The State of Florida vs George Zimmerman: The Trial

Her parents weren't living there at the time, Shellie was.

btw: does it not impress you that in a town that has the police chief actively gunning for George no charges are ever filed?

the fact that this guy has gone this long staying clear of the law even though so many people want him locked up gives me the impression that he is pretty bright after all. this guy knows where the line of the law is and takes care to never cross it.

Zimmerman defense team offers insights to panel at UB-sponsored mock trial event
By James Staas
November 7, 2013

Two lawyers who represented defendant George Zimmerman in the high-profile Trayvon Martin murder trial talked Thursday about their trial techniques and strategies that helped lead to an acquittal.

Attorneys Mark O’Mara, who was Zimmerman’s lead counsel, and Don West, a 1980 graduate of the University at Buffalo Law School, discussed the Florida case before about 250 law students at a panel discussion as part of the 10th annual Buffalo Niagara Trial Competition.

West may be best remembered for the knock-knock joke that fell flat with jurors during his opening statement. But O’Mara credited West for his work in persuading the judge not to allow the jury to consider a lesser murder charge.

A key moment came near the end of the trial when both sides suggested what the judge should include in her instructions to jurors before deliberations. Prosecutors for the first time suggested that the judge allow jurors to consider the less serious charges of manslaughter and third-degree murder based on child abuse, arguing that since Trayvon was 17 when Zimmerman fatally shot him during a confrontation, he was a minor, or child.

“It was a brilliant strategy to give the jury something to hang their hat on,” offering jurors a compromise verdict if they couldn’t convict Zimmerman of murder, West said.

“It was the ultimate in sandbagging,” he said of the last-minute prosecution strategy in the case.

West argued against it, and “the court ultimately did the right thing” in rejecting it, he said.

“That saved the case,” West said.

“We wanted to avoid a compromise verdict,” O’Mara said.

O’Mara recalled West’s outrage at the prosecution’s move.

“Don came as close as you can to contempt without being thrown in jail,” he said...
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/courts/zimmerman-defense-team-offers-insights-to-panel-at-ub-sponsored-mock-trial-event-20131107

. . . given the rather bleak outlook for his own future,
and ability to earn a living, it is not difficult to imagine a possible
murder/suicide where he would end both their lives.

What's past is past, the important matter now should be to try to prevent
future tragedies he might cause, based on the red flags we can already see,
if that's at all possible. His "supporters" should take a look at those red
flags--they're waving very clearly.

WHAT do u propose, Firefly??

He does have psychological problems, including very questionable judgment and poor impulse control.

He does have psychological problems, including very questionable judgment and poor impulse control.

Zimmerman is an unpredictable individual. I agree with you; he's unstable....
It takes a special somebody to kill another who was no threat,

end ing that threat (to him, and to everyone).

end ing that threat (to him, and to everyone).

But now it's Zimmerman who's doing the threatening....just ask his wife.

It takes a special somebody to kill another who was no threat, frightened and trying to get away because he was being followed.

He was slamming Zimmy 's head on the cement
when Zimmy had the presence of mind to kill him,
end ing that threat (to him, and to everyone).

Yes. And it was a particularly grave threat as well. Had Trayvon gone ahead with his plans to get high on PCP and go breaking into neighborhood homes that evening, he may well have killed an entire family.

He does have psychological problems,
including very questionable judgment and poor impulse control.

Zimmerman is an unpredictable individual.

I agree with you; he's unstable....

It takes a special somebody to kill another who was no threat, frightened
and trying to get away because he was being followed.

Was he no threat and trying to get away while he was beating Zimmy 's head on the street??

Was he no threat and trying to get away while he was beating Zimmy 's head on the street??

There is absolutely no evidence to support that that even occurred.

No blood on the street,

no swellings or goose eggs on the back of Zimmerman's head,

no DNA from Zimmerman on Martin's hands,

not even under the fingernails.

And Zimmerman neither complained of, nor sought, treatment for symptoms of head trauma.

Counselor, where is your evidence that "Zimmy's" head was beaten on the street?

Are you taking the word of a known liar?

And we know Zimmerman lied to the court and his lawyer
about both his assets and his second passport.