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In reply to the discussion: Check in if you're a white person who thinks Zimmerman should have been convicted of something.... [View all]beemer27
(467 posts)brush,I respect your take on the matter too. I am not sure that a persons skin color would be a reliable indicator of their honesty or judgement. We know little about the 6 women who were on the jury. Both the prosecution and defense had a chance to challenge any of the jury before the trial. We must assume that they tried to pick reliable people. Perhaps it was not a good jury, but we will never know for sure.
heaven05, GZ killed TM. Sometimes the act of killing is murder, and sometimes it is not. In this case it appears to be an act of desperation by a scared man who had got in a situation he could not handle. We haven't been given all the facts that the jury had, and I am not sure how accurate the information on internet talk forums is. There has been no talk that GZ set out that night with the intent of killing, murder or not, a human being. Had that been his intent, he certainly went about it stupidly.
This reply is not about arguing, it is about taking a step back, and looking at the facts. Just because we are not happy with the verdict does not mean that the jury was bad, the judge was incompetent, or that the system is racist. The entire trial was broadcast, and nothing went on behind closed doors.