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Zimmerman defense closing argument: ‘Pure, unadulterated innocence’ of client
Washington Post ^ | 07/12/2013 | By Manuel Roig-Franzia

Posted on 07/12/2013 10:06:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: EQAndyBuzz

Most of his bleeding was probably internal.
I figure it’s this way, if Z was intent on killing
him, he would have had his gun drawn from the beginning.
He only drew when he was on the ground and had been
assaulted, punched in the nose and his head slammed into the concrete.

Just my view.


61 posted on 07/12/2013 11:00:58 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

You need to do your homework before making comments like that.


62 posted on 07/12/2013 11:02:27 AM PDT by Defiant (In the next rebellion, the rebels will be the ones carrying the American flag.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wait until the trial is over and the jurors learn all the things about sweet little innocent Trayvon that we now know but the judge refused to let in. I will bet they will be incensed that they were not told about his criminal past, his drug use, his fighting history, and much more.


63 posted on 07/12/2013 11:03:42 AM PDT by ImNotLying (The MSM bears a close resemblance to the world's oldest profession!)
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To: Emmett McCarthy

I’ve wondered that myself. A Chicago Bulls victory can result in more damage to a city than a loss.


64 posted on 07/12/2013 11:04:38 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
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To: Dr. Sivana
So do you, despite the fact that he never cared much for your kind. (feline)

Hey, treated them better than Alf...

65 posted on 07/12/2013 11:07:56 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
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To: tet68

If Zimmerman was intent on killing Trayvon, he wouldn’t have called the police from the get go. He was simply attempting to provide Trayvon’s location, until Trayvon decided that white people aren’t allowed to so much as look at a black person on public property. This case IS about race, because Trayvon’s racist views towards whites are in evidence from witness Rachel Jeantel who testified as to Trayvon’s racist state of mind seconds before he punched Zimmerman.


66 posted on 07/12/2013 11:10:39 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
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To: SeekAndFind

He’s going to prison. He shouldn’t, but he will. Thats reality, and Im a total cynic. I’ve lost all faith in our govt, media, and justice system.


67 posted on 07/12/2013 11:11:18 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: gov_bean_ counter
Hey, treated them better than Alf...

Of course he did. The cat next door can tear him to shreds!



68 posted on 07/12/2013 11:15:24 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There's no salvation in politics.)
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To: Defiant

I never heard anything about it and was just wondering why. All I asked is if someone was on top of me and I fired point blank into his chest wouldn’t he bleed on me?

No need to be hostile here. I believe it was self defense.


69 posted on 07/12/2013 11:19:42 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The reason we own guns is to protect ourselves from those wanting to take our guns from us.)
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To: null and void

LMAO


70 posted on 07/12/2013 11:28:38 AM PDT by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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To: Angry_White_Man_Syndrome
would not even be blood splatter from the initial impact.

So then Dexter can be told to stay home? :)

71 posted on 07/12/2013 11:48:06 AM PDT by mc5cents (Pray for America)
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To: Dr. Sivana

All I remember is Snoopy at the typewriter starting “It was a dark stormy night” with of course no “a shot rang out”. It was always that way. LOL


72 posted on 07/12/2013 11:57:14 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Martin may have bled out on the inside of his hoodie. Zimmerman may have scooted out from under him before blood dripped over him.


73 posted on 07/12/2013 11:57:57 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Don’t forget a trial for the judge also.


74 posted on 07/12/2013 11:59:02 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

And I’m not meaning to be hostile, but I am just saying that it is very late to come into the discussion of the case with questions like that. There has been tons of medical tesimony about the type of wound and the cause of death, the powder burns, etc. and it would take too long to explain why.


75 posted on 07/12/2013 11:59:29 AM PDT by Defiant (In the next rebellion, the rebels will be the ones carrying the American flag.)
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To: Defiant

Unfortunately all I get to see everyday is CNN. Once I leave the office, this trial is the last thing on my mind. All I get to see is the crawl.

If you go to another thread where there are graphic pictures, you can see there is “no” blood at all. Funny thing on that thread is several people are also inquiring about the blood.


76 posted on 07/12/2013 12:03:18 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The reason we own guns is to protect ourselves from those wanting to take our guns from us.)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

I think it would be a mistrial which could be a good thing at this point.


77 posted on 07/12/2013 12:03:37 PM PDT by des
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To: CrosscutSaw

“Did O’Mara ever rebut the lie the prosecutor told in his closing argument yesterday that Zimmerman told his friend to tell his wife “I killed him” when the friend actually testified Zimmerman said tell her “I shot him”?”

Yes he did. MOM made it clear GZ wanted to inform his wife that he was not shot.


78 posted on 07/12/2013 12:12:05 PM PDT by ironman
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

“It was a HUGE mistake to have an all-female jury in this case. This is the LAST place you want emotion to play a role in a verdict. I fear these women will be more concerned about the OUTCOME of their verdict, than TRUTH based on evidence and the LAW.”

My thoughts exactly. I risk stereotyping ( and the subsequent risk of being bashed by Free Republic female members) women as a whole - but there is a strong current of emotion in how they think and act.

And that doesn’t play well for Zimmerman. I was just watching Fox and they said that the prosecution had a final rebuttal to the defense’s closing arguments. Fox said that the procsecution went heavy on emotion and light on facts.


79 posted on 07/12/2013 12:18:45 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
Wait until the jury finds out what they weren’t told during the trial. If they convict Zimmerman, they’re going to have to live with the blood of an innocent man on their hands forever which really isn’t fair either.

24 posted on 07/12/2013 10:29:55 AM PDT by RC one

Indeed. The judge will give Zimmerman 25 years for ‘manslaughter’, then the jury goes “WHAT? Ooooops, sorry.. We didn’t know the sentence for manslaughter would be so long.”
Yes. I take it that MoM was forbidden to make any reference to that. Had he had any wiggle room there at all, surely he would have suggested that Zimmerman’s wife and mother and father deserved some consideration of what it would mean to them to lose George Zimmerman’s presence and support, and instead have the burden of having to make the time to get to a penitentiary and go through the humiliation of a search even worse than going into an airport. Not to mention worrying about what would happen to George when the only people around were a bunch of bullies.


80 posted on 07/12/2013 12:29:03 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (“Liberalism” is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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