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I've been watching the trial every day, and I don't see how a reasonable jury can convict him. And I don't think that's my pro-gun bias speaking either. I work in the legal field and rarely do I see such a flimsy case charged.
First off, FLORIDA.
With that out of the way, the prosecution lost Murder 2 by Day 3. Hopefully the defense attorneys picked that up and will focus on highlighting self-defense while acknowledging and minimizing the judgment errors by Zimmerman throughout the next two-three weeks. I think they need to put Zimmerman on the stand to get self-defense established and hope he doesn't screw up under pressure.
The witnesses thus far have teed him up to skate on even Manslaughter as well as protect himself from civil. IF they don't screw up between now and then.
I didn't start watching the trial assuming he was guilty or innocent. I really wanted to see what was being brought forward. IMHO, I don't see any reasonable people (even factoring in FLORIDA) can think burden of proof has been met for the current charges.