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In the discussion thread: George Zimmerman is PRESUMED innocent.... [View all]

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 09:29 PM

got root (425 posts)

37. to killing an innocent, and unarmed, kid, as well as instigating the confrontation

after being told not to.

so, after all we know, a good prosecutor shouldn't have too much trouble applying the letter of the law.

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86 replies	Author	Time	Post
George Zimmerman is PRESUMED innocent.... [View all]	mike_c	Apr 2012	OP
+1	Poll_Blind	Apr 2012	#1
It's a shame that Trayvon Martin didn't have that choice of being innocent until proven guilty..	HipChick	Apr 2012	#2
There's no evidence he was shot in the back. nt	TheWraith	Apr 2012	#7
Thought it as chest.	emilyg	Apr 2012	#11
I'm going to guess something...	Fawke Em	Apr 2012	#29
Yes, I was guessing a surveillance camera	tabatha	Apr 2012	#56
What I imagine is he	mr_liberal	Apr 2012	#75
Your imagination is wrong.	U4ikLefty	Apr 2012	#79
The eye witness said it was Zimmerman. nm	mr_liberal	Apr 2012	#80
Points for saying something unpopular, although I don't regret expressing my own opinion on it. nt	TheWraith	Apr 2012	#3
He is PRESUMED Innocent...	Pilotguy	Apr 2012	#4
indeed, that is a worthy correction....	mike_c	Apr 2012	#8
lol	got root	Apr 2012	#14
yeah, I'm an addict....	mike_c	Apr 2012	#26
too funny.	robinlynne	Apr 2012	#31
becuase I have all these things to do, but I keep clikcing on the latest too. wanting more.	robinlynne	Apr 2012	#32
:)	got root	Apr 2012	#38
Isn't it sad when you go to the greatest page after two or three hours and there are no new ops?	robinlynne	Apr 2012	#58
I'm a DU addict too. nt	ZombieHorde	Apr 2012	#61
CRIMINALLY presumed innocent. That does not apply to public opinion.	WingDinger	Apr 2012	#20
+1	Motown_Johnny	Apr 2012	#83
There is an irony in the language...	cthulu2016	Apr 2012	#15
Agreed	alcibiades_mystery	Apr 2012	#5
I think we can safely assume...	liberalmuse	Apr 2012	#6
The thing I had about all of it was	cindyperry2010	Apr 2012	#9
this killer has already confessed	got root	Apr 2012	#10
To shooting, yes, but	elleng	Apr 2012	#21
to killing an innocent, and unarmed, kid, as well as instigating the confrontation	got root	Apr 2012	#37
It is a greater charge than I expected based on what I know.	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#65
Would be less flame bait if OP said 'GZ is innocent until proven guilty.'	elleng	Apr 2012	#12
Yes, it is intended to pre-outrage	cthulu2016	Apr 2012	#16
I've edited the OP to reflect that....	mike_c	Apr 2012	#19
Yes, we often need to remind ourselves of that.	elleng	Apr 2012	#23
+ 1000	Oneka	Apr 2012	#48
we're not a court or vice-presidents of the U.S.	bigtree	Apr 2012	#13
I bet that's how a lot of potential jurors feel.	dkf	Apr 2012	#62
You are correct	XanaDUer	Apr 2012	#17
No you are right. Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. I will be honest though I at one	Justice wanted	Apr 2012	#18
I can only speak for myself but	Iris	Apr 2012	#22
Only PRESUMED innocent in a court of law. Since he said he shot/killed Trayvon, he is guilty of	uppityperson	Apr 2012	#24
Completely agreed	SteveABG	Apr 2012	#25
Hell, I don't care. I hate the motherfucker just for being so dangerous.	NYC_SKP	Apr 2012	#27
Innocent or not the disparate treatment that has been shown cannot be overlooked or denied.	live love laugh	Apr 2012	#28
By the court, yes.	HooptieWagon	Apr 2012	#30
Presumed innocent by the legal system (courts), not by society.	NutmegYankee	Apr 2012	#33
More accurately the burden is on the prosecution	Yo_Mama	Apr 2012	#34
LOL. So many people here upset with the charge.	Solomon	Apr 2012	#35
Yea ...I tried this too and the hang em now mob piled on. Good luck.	L0oniX	Apr 2012	#36
By not having brought charges, George Zimmerman had been presumed not guilty of a crime	indepat	Apr 2012	#39
Yes but..... ya know	zipplewrath	Apr 2012	#40
Sorry, mike. In your scenario, cheney, too is presumed innocent	Cerridwen	Apr 2012	#41
PRESUMING HE'S INNOCENT, BUT . . .	madashelltoo	Apr 2012	#42
When you do turn on your computer, I hope you will read this.	pennylane100	Apr 2012	#43
That is the courtroom legal standard	bluestateguy	Apr 2012	#44
+1	nashville_brook	Apr 2012	#46
Three words "Duke Lacrosse Team"...	soc7	Apr 2012	#45
Yes. I've thought about that case during the Trayvon public debacle.	Honeycombe8	Apr 2012	#51
apples and oranges - imho	got root	Apr 2012	#52
if i was called to serve on the jury	barbtries	Apr 2012	#47
In a Court of Law.	bluedigger	Apr 2012	#49
You are correct. I want for him what I'd want for everyone: presumption of innocence.	Honeycombe8	Apr 2012	#50
No flames, but the presumption of innocence is for a court of law	Bjorn Against	Apr 2012	#53
George Zimmerman didn't presume Trayvon Martin to be innocent until proven guilty.	DrewFlorida	Apr 2012	#54
Welcome to DU and good post.	uppityperson	Apr 2012	#55
Welcome to DU!	yardwork	Apr 2012	#63
Well said.	FailureToCommunicate	Apr 2012	#68
Hello	bigwillq	Apr 2012	#69
The positive thing in this is the 2nd degree murder charge -	TBF	Apr 2012	#85
This is only the umpteenth post about George's presumed innocence..	K Gardner	Apr 2012	#57
Maybe of murder but he clearly saw blacks as suspicious and his stupid fucking mistakes	Quixote1818	Apr 2012	#59
And all the Martin family and their supporters have been asking is for an ARREST	csziggy	Apr 2012	#60
I agree, mike_c	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#64
Way to flog that straw lynch mob.	enki23	Apr 2012	#66
No flames from me, Mike.	Aristus	Apr 2012	#67
Well, thank goodness he will finally face a court off law	frazzled	Apr 2012	#70
He is presumed innocent, and you presume us guilty of not understanding that. hmmm n/t	Gore1FL	Apr 2012	#71
The judge and jury at his trial have to give him a presumption of innocence. The rest of us don't.	backscatter712	Apr 2012	#72
Amen. The saintly and the scum of the earth deserve the same protection under our Constitution. n/t	RufusTFirefly	Apr 2012	#73
+1 to infinity. nt	Lost-in-FL	Apr 2012	#74
...in a court of law.	Iggo	Apr 2012	#76
and OJ was found not guilty of murder.	provis99	Apr 2012	#77
I don't understand the distinction for us, those of us posting on a messge board	DisgustipatedinCA	Apr 2012	#78
That's right. But the fact is, he was presumed	mzmolly	Apr 2012	#81
Presumed innocent in a court of law, the court of public opinion can think however it wants.	Daniel537	Apr 2012	#82
No one in this matter have lost any enumerated rights at all (except for Trayvon...)	LanternWaste	Apr 2012	#84
In a court of law he's presumed innocent. I'm not in a court of law, nor on a jury.	ehrnst	Apr 2012	#86

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