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Originally Posted by Robbie
FITTY tragic shootings that ended up in an acquittal based on self defense.
After watching this trial and listening to Mark Geragos on CNN I think I know why the woman in Jacksonville went to prison and Zimmerman did not.
Geragos pointed out that prosecuting attorneys work every day of the week against public defenders. They basically roll right over them. Hold back evidence, pull all kinds of shady shit on them & easily win their cases against a public defender with no money and no chance.
That is probably what happened to the woman in Jacksonville.
He pointed out that the prosecutor in the Zimmerman trial kept trying all those tricks too. But he was up against a bad ass real defense attorney who checkmated him at every turn.
THAT is the difference epitome...no matter how much "racism" you want there to be. If you get in trouble with the law you too will find your ass in prison...UNLESS you lawyer up big time and get a power defense attorney who won't let the state steamroll you.
When you go to court the deck is stacked against you. The state has all the resources and lots of "free money" to spend. They are also buddies with the cops and the judge.
And then you walk in with a public defender who isn't really good enough to play at the top levels and you end up in jail.
Get a bad ass defense attorney and it levels the playing field.
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Perhaps completely unrelated depending on the prism used to view it, but a bit ago I was reading some commentary about how political the States Attorney Office is by nature, since it's an elected position and the winds can change any time so they make more political than practical decisions.
We need to figure out something else for this. SAO should not be politicized. Judges should not have to be elected, either. Just not sure what the solution could be. Even if bar members were the ones voting and no real campaigning was allowed, I still do not know how that wouldn't become politicized.
I get why its politicized, the justice system is actually based on opinions. This is partly due to something you crusade against often, which is there are just too many damned laws. It shouldn't be that way though.
I would have hated to have been on the OJ trial and the Zimmerman trial. I view a lot of these cases from afar -- and usually get filtered information -- and all I ever think is I'm glad its not me that has to vote on their guilt or innocence. I'd be the guy that wouldn't bend just to go home and in unclear cases like this I'd be the one causing a hung jury.