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Maybe I am wrong but I don't think the prosecutors even wanna try this case. They seem so uninsterested in it. Also their witnesses suck. All they are doing is asking each person to confirm the evidence they've already have each person confirm before them.
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I haven't been watching it. It's upsetting. I'll tell ya one thing, after the shooting I was
scared to wear my hood up. I don't know if he's guilty or not unlike in Ray's case but
it didn't have to happen. Those proponents are right.
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Well i think rhe police reports have said he confronted martin down the alley after he hung up. Theres a map of the path he took and where the killing was and its obvious that he at the very least met trayvon halfway. There was also a witness that said zimmerman was on top of him and said to call the police. I think what happened was zimmerman tried to detain him and succeeded but trayvon faught back and turned the tables. that would coincide with both testimonies. I think zimmerman thought he was doing the right thing but put himelf in that situation to have the tables turned. If thats the case, he could possibly be considered to have assaulted trayvon by apprehending him forcibly without reason or power, inwhich case i think he loses the ability to say it was self defense. However proving one way or another is going to be nearly impossible. 50 calls to 911 in a year and a half i think tells the story of zimmerman. Hes a busy body thats trying to do right in his mind but could have easily been pushed over the edge this time. Itll be interesting to see what the results are. Personally i think hes guilty, becuase theres noway trayvon is 20+ lbs heavier than him which i believe is commonly believed to make ones body a deadly weapon and i believe the scenario i said is probably cloaer to the truth. Tables were turned he got scared and reacted. Unfortunatley there is plenty shosing he was following and unhappy about the prospects of him getting away.
HR i was curious if you thought she was being truthful or not. I do think she came off poorly in some ways considering the case but i dont think she was necessarily lying. Theres probably a good many reasons she would be short with law enforcement or people questioning her her honesty. Could have certainly went about it better. Also maybe you or your wife on whether it has to be unaminous or not. I know civil cases just have to be over 50% but wasnt sure of criminal and or the percentage required for verdict.Last edited by JAB1985; 06-28-2013 at 07:46 PM.
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06-29-2013, 08:34 AM #29Legendary RSR Poster
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I need to see the full testimony to get a gauge but I won't be able to do that until next week. I'm in Bmore this weekend on a mini vacation.
I will say, from what I've read in news reports, she's an incredibly poor witness and she was billed by the prosecution as the star witness. She's already been exposed for lying by the defense so I don't think it's a big leap to think other parts of her testimony may be fabricated. She may have reasons for being less than truthful to the police but that has consequences. Justified or not, it will go to her credibility.
The guy yesterday was a prosecution witness and he testified it was Trayvon on top of Zimmerman beating him up "ground and pound" style. That's two HUGE blunders back to back by the prosecution.
In all 50 states, you must have a unanimous jury for conviction in a capital case.
Now some states have a different jury size. TX has a 12 person jury but FL has just 6.
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JAB, it would seem to me from how closely I’ve been following this (ever since NBC edited the 911 tape my interest was peaked) that you have not been.
For example, Zimmerman was on top after the shots were fired. I think there has only been one testimony out of all the people that have said they think Zimmerman was on top before they heard a shot.
From all the evidence so far, everything seems to corroborate Zimmerman’s story that they met (some how) Martin either sucker punched or punched Zimerman in the nose, breaking it and knocking him down, then jumping on top and punched him in the face beating his head into the concrete. Which was confirmed by the only witness that came outside to see what was going on. After that went on for at least 26 seconds (from the infamous 911 tape where you hear screaming for 26 seconds) before hearing the shot.
As far as the walking shit show that was the State’s star witness. One thing she said that stood out to me. When asked something about Martin confronting Zimmerman she said “no, if he would have done that he would have said (something to the affect) I gotta let you go cause I’m gonna confront this cracka” (paraphrasing). Now I know as a lawyer you generally don’t want to ask question you don’t already know the answer to, but I would have had to have asked how she knew that. Had this happened before? Or is that what happened this time and she is lying?
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06-30-2013, 12:48 PM #31On The Practice Squad
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Re: George Zimmerman Trial
Zimmerman will get acquitted after about an hour or less after the trial ends .
That's how little of a case the prosecution has .
