On Tuesday, July 2, 2013 5:00:36 PM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 7/2/13 4:23 PM, iBoaterer wrote:

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"iBoaterer" wrote in message

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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.

"But, Harry. you're pronounced Zimmerman guilty from the word 'go'. No need for a trial. "