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Old 07-19-2013, 10:10 AM   #1167
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As I believe heavily in the concept of innocent until proven guilty
For the record, I practice criminal defence law. Suffice to say, so do I.

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, I don't see why I need to chose which side I feel sympathy for either. Why can't it be both? Zimmerman has to live with killing a 17 year old and half the nation hating him (some going so far as to put a bounty on his head) thinking he's a racist murderer where from all accounts he's not racist. While the Martin family has to deal with the death of their child.
Fair point. It was silly of me to frame it as a choice between two mutually exclusive options. I suppose what I meant to say was: I'm surprised by the total absence of sympathy for Martin and his family from some posters.
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