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In reply to the discussion: I'm stunned. I'm speechless. My last shred of respect for the law is all-but-gone. [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)21. It's surprising, but it means they found that GZ was in fear of bodily harm.
This jury seems to have taken their time and went through the evidence.
Everyone had their day in court.
Many posters will be angry and upset. But many of them also just refused to see the evidence objectively. They were too emotionally invested in the case.
This jury saw and read ALL the evidence. No one in this forum has done that. I respect the verdict. Not sure that would've been my verdict, but as I've said, I would have to sit in a jury room and deliberate the evidence with other jurors.
I said that too much was being made of the jurors being mothers and being sympathetic to TM.
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I'm stunned. I'm speechless. My last shred of respect for the law is all-but-gone. [View all]
Cooley Hurd
Jul 2013
OP
That is the only logical answer I can come up with. nIt seems like that law on self-defense is
avaistheone1
Jul 2013
#86
You can kill them at night in Texas if you say they're stealing something from you. nt
valerief
Jul 2013
#9
Jurors acted 100% in line with the law. That is the problem. The law is a bad law.
BlueStreak
Jul 2013
#10
Err, that's like blaming a rape victim for getting drunk or wearing revealing clothes
galileoreloaded
Jul 2013
#68
Being from Houston, Texas, you sure act like you have a lot invested in this case.
Major Hogwash
Jul 2013
#58
Is it "self defense" when you pick a fight, and when the other guy hits back, you shoot him?
George II
Jul 2013
#97
They don't care about Martin one way or another. They do care about fomenting conflicts among
BlueStreak
Jul 2013
#34
My sister is an evidence tech, she has always maintained that there would have been a bloody
TheKentuckian
Jul 2013
#128
It's surprising, but it means they found that GZ was in fear of bodily harm.
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#21
Reasonable people can disagree. I believe the jurors seriously considered manslaughter, but
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#121
Nope, I'm in a large majority tonight, stunned and disgusted by the verdict...
Cooley Hurd
Jul 2013
#32
This happens when RWers, conservatives, Teabaggers, libertarians & religious extremists are in power
baldguy
Jul 2013
#36
I was preparing myself for this from the beginning. It hurts but not as much as it could've. To me
craigmatic
Jul 2013
#70
Only if you're white and they're black. This is America, home of racist Jesus-loving women haters.
valerief
Jul 2013
#93