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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I choose to believe that a jury that was present through the whole trial and thought Zimmerman's story was credible is pretty telling.
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And I chose to believe that a jury that was present through the whole trial and thought OJ Simpson's story was credible is also pretty telling.
Well, no I don't.
They make mistakes. We hear a hell of a lot of grumbling about how the justice system (both in Canada and the States) screw things up all the time. This time though, it's "the jury says so, so they must be right".
That being said, like everyone else here, I didn't watch every minute of the trial.
I know a few facts though -- that a dimwitted little turd who shouldn't have been carrying a rusty spatula, let alone a gun, was following a kid around because he thought he was "up to no good", and then he killed the kid with his trusty gun, and got off scot-free. And they gave him his gun back.
Perhaps the verdict did follow the letter of Florida law. I don't know. I'm as much as an expert on it as anyone here - which makes me a non-expert.
Would anyone feel safe with this Zimmerman clown living next door, knowing he was walking around with a gun in his belt? If he was my neighbor, I'd be concerned about wearing a raincoat while opening my car. He'd probably shoot me, tell everyone I punched him in the nose, and maybe that time he'd end up in the slammer, but I'd be dead and that wouldn't help me much.