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It means a lot. This is just the inconsistencies in his accounts and reenactment. There are many inconsistencies also in the physical evidence. The prosecutor can certainly do it beyond a reasonable doubt. The problem is that in Florida, such as in Casey Anthony case, some jurors expect the prosecutors to prove beyond absolute doubt. If Zimmerman's defense attorney is able to sit all the jurors from those so-called "conservative" people such as you, then no doubt Zimmerman will walk free even if there is a video at the scene from the house nearby that showed Zimmerman fired at Trayvon's chest while he was kneeling on the ground begging for his life.
There is more than enough to disprove Zimmerman's account based on forensic evidence alone. Forensic evidence isn't speculative.
of course you don;t have to support anything. But, you don;t get to tell fancy fairy tales to make Zimmerman looks like a fairy god mother either.
They aren't "fancy fairy tales". In this case, Zimmerman is the defendant. Therefore, because the burden of proof lies with the prosecution to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that self-defense was not applicable to Zimmerman's case, Zimmerman is granted "presumed innocence".
Meaning, if the prosecution cannot PROVE, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Zimmerman did not act in self-defense, he is presumed innocent of murder in the 2nd degree. The argument isn't over the "shooting", the case is about "murder 2", and if there is EVIDENCE to PROVE murder 2. Based on what we've seen publicly, there is nowhere near enough evidence to support murder 2. Manslaughter perhaps, but definately not murder 2.
I know this pains some people, but it's the facts of the case that determine a man's guilt, not public opinion or hypothetical situations. The jury will be thuroughly instructed about the presumption of innocence before the trial ever starts. Zimmerman is "presumed" innocent of "murder 2", all the way up until the prosecution can PROVE otherwise. All Zimmerman has a burden of is the burden of evidentiary finding, not the burden of proof.
Ric27 is 100% correct.