[DonkeyBonker]

BUT she told the jury they could rule on a lesser charge of manslaughter, which he is not charged with. He should be a free man.

[kevkrom]

BUT she told the jury they could rule on a lesser charge of manslaughter, which he is not charged with.

Don't know if it's true, but I read somewhere that in Florida, manslaughter is automatically a lesser included charge for any murder charge.

[green iguana]

“BUT she told the jury they could rule on a lesser charge of manslaughter”

That appears to be required by state law, and was expected.

[cuban leaf]

BUT she told the jury they could rule on a lesser charge of manslaughter, which he is not charged with.

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Meh. In florida it comes with the murder 2 charge. And I wouldn’t worry. Though it lowers the bar, the bar would have to drop to the floor for them to get a conviction. Not only is their reasonable doubt, but anyone watching this trial would just naturally assume taht Z simply defended himself from a serious physical attacker. Case closed.

[Steve_Seattle]

"BUT she told the jury they could rule on a lesser charge of manslaughter, which he is not charged with. He should be a free man."

I don't know if murder 2 is considered a capital offense, but if it is, the Supreme Court has ruled that a jury MUST have the option of ruling for a lesser charge (manslaughter). The reason is that the court did not want juries to have to choose between a guilty verdict that they were unsure of and simply setting someone free, so it gives them a middle ground. The judge probably threw out the child abuse thing because it is a different type of crime than murder and not simply a lesser charge.

[A'elian' nation]

The verdict should be acquittal of course, but it will be interesting if there is one jury holdout leading to a hung jury.

Since we all know that the DOJ and rabble-rousers wanted an arrest for show purposes, will the prosecution re-try the case?

Or will the shameful Zimmerman show trial satisfy the Holders and Sharptons.

If it’s a hung jury I do not see a re-prosecution of the case. It will be on to the federalista civil suit and more mad fun for the LSM.