Posted on 07/12/2013 10:06:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
SANFORD, Fla. Theres so much that still isnt known about what happened on that dark, rainy night in February 2012, George Zimmermans defense attorney told jurors Friday in a hushed courtroom here.
Speaking in a soothing, conversational tone, attorney Mark OMara urged jurors not to make assumptions about the defendant accused of killing an unarmed teenager named Trayvon Martin and not to try to fill in blanks or connect dots.
The only conclusion jurors could reach about his client after hearing testimony for three weeks, OMara said, is innocence. Pure, unadulterated innocence.
Minutes into his closing argument, OMara walked over to the defense table, and Zimmerman, dressed in a dark blazer and tie, stood. The defendant held his head high and gazed directly at the jury with a neutral expression on his face.
OMara placed his hand on the shoulder of Zimmerman, a humanizing gesture. OMaras demeanor contrasted with the style of assistant state attorney Bernie de la Rionda, who often shouted and spoke in impassioned tones during prosecution closing arguments on Thursday.
Prosecutors, OMara said, had created a false caricature of Zimmerman, portraying him as an overzealous neighborhood watch volunteer. The prosecutors want jurors to believe that Zimmerman was a crazy guy walking the neighborhood looking for people to harass, OMara said.
But, the defense attorney added, theres no evidence to back that portrayal. Instead, he said, Zimmerman merely spotted Martin walking through the neighborhood while the defendant was on his way to Target to pick up food to make his lunches for the week.
There is also no evidence, OMara asserted, that Zimmerman had ill will, spite or hatred for Martin, the elements necessary for him to be convicted of second-degree murder.
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Indeed, and with a touch of class.
Acquittal means angry riots and violence. Conviction means “celebratory” riots and violence which could be even worse as far as the killing spree. Because conviction sends the message that white folks have no right to self-defense.
Why didn’t Trayvon just sprint to the house he was staying if he was a frightened child? Why/When did it occur to him to confront Zimmerman. Did Trayvon stop somewhere, observe a goofy George Zimmerman, decide “I can kick his ass” and decide to do just that? If Zimmerman had hate in his heart AND an itchy trigger finger, he would have shot Trayvon long before letting his head be treated like a pinata.
I agree with you and disagree with you.
I agree with you that isn’t the way to go...just funny the media fishbowl that all world perspective is viewed through the prism of NYC...I don’t think you talk to women that way, especially in the south.
I don’t think he walks tho. I think he SHOULD. But the prosecution just stood in court and said “forget the lack of evidence, rely on emotion”. The judge WONT refute that in instructions. I think he’s going to get manslaughter then the Sea Hag is going to throw the book at him.
I hope I’m wrong.
I am not serious, but it begs the question, where is the blood? The hood was shot in the chest. He didn’t bleed?
They might have burned that bridge of civil suite vs Zimmerman by suing and accepting a settlement from the HOA.
Not likely since TM had a cotton tee shirt on which would have caught the blood long enough for the position changes described.
1. Witness says TM was on top just prior to shot.
2. Expert forensic witness says condition of tee shirt indicates TM was on top.
No evidence was presented that contradicts those two pieces of testimony.
Psst. We are already at mob rule!
There is NOT so much that is unknown. That’s an absurd statement.
Come the revolution.
Shouldn't be all that much longer...
And that he looks like Obama’s “son”.
Leave me out of this!
It will mean the jury is tainted.
Nifongism should be prosecuted.
Unless your goal is an emotion driven verdict, facts be damned.
I have to turn off the TV when the shows go New Yarker, especially Hannity... I do not understand the need to scream and over talk on a program but I guess that is the New York way and one of the reasons we don’t want them in Texas...
You've been watching too much CSI crap on television.
Zimmerman didn't have a scriptwriter to create the "evidence".
The most important point was “He didn’t have to have one scratch”...
Most gunshot wounds do not bleed immediately. It takes a few seconds for the blood to flow from and injury. Have you ever cut yourself deeply? There is a good 5 to 10 seconds before the cut begins to bleed. Gunshots to the chest even more so because the chest cavity has to fill with blood before the it is forced from the bullet hole.
When Ronald Reagan was shot he did not bleed extrnally at all for several minutes. So your assumption of blood on George is wrong. Due to two sweat shirts being worn there would not even be blood splatter from the initial impact.
“They might have burned that bridge of civil suite vs Zimmerman by suing and accepting a settlement from the HOA.”
That just may be one. Some of these plaintiff’s attorneys can be very creative in trying to name a defendant in a case no matter how tangentially connected.
I am sure that there are attorneys here on FR who can expound on this better than I can.
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