Expert Witness: Trayvon Martin was on top of Zimmerman when teen was shot

[Smitty]

Bottom line is they had no chance of getting murder 2 according to what is needed to convict. You have wonder if they had just started out at manslaughter if they would have gotten a plea agreement instead ofnthe trial going to a verdict.

I doubt that Zimmerman would have pleaded to anything that had jail time measured in years.

 

[L.T. Fan]

Where?

Yuba City.

 

[Carp]

I think the prosecution also just kind of thought the guilty verdict was a given coming in. They certainly seemed unprepared and did a terrible job of calling witnesses.

 

[Genghis Khan]

I would kind of guess the opposite. They may have realized they had a poor case and only went forward because of public/media pressure.

 

[Cotton]

Well in this case I do have a little bit of knowledge about the subject. How would you have liked me to say that there is no legitimate case to be made for manslaughter?

In your opinion you always have what you feel is the bestest knowledge on the subject, and that's what makes you come off like a douche.

 

[L.T. Fan]

I would kind of guess the opposite. They may have realized they had a poor case and only went forward because of public/media pressure.

I believe this was the case as well.

 

[Carp]

If they were doing it to appease the public they would have gone for an easier charge to convict. It seems like they just thought they had it in the bag.

 

[L.T. Fan]

If they were doing it to appease the public they would have gone for an easier charge to convict. It seems like they just thought they had it in the bag.

My sense is that the initial investigation and Prosecutor didn't bring any charges because it was their position that under the law there was not a valid case. Only after a media and public outcry did the current team begin to try to build a set of charges. It also helped to fuel the fire when the President fanned the flames with his statement. IMO the prosecutors felt pressured to go for a murder charge even though the process was earlier discarded.

 

[Deuce]

I would kind of guess the opposite. They may have realized they had a poor case and only went forward because of public/media pressure.

It's was media and then the Governors pressure to mount a case. The fact that he wasnt arrested for a few days shows how little of a case the police had of him yet the state pursued it anyhow.

 

[boozeman]

God damn.

This thread got Schmattied after I thought it came to halt about three hours ago.

I need time to catch up.

 

[boozeman]

...and I am not wrong about anything...just bullshitting in here. You are a small person that needs victories on a message board to rationalize a pathetic life.

Oooh. This was good. It left a mark.

 

[boozeman]

Dude I came on here to discuss the aftermath....I had no ax to grind nor did instomp my feet about the verdict. Then you roll in and actn like the pompous douche that you are. The discussion I was having had nothing at all to do with you or anything that you said, but you answer it like every postn s somehow meant for you. You are not that damned important.

I think this was Carp breaking character and then getting mad at Schmitty because there was not acknowledgement of it.

 

[boozeman]

I am not one to defend anyone, let alone Carp, on this board, but you are the worst about what you just accused Carp of.

You go F yourself.

And this is Iamtdg not breaking character.

 

[Smitty]

It's was media and then the Governors pressure to mount a case. The fact that he wasnt arrested for a few days shows how little of a case the police had of him yet the state pursued it anyhow.

The chief of police didn't want to press charges due to him knowing that it was self defense from the beginning. Definitely charges were brought due to pressure.

 

[NoDak]

Normally, I'm all in for a good Schmitty roast. But I agree with him here. I didn't think he was being his normal douchey self when he explained the manslaughter stuff. The question was raised on what Zimmerman could/should have been charged with, and that's when he gave the explanation. And I think his being a lawyer/studying law does give him an in on discussions like this, at least when it comes to discussing the letter of the law, opinion aside.

But, I digress. F you, Schmitty. Damn you to hell for this.


Now I feel dirty.

 

[Carp]

That's cool...however I did not bring up manslaughter up to that point. So he answered a question that was not asked.

 

[NoDak]

I just can't see how he is not guilty of anything...I guess the prosecutors just must have been all in on a murder charge.

That looks like what they did to me. They went swinging for the fences instead of getting the single that ultimately would have won the game.

The way the case of presented did not make it reasonable for anyone to even get him for manslaughter.

That's cool...however I did not bring up manslaughter up to that point. So he answered a question that was not asked.

Well, I didn't mention you as raising the question, but the flow of the conversation did. And it's reasonable to think that, especially since the jury was instructed last minute that they could consider that charge against him.

 

[Carp]

My sense is that the initial investigation and Prosecutor didn't bring any charges because it was their position that under the law there was not a valid case. Only after a media and public outcry did the current team begin to try to build a set of charges. It also helped to fuel the fire when the President fanned the flames with his statement. IMO the prosecutors felt pressured to go for a murder charge even though the process was earlier discarded.

I can see that, go for the big shock and awe charges. However I think when they put that girl who was on the phone with Martin and Zimmermans best friend on the stand that they expected different results. Those two were terrible for the prosecution.

 

[Carp]

I wonder if Zimmerman's defense attorneys told him to get fat so he looked like a harmless schlub in the courtroom.

 

[1bigfan13]

I wonder if Zimmerman's defense attorneys told him to get fat so he looked like a harmless schlub in the courtroom.

I just assumed he was in hiding in Mississippi. You have to be overweight to blend in down there.