IMO it's going to take a courageous jury to vote Not Guilty. They may be inclined to convict out of fear (not unjustified) for their own safety.
I hope I'm wrong.
(BBM) I agree, except that as usual, many of 'us' are more informed about TM and his family than the jury is because of what has been posted elsewhere. The judge forbids any mentions of TM's past yet allows the state to refer to GZ's impressions of TM's actions that night as preposterous - the records show otherwise. I don't take the Zimmerman's perjury charges lightly at all, but criticizing them for accepting money is another thing, IMO. They are not the only one's in this case accepting or going after $ in this case...Some keep talking about GZ bad behaviors before TM's death. How about the records of TM's bad behaviors? I am glad this case will go to a jury, regardless of the outcome, rather than to WS posters like all of us. This case should be judged by facts presented in court. If one WS member is going to talk about the past of GZ, let's bring up the past of TM also and be fair.
The death of TM was a tragedy but none of us were there so we don't even know what happened between those two men. IMO, not much has been presented in court. That doesn't mean I know what happened. But if you want GZ to go to prison, shouldn't the prosecution have had some direct evidence? It's very very sad someone died but not knowing what really happened and judging by emotion is very scary. All MOO.
What I found to be incredibly sad was that someone, most probably GZ, was yelling for help as he said, no one came to help him. I don't think it was because they didn't want to help, but more so that they were afraid to help. It is more of a referendum on the status of our society today. Personally, I don't know what I could have done other than to call the police as the neighbors did.
I was discussing this trial with a woman who lives in FL, and she said she would have gone out no problem, with her .38 aimed and ready to fire. She would have no problem doing that. I don't own a gun, and I am chagrined to say that I would have been afraid to render assistance, when someone was yelling for help.
Also as I recall GZ had two passports.
One was valid and one had expired. He turned in the expired one, as he was required to turn in his passport, but told his wife to put the valid one in, as I recall, a safe-deposit box. I may not have all of this exactly right, but it did concern his keeping the valid passport, IMO.
In court documents, State Attorney Angela B. Corey also said that Zimmerman had two passports, and the passport that he surrendered to the court at the April hearing was one that Zimmerman had reported stolen on March 8, 2004. That passport was valid until May 2012, Corey said.
Zimmerman was issued a second passport on March 26, 2004, and that one is valid until 2014, she said.
The prosecutor asked the court that Zimmerman be ordered to surrender the second passport to authorities.
But Lester appeared to accept the explanation from Zimmerman's lawyer that his client had given him the second passport, and the lawyer simply forgot to hand it over to authorities until Friday.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/01/justice/florida-teen-shooting
I wonder how many people know GZ's mom is Hispanic? I bet a lot are surprised, IMO.
good on this jury, I give them so much credit, they want to keep going.
Women are wonderful
IMO
GZ's mom is infinitely more credible than the Martin/Fulton family imo.
I wonder how many people know GZ's mom is Hispanic? I bet a lot are surprised, IMO.
Do you think GZ knew or heard what the term "stand your ground" means before the shooting? IMO
She didn't even take 5 seconds to think about it. What a sham IMO
In my opinion, I don't think the climate is as bad as we think it is. The media, for some ridiculous reason, is trying to, imo, MAKE the climate bad, and pit races against each other. THEY'RE saying that the climate is bad. But who can believe them, after this point? Imo, they've lost their credibility.
I think that most people are seeing the evidence, in my opinion, and learning the truth of the matter, which I think is that George Zimmerman was defending his life against someone who was intent on beating him to a pulp!
Why surprised? I thought it was common knowledge that GZ is Hispanic?