S.T.A.G.E. said:
Max King of the Wild said:
The word of one juror saying the vot was split three to three. Meaning they never leaned in the direction of manslaughter like I said. Apparently they asked for clarification because of one hold out and she changed her mind. Like I said they were never considering manslaughter
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Do you mean never leaned to manslaughter as a primary charge or a lesser charge? I never said he couldn't have been found innocent, either. My point was the probability was higher for him to be found guilty because it fit the bill for the case. On a lesser charge you can still overlook it. Remember manslaughter was on the table but was never pushed until the closing arguments wasn't. Can't blame them.
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Even with Manslaughter as the primary charge, if the jurors believed that Zimmerman legitimately feared for his life at the moment he shot Trayvon (which it appears they did), he still would have walked as that would classify as legal self defense under the law. The prosecution might have had a slightly better shot at a conviction, but the cards would still have been stacked against them based on the evidence. There's a reason the police didn't want to charge him in the first place, the case against him was always very weak when you look at the laws on the books.
