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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Prosecution over-reached. If they had gone for negligent manslaughter that you mentioned, they probably would have won.
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I really disagree.
They still run into the same problem. They have to prove that:
1) Zimmerman was the aggressor and remained the aggressor; or
2) Zimmerman did not have a reasonable belief that his life was being threatened.
The defence to Murder 2 and manslaughter would have been exactly the same. The difference is only in the intention. With manslaughter or murder 2, the prosecution still has to show that there account of events was correct over Zimmerman's. The evidence of the broken nose, injuries to the back of the head, Martin being on top at the moment of the shooting, etc..is going to get Zimmerman off regardless.