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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1175113" data-attributes="member: 14668">What would have made more sense is for the prosecution to have had the ability to charge Zimmerman with a lesser crime (assault? negligent homicide? reckless endangerment?) that they would have had a legitimate chance of successfully proving in court.They didnt have that ability because the media outcry and the political pressure from the race-baiters such as Sharpton etc. pretty much forced them to charge him with a crime...murder...that they had no chance of proving beyond a reasonable doubt.The jury wanted to convict him of something...but as a matter of law the state failed to prove its case on the murder charge, leaving the jury no choice but to acquit him of that charge.Had Zimmerman and Martin both been the same color, or had the murder weapon been something other than a gun, the case would have received no media attention at all and whatever ever charges the state might have chosen to file would probably have been routinely plea-bargained and settled without a trial.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1175113, member: 14668"] What would have made more sense is for the prosecution to have had the ability to charge Zimmerman with a [I]lesser[/I] crime (assault? negligent homicide? reckless endangerment?) that they would have had a legitimate chance of successfully proving in court. They didnt [I]have[/I] that ability because the media outcry and the political pressure from the race-baiters such as Sharpton etc. pretty much forced them to charge him with a crime...murder...that they had no chance of proving beyond a reasonable doubt. The jury [I]wanted[/I] to convict him of [I]something[/I]...but as a matter of law the state failed to prove its case on the murder charge, leaving the jury no choice but to acquit him of that charge. Had Zimmerman and Martin both been the same color, or had the murder weapon been something other than a gun, the case would have received no media attention at all and whatever ever charges the state might have chosen to file would probably have been routinely plea-bargained and settled without a trial. [/QUOTE]

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