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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When does the trial of the prosecutors begin?
“It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly, a shot rang out,”
Mark O’Mara was absolutely brilliant.
If Zimmerman is convicted of either murder or manslaughter, it will mean Florida’s self defense laws aren’t worth the paper they are written on and null & void at the discretion of the state.
If Zimmerman goes to jail for this, it is officially mob rule in America.
...And the “judge” ?
“If Zimmerman goes to jail for this, it is officially mob rule in America.”
Not sure about America but for sure Florida is not the place to vacation anymore.
(somewhere in a lonely hotel room,
There’s a guy starting to realize
That eternal fate has turned its back on him,
It’s two a.m...........)
It’s two a.m., the fear has gone
I’m sittin’ here waitin’, the gun still warm
Maybe my connection is tired of takin’ chances
Yeah there’s a storm on the loose, sirens in my head
I’m wrapped up in silence, all circuits are dead
I cannot decode, my whole life spins into a frenzy
Help I’m steppin’ into the twilight zone
The place is a madhouse, feels like being cloned
My beacon’s been moved under moon and star
Where am I to go, now that I’ve gone too far
Help I’m steppin’ into the twilight zone
The place is a madhouse, feels like being cloned
My beacon’s been moved under moon and star
Where am I to go, now that I’ve gone too far
Soon you will come to know,
When the bullet hits the bone
Such a sweeeeeeet young child!
You know Snoopy well.
RE: Mark OMara was absolutely brilliant.
And unlike the Prosecution, he didn’t shout at the top of his voice.
I thought very good. i didn’t hear anything spectacular that would make me say brilliant. But very good. Was kind of hoping for a little something more but very good. I don’t think he dropped anything, and I think he made it clear about the reasonable doubt issue and how that breaks out.
you mean the robed co-prosecutor?
O'Mara said that even if the jurors have REASONABLE DOUBT that Zimmerman did NOT act in self-defense, THEY MUST FIND ZIMMERMAN 'NOT GUILTY'.
O’Mara did a great job. The prosecution’s rebuttal was all emotion, it was pathetic at best. Should be an open and shut case.
“You know Snoopy well.”
So do you, despite the fact that he never cared much for your kind. (feline)
Doesn’t matter what the evidence proves. The fix is in to persecute Mr.Zimmerman and send him to prison until he is an old man.
There you go.
And yet every talking head on every news channel (unfortunately including Fox) seems to think he should have yelled and screamed....because they are all pushy ass New York Prosecutors....so apparently Omara should have grabbed himself and shouted “You’se got NOTHIN!!”
Someone needs to explain to the media that the entire world is not, nor revolves around New York City.
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