Here are the results of the George Zimmerman poll.
And here are your comments.
Posted by Cosmo on May 1, 2012 at 3:12 pm.
America loves the death penalty. It’s Government legally executes more of its own citizen than almost anywhere else (I wouldn’t call Syria’s treatment of its citizens legal, if you see what I mean), so how did this guy avoid that?
Posted by Lisa G. on April 30, 2012 at 1:00 pm.
I think that charge is right. But WTF is a community watch commander doing running around with a friggin TEC 9 – those guns have no other value that to kill humans. He shouldn’t be armed all!! Now an innocent boy is dead just for walking through his neighborhood. Zimmerman is a human shithead who shouldn’t even have the right to have a gun, much less a concealed gun license. I’m also with Marva – let the jury have a choice because that’s so much better than a not guilty. You never can tell with juries – remember OJ?
Posted by Angelica on April 30, 2012 at 8:41 am.
Doesn’t the fact that Zimmerman stalked Martin after being told not to indicate pre-meditation? I don’t know, but I think it could.
Posted by Lynn Squance on April 19, 2012 at 7:42 pm.
As I understand, in order to prove 1st degree murder, the prosecution would have to prove premeditation and they can’t. This was a crime of opportunity in that Trayvon Martin was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Zimmermann was told not to pursue by the police dispatcher but ignored this and as a result, a young man is dead that should not be. Anything less than 2nd degree murder, is in my opinion, a slap in the face of justice! My fear is that somehow, it will be jiggled down to a lesser charge and that will be just as big a crime.
Posted by Marva on April 18, 2012 at 4:57 pm.
My concern when first announced is that it didn’t allow for lesser included charges. If he gets a sympathetic jury, they shouldn’t be forced to find him not guilty, when they could choose manslaughter or negligent homicide. Neither of those are sufficient, but they’d be way better than a not guilty.
Posted by Yvonne White on April 17, 2012 at 4:11 pm.
1st degree is premeditated..so Zimmerman should get 2nd degree and FAUX News should be charged with 1st degree..
I voted with the majority. Premeditation may have been a factor, but would be virtually impossible to prove.
Vote in the new poll, just posted today.
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Let’s hope the jury agrees with us.
Patty, the poll wasn’t really about guilt or innocence. It asked if the charges fit the allegations. A trial is another matter and they’ll be hard pressed to find jurors without preformed opinions.
Let’s hope that the jury is actually thinking critically and fairly, and not just a bunch of low-effort thinkers trying to get to the pub or the golf course, or whatever other recreational thing they like to do.
I fully agree.