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Originally Posted by transplant99
Self defense...are you new to this thread or something?
At worst...it was negligent manslaughter but the inept prosecution couldnt get out of their own way or subdue their egos to see that in the beginning.
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I think it's more accurate to say that it wasn't proven to be murder under Florida law and that the possibility of self-defense gave reasonable doubt.
There are a tonne of unanswered questions that will never be answered because the only other key witness is dead. What we have are two theories. One backed by the defendant and his peers, and the other put forward by the prosecution.
From a legal stand point, I agree that you should not be able to convict someone on a theory. A defense on the other hand, has the right to use a theory to create reasonable doubt, so I am not necessarily against the verdict, but just pointing out that a "not guilty" verdict does not necessarily mean "innocent".
Even one of the jurors said that they wanted to convict him of something and asked about manslaughter, but that the way the law is applied, they couldn't.