"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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On 7/21/13 1:40 PM, Eisboch wrote:
Although I agree with those who say we don't need "Stand Your
Ground"
statutes outside of your home, I don't understand the media
attention
and activist groups (led by people like Al Sharpton) who are using
the
Zimmerman trial to promote the elimination of SYG.

Zimmerman's defense was *not* based on SYG grounds. It was based
on
self-defense. This was a purposeful and strategic decision by his
defense attorneys.

The reason he was acquitted by the jury was due to the stupidity of
the
state's prosecution team of attorneys. *They* are the ones that put
into evidence all of Zimmerman's accounts of the events, thereby
allowing de facto testimony by Zimmerman without the ability to
cross
examine him. The defense attorneys made good use of this blunder by
calling other witnesses to testify that gave credence to Zimmerman's
account of the events, raising sufficient reasonable doubt to
generate a
"not guilty" verdict.

Typical of any unpopular decision or circumstance (to them) , the
liberal media and activist groups are totally misinforming the
public on
the facts.






The undercurrent of Stand Your Ground permeated everything related to
the case and the trial and its outcome.

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Everyone except the jury who found appropriately and according to the
court instructions.