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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.
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Or they found reasonable doubt to to some incredibly bad investigation work, a police investigator who was completely compromised and the dumbest tactic in the history of any justice system. So there was reasonable doubt in that case.
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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".
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Hmmm, usually we're looking at it here on a case by case basis. This is based on the story at the time. Funny that we're doing the same thing here.
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That being said, like everyone else here, I didn't watch every minute of the trial.
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Yup
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I know a few facts though -- that a dimwitted little turd who shouldn't have been carrying a rusty spatula, let alone a gun,
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That's not a fact, that's an opinion. I might agree with your opinion Rouge but that doesn't make it a fact.
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was following a kid around because he thought he was "up to no good",
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Yup, while in a neighbourhood where he was a neighbourhood watch captain. And in a neighbourhood that had several break ins recently.
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and then he killed the kid with his trusty gun, and got off scot-free. And they gave him his gun back.
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Glad that you left out the meat of the case, are you going to write a script that stars Dennis Franz as George Zimmerman?
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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.
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It did and that's what matters.
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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.
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Probably not, I'm huge into gun control, I think the 2nd amendment is long over due for an overhaul.
Plus in the trial he didn't just tell people that he was punched and attacked and head his head bonked on the ground, because as is his right he didn't testify. The investigation and forensics that were presented to the jury showed that.
So if you punched him a couple of times and then straddled him and kept up the attack including banging his head off of the ground, then you and I could have a discussion around theory.
But to snark and leave out major parts of the discussion doesn't make it a compelling argument with all due respect.
Anyways, I'm almost glad that I'm going to Edmonton today, this thread is exhausting.