Quote from trefoil:
We're not talking about the outcome of the trial, merely about whether he should be charged.
Nope.
My original statement quoted completely:
Quote from TGregg:
Be interesting to see the stats on black murder suspects with no priors and their bonds.
At this point, there appears to be some serious miscarriage of justice. Either the cops were bad when they originally wanted to let Zimmerman go, or the judge and prosecuter are over the top. For these two sides to be so strong, one has to be crimminally wrong (IMO). My bet (but I wait for the trial to confirm) is that the cops were right and the political system caved to pressure.
So my question for "the other side" is, supposed this turns out to be correct? Not saying it is, but think Duke Lacrosse. Suppose the evidence is open and shut and this case shiould never have gone to trial? Would you support sanctions against the prosecutor and the judge? And for the record, if this is a slam dunk conviction, I would support action against all involved detectives and police officers that let Zimmerman walk.
So, (again) would you railroad someone due to priors? I don't know that Zimmerman is innocent. Based on what I have seen, I would say he is. But it is easy to imagine there is evidence of which I am unaware that would change my mind. Is there any evidence at all that could change yours?