Posted on 04/30/2012 7:37:27 AM PDT by marktwain
What evidence does Special Prosecutor Angela Corey have that prompted her to charge George Zimmerman with murdering Trayvon Martin? So far, she has refused to say.
Before long, though, she will be required by law to release the evidence — which fills several boxes. What will it show?
"It'll be like little bits and pieces that will have to be strung together," said Adam Pollack, an Orlando criminal-trial attorney. "Almost a bunch of little dots. Initially, the little dots don't make much sense, but if you step back, you see a bigger picture."
The public could get access in the next few days — although there may be delays — because prosecutors are legally required to share evidence with the defense and, once that happens, the information becomes public through a process called discovery. The most compelling evidence should fall into these categories:
Crime-scene evidence
That includes anything found at the scene where the two came into contact and the sidewalk where Zimmerman, a Sanford Neighborhood Watch volunteer, fatally shot the unarmed black teenager Feb. 26. He's charged with second-degree murder.
Local lawyers say some of the evidence they're most eager to see are photos or anything else that documents Zimmerman's injuries or their absence. He called Sanford police, describing Trayvon as suspicious and then began following the Miami Gardens teenager on foot.
Zimmerman said he shot Trayvon in self-defense after the teen punched him, knocked him to the ground and then began pounding his head on a sidewalk.
"I definitely want to know what injuries the defendant suffered, what type of injuries and to what extent they were documented," said Pollack.
Sanford police took photos of the defendant that night. They should be in the evidence soon to be released.
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It all makes sense now. This is about an attorney seeking his share of “monetary justice” associated with a “potential” wrongful death lawsuit, that is weak at best. The media and public have been stirred up for the purpose of helping this attorney get his case to court.
The stand your ground law with civil court penalty exemption for proper self defense is an even more important law that I thought. It is interesting how some attorneys know how to circumvent it. It is also discouraging how the special prosecutor appointed by the Gov is helping out.
I wonder how that deal was struck.
LOL, it looks like a Democrat (Zimmerman) may put another Republican (Corey) in prison.
Without Dee Dee, Corey won't even get to trial, and with Dee Dee the fraudulent evidence is exposed and Corey goes down for malicious prosecution.
—Without Dee Dee, Corey won’t even get to trial, and with Dee Dee the fraudulent evidence is exposed and Corey goes down for malicious prosecution.—
It is starting to look like it just may go that direction.
Watched the bond hearing, got the impression the main evidence they have is inconsistencies in Z’s story from all the times they had him repeat his story.
After that, maybe the distance from which the shot was fired. Also, the detective seemed to be buying that it was T yelling for help. Odd because that doesn’t seem to hold up very well.
Interesting if T had any drugs in his system. If he was a pot user, it can be detected for a pretty long time. Z said he was acting strangely, who knows.
I’m curious, how does a person talk on their cell phone for 400 minutes before the battery dies out? Mine is only good for about 45 minutes.......
and how close were the parties and at what angle was the kid shot? evidence of a struggle...?
Actually, didn’t Corey just get re-elected?
If that is the case, the Zimmerman indictment has probably, already served its purpose...
Better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six.
Corey has already shown she is willing to prosecute, and convict, an innocent man for political gain. She represents the worst of our justice and political system. Not to mention she looks more than slightly depraved on television. I’m sure she knows her case is non-existent. It’s a serious charge but I’m betting she’s trying to massage the evidence to try and have something convincing to go to court with. I wouldn’t put it past her to be trying to manufacture damning evidence.
Also of concern was that Zimmerman was an alter boy as a young man and helped out with his church - God knows what that could lead to...
Trayvon had a more stable life - getting kicked out of school repeatably, being caught with burglary tools, being violent with a bus driver... you know, normal kid stuff... The MSM has determined the obvious - Zimmerman's guilty.
Anyone who has been in a few fights knows that the first punch landed can pretty much decide the outcome.
Even slight bleeding in or on the brain leaves a clot which can take years to be absorbed.
I had a wreck on my bike when I was 11 and it was 22 years before I had normal results on an EEG.
Am waiting on the expert witness re head injuries to testify. Can’t have a head injury bad enough to open up the gashes in his head and not have some internal injury too.
IIRC the law says to defend yourself against death or body injury. Seems to me the injury has been done.
So if I understand your reasoning correctly, to “keep the lid on,” we are going to screw George Zimmerman and trample his rights? We don’t want “Holder’s People” to riot until after FUBO’s re-election so let’s trump up charges and have a show trial. Just like in Russia!
Talk while it’s plugged in.
Plugged into what and where? And for 6 hours and 40 minutes?
Can honestly state ... NO. There are sometimes considerations given which could be stated as being above ones or manys thought processes. This could be one of those times. Do not know that it is one of those times ... though would not be surprised.
Well, since it's the prosecutor refusing to release it, it must be either extremely incriminating or extremely exculpatory, and knowing what little I know of the particulars, Option 2 sounds more likely.
BTW, in a state that has grand juries, what gives her the latitude to skip that step and indict in her own? Isn't the grand jury system one of the means by which we keep our paid employees on a proper leash?
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