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In reply to the discussion: Trayvon's killer said to make self-incriminating statements [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)skills who followed a young kid who couldn't run fast enough to avoid death.
People do get murdered every day, and people do get by with it.
But murderers who call the police and ask them to come to the scene of their crime before they murder -- now that's unusual.
And what is even more unusual is a murderer who asked the police to come to the crime scene before the crime and who followed their victim many yards before committing the crime at close range -- are not at least tried.
Zimmerman may be able to convince a jury that he killed in self-defense. I think it will be a tough call. But the thought that he should neither stand trial nor plead guilty, the idea that he can go scott-free without presenting his defense to a jury, is highly unusual and should not happen. He should at least have to present a credible and coherent case in his defense.
Surely we can agree that the victims, Trayvon Martin and his family deserve that much respect.
Zimmerman should have been arrested right away. He may be found not guilty, but he needs to stand trial or plead.