On 7/2/13 4:23 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
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This trial has gotten SO political and it's a damned shame. No matter
what the outcome, there is going to be a large percentage of people
who
aren't happy with it.
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Similar but different from the O.J. Simpson trial. That one had
external forces applying influence but it wasn't necessarily racial or
political.
I'm not really sure WHAT that was!
OJ's lawyers totally overwhelmed the state's prosecutors, and the facts
that the defense was able to show that some evidence was mishandled,
that at least one of the cops intimately involved in the case was an
avowed racist and engaged in shenanigans with some of the evidence and
then "took the fifth" about it, and a number of other factors resulted
in a not guilty verdict.
If Zimmerman walks, it won't be because he stalked a young man,
instigated a fight and, when it wasn't going his way, whipped out his
pistol and shot and killed the young man. It'll be because the trial
took place in a gun-happy state.