Kasz216 on 15 July 2013
teigaga said:
If those stupid decsions result in a death, is that not manslaughter? |
Well... not really.
Too prove manslaughterthey would essentially have to prove that Zimmerman should have known that it was likely that if you followed a black kid would mean he would jump you. (Since you'd have to cede a lot of the story to Zimmerman's side, since a prosecution can really only argue one interpretation of the crime.)
I imagine prosecutors didn't see this as a credible arguement.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/13/3499114/state-never-proved-its-case-legal.html
pretty much does a great job showing just how weak the case was as far as evidence goes.
Which, we require evidence even when we think someone is definitly guilty for a very good reason.