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Because I dont see it the way you do, I must not have been following? That comes off a little condescending. Ive been reading up on it from multiple news outlets since it happened. Youre stating he was on top after as if it was impossible for him to ever have been on top before that or even before the shot. The beginning of the fight is whats in question and nobody has a testimony for that. the witnesses that are saying they saw it, are Good and Mora and they contradict each other and both miss crucial time in which he would be guilty or not. The timing of which could be theoretically the reason for it without either lying about what they saw. not saying your way is wrong, its plausible, im just putting together both testimonies because they both seem to be credible, yet contradicting.
From all the evidence so far, everything seems to corroborate Zimmerman’s story that they met (some how) Martin either sucker punched or punched Zimerman in the nose, breaking it and knocking him down, then jumping on top and punched him in the face beating his head into the concrete. Which was confirmed by the only witness that came outside to see what was going on. After that went on for at least 26 seconds (from the infamous 911 tape where you hear screaming for 26 seconds) before hearing the shot.
Youre also taking that the screaming is him, which depending on who you believe, the professionals that contradict each other, or the multiple witnesses that do as well, its going to lead you one way or another. could be him screaming until pulling out his gun and shooting Trayvon or the abrupt ending being trayvon screaming after Zimmerman pulled out the gun. Either way I think its more dependent upon what happened before that than in that exact moment. Im trying to put all the pieces together, at least credible ones, and i think thats where the truth is, somewhere in between.
As far as the walking shit show that was the State’s star witness. One thing she said that stood out to me. When asked something about Martin confronting Zimmerman she said “no, if he would have done that he would have said (something to the affect) I gotta let you go cause I’m gonna confront this cracka” (paraphrasing). Now I know as a lawyer you generally don’t want to ask question you don’t already know the answer to, but I would have had to have asked how she knew that. Had this happened before? Or is that what happened this time and she is lying?Last edited by JAB1985; 07-01-2013 at 07:50 AM.
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07-01-2013, 08:13 AM #33Legendary RSR Poster
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I think both of you are saying the same thing.
But JAB, I'd point out that while you may believe some of the info that's in the media, much of that has been underwhelming when brought to light.
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Im not really basing this off the medias portrayal. Theyre pushing a racial agenda, and while i do think hes guilty of profiling, i dont think that plays much into him shooting Trayvon. I dont think he set out to shoot him because he was black. He clearly feared for his life in some capacity at one point or another. To me its whether he started the altercation or not that gives him the right to say he was defending himself. The prior calls, his own words, his actions arent being twisted by the media. I can listen to his 911 call and see his phone records and his actions that night of following him in the first place to say he thought he was doing the right thing but it ended badly and imo, he likely over stepped his bounds by trying to detain him. Theres no evidence saying he tried to to, I just feel that he probably did based on his thought that he was trying to help and was pissed that "they always get away". strictly opinion. with that said, i can see the side that thinks he confronted Trayvon and was attacked. Being followed and profiled i could see pissing off Trayvon to act in which case its possible to call it defending yourself. I tend to think Zimmerman did something more to provoke that but i freely admit it could have happened without him doing so.
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My bad, it did come off condescending, but it’s not because you don’t see it my way that I said that because through evidence it’s virtually impossible for Zimmerman to be on top at any point before the shot was fired.
So you didn’t believe anything Ray Lewis said either?
How do you know he continued to follow and/ or confronted him? That’s conjecture, at best,
There was only one witness that I’ve heard say they saw someone screaming and that was Good, the only person that came outside during the fight. And why would Martin be screaming for help when he had no wounds on his body but the shot and bruising on his knuckles?
He didn’t know he was black until after he called, at least that’s how it sounds on the call to the police to report a suspicious person
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Besides the point that everybodies testimony starts after they heard yelling and/or fighting. Nobodies testimony has any reflection on the initial meeting between the two, besides Jeantel, who ive not really been using despite her testimony strongly favoring that Zimmerman confronted Tayvon. I dont think we know anything about that first moment which is exactly what we need to for a conclusion.
So you didn’t believe anything Ray Lewis said either?
How do you know he continued to follow and/ or confronted him? That’s conjecture, at best.
There was only one witness that I’ve heard say they saw someone screaming and that was Good, the only person that came outside during the fight. And why would Martin be screaming for help when he had no wounds on his body but the shot and bruising on his knuckles?
youre not the only one that has taken Good's testimony and just ignored Mora's. maybe because it was in Spanish and translated its less credible? honestly I have no idea whats driving that. She seems credible to me and was in just as good of a position as Good was ultimately.
He didn’t know he was black until after he called, at least that’s how it sounds on the call to the police to report a suspicious personLast edited by JAB1985; 07-01-2013 at 10:31 AM.
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