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Mike...
Prior to the trial, I never really formed any opinions as to guilt or innocence because the public isn't privy to all the possible facts.
However my only real question, regarding this case...why did the DA file 2nd Degree charge on Zimmerman? The DA would have had to known some evidence that was not publically released.
In hind sight and seeing how the jury was instructed and the judge allowing a verdict of manslaughter....even a manslaughter verdict have mostly likely not handed down.
If the DA had gone for "aggravated assault with a deadly weapon"...with the ability of the jury to choose a lesser charge, it probably wouldn't have sustained in the media as it did. It probably wouldn't have been televised. But it might have been possible that lesser charge might have prevailed and a punitive sentence handed down.
But then again...not. Who knows, its a crazy worlds.
Basically, it was a tragic incident. Just like many others that occur every day. I have said all along that TM and GZ made bad decisions that night. Those decisions led to the tragic death.