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Originally Posted by kane
Well, all I can say to that is if I were the guy on trial for my life I would sure as hell come up with a story that seemed reasonable and made me look like the victim.
As I have said many times, it all comes down to how believable the jury feels Zimmerman and his story is since it is really all we have to go on.
I don't think Zimmerman is guilty of Murder 2. The way I understand that it means he set out to do bodily harm to Martin, but might not have meant to kill him. I think Zimmerman intended to either follow or restrain Martin and his efforts ended up with him in a fight and that fight ended with him shooting Martin. Hence, to me, Zimmerman is likely guilty of Manslaughter unless the jury really feels that Martin started the fight.
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As far as the credibility of Zimmerman...he had called the Police...I think 47 times since he had been a member of Neighbor Hood Watch. I think five times in just two weeks prior to calling in about Martin...and I think those last five calls the people were all black. The police had made arrests from some of his calls but I am not sure how many arrests and or convictions were made out of the 47 calls.
My point is...to my knowledge at this point in time...Zimmerman had never had any problems before Martin. The case is not over yet so maybe the prosecution is going to present prior bad acts as a Neighbor Hood Watch Captain...which may harm his credibility.