consider charging Zimmerman with gaining excess weight and failure to use racial language...

That really pissed them off.


91 posted on 07/10/2013 8:54:32 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Ronin
I wonder if she is intentionally throwing mistakes into the trial that will guarantee a reversal on appeal

I have wondered the same thing-- a little insurance in case the jury returns guilty.

I'm grasping at straws at this point, but I can't believe a public servant--regardless how corrupt-- could be so aberrant in public.

92 posted on 07/10/2013 8:56:44 PM PDT by tsomer
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I very much agree that the judge gave cause for a mistrial if not removal from the bench of justice. I have seen my fill of low level wannabe rulers going the lawyer-judge political route. Law schools make a good pot of money catering to such whims.


93 posted on 07/10/2013 8:57:57 PM PDT by noinfringers2
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To: livius

He looks hispanic to me .Plus the news media actually photoshpopped his picture to make him look more caucasian (google it might still be there), elongated his head. no joke.

here’s a clue FOcus on the immigration bill the media is manipulating us to focus on this. guess I fell for it too.


94 posted on 07/10/2013 9:00:16 PM PDT by Democrat_media (IRS rigged election for Obama and democrats by shutting down tea party)
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To: MrEdd

Apparently you are just satisfied introducing facts and completely ‘ruining’ a perfectly good scenario. <: <: <:

However, I am sure it wouldn’t take this bunch long to come up with a ‘new’ solution to get him into Federal Court.

Of course, I guess they would be just as happy to get him into the ‘GenPop’ of the local lockup BUT would imagine the “Latinos and Aryans would take on the ‘Brothers’ if it came to that”.

That may be an interesting and the best way to settle this.


95 posted on 07/10/2013 9:04:03 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98 --Inside every 'older' man there is a 'younger' man wondering "WTF happened")
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To: noinfringers2

Most judges I know about are on the bench because they’re too incompetent or too lazy to make a living in private practice. Being a judge in Florida is a cushy job with a big pension.


96 posted on 07/10/2013 9:06:47 PM PDT by clintonh8r ("Europe was created by history. America was created by a philosophy." Baroness Thatcher)
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To: Democrat_media

Hispanic isn’t a race, but an ethnicity.

I understand your point though.


97 posted on 07/10/2013 9:07:45 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

Partnership at a big Democrat law firm, making several times her current salary.


98 posted on 07/10/2013 9:10:19 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
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To: boop

If he is found “NOT GUILTY”, his parents should get him on a flight to Peru. No looking back!


99 posted on 07/10/2013 9:13:39 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NATURAL BORN CITIZEN: BORN IN THE USA OFCITIZEN PARENTS)
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To: JoeProBono

She looks like Meatloaf.

Regards,
GtG

100 posted on 07/10/2013 9:14:11 PM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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