Updated poll on George Zimmerman trial guessing the verdict

[gopiscrap]

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At this point of the trail now-what do you think the outcome will be?

14 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Acquittal
	6 (43%)
	Hung Jury
	1 (7%)
	Aggravated Battery
	0 (0%)
	Manslaughter
	5 (36%)
	Second Degree Murder
	2 (14%)
	Other
	0 (0%)
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[gopiscrap]

2. Hung jury means that there are some jurors

who will vote acquittal and some will vote guilty and at some point the judge, seeing that there would be no compromise will declare a mistrial and the whole case will have to be tried again.

[premium]

5. It's up to the DA at that point,

they can either try the defendant again on the original charge, or they can charge the defendant with the lesser included charge in hopes of a conviction, or they can try to strike a deal.

[gopiscrap]

7. Any charge that there is acquittal on is not retriable

the charge or charges in which there is a hung jury can be re tried

[PoliticAverse]

4. It means the jury can't reach a decision (6-0 for conviction or acquittal in this case)

If a single juror holds out and doesn't vote with the others eventually the judge will declare a mistrial.

The result is usually a retrial, trying the case all over with a different jury.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hung_jury

[RandiFan1290]

23. Hooray for Pepe!

Hooray!!!

[quinnox]

6. I don't mind being the first (and only) vote for a prediction of second degree murder so far

but I think it might happen, and surprise a lot of people.

[premium]

8. There is no way the state has proven 2nd Murder,

the best they can hope for at this point is Manslaughter, and with my experience in criminal trials, they'll be lucky to get that.
This prosecution has been, IMO, the equivalent of the Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight.

[quinnox]

9. we shall see, I think the jury may send a strong message

and might have seen things rather differently.

[premium]

12. Possible,

but, like I said, with my experience with testifying in criminal trials, for the state and defense, I just don't see that happening, I pray I'm wrong, but I usually have a good feel for this.

We will shortly see.

[Voice for Peace]

28. I'm also starting to think they have a solid case for 2nd

after listening yesterday to John Guy

He totally took me by surprise. Distilled all
of the very best points supporting the charges.

[giftedgirl77]

29. I hope you're right.

But this case was a train wreck if I have ever seen one & I've seen some pretty crappy cases get tried. However, I do think the elements are there for 2d degree it is just going to come down to the jury's take on it & how they read the evidence.

Cross our fingers & hope for the conviction.

[Hoyt]

10. If not hung jury (there will likely be at least one bigot/gun lover on jury), . . . . .manslaughter.

[premium]

13. So predictable,

I expected nothing less from you, and you don't disappoint Hoyt.

[Hoyt]

19. You are consistent too . . . . . .

by voting you think he will be acquitted, but when pressed say he's guilty manslaughter, or it could be 2nd degree, or some other BS.

Why don't you just come out and admit that you and your gun buddies will celebrate if he gets off. Maybe not on DU, but somewhere.

[gopiscrap]

22. I agree with you

that's the problem with fucking gun nuts...it's all about their god damn guns and to hell with everyone else.

[premium]

25. Uh huh.

[premium]

24. You got it all wrong Hoyt, as usual,

I voted acquittal because that's what I believe will happen because of the ineptness of the state's case, however, I believe he's guilty of Manslaughter.
I won't be celebrating anything, which ever way the verdict turns out, nobody wins in this case, a young man is dead, and his family is devastated, another man's life is ruined no matter what the verdict is.

But you just keep on misrepresenting other people's views, you're very good at it.

[William769]

11. I'm going with Second Degree Murder.

Go big or go home.

[premium]

14. Hey, why the hell not?

Might as well go all out, got nothing to lose at this point.

[William769]

16. I am retired from the State of Florida.

Yes I am not always right, but if I was a betting man I would be on the plus side.

[premium]

17. You're retired from FL Dept of Corrections, if I remember right?

I salute you for a tough and thankless job, I'm retired FLEO and you couldn't pay me enough money to do what you did.
I just have this nagging feeling that GZ is going to either be acquitted or receive a hung jury, I hope not, but my experience in criminal proceedings, tells me otherwise.
We should know shortly.

[William769]

39. Yep thats me.

I have been to more court trials than I care to remember. It's just a feeling I got but like I said, I could be wrong.

[premium]

40. Well, I'm truly hoping you're right and I'm wrong.

We'll know soon enough.

[libodem]

15. yep!

[HappyMe]

18. Yeah, I almost voted for that.

I decided to go with manslaughter. Bubba still gets time for that.

[Captain Stern]

20. I didn't vote becaue I'm torn 50/50 between manslaughter and acquittal.

I really wish there was a recording somewhere of the phone call between Trayvon and Rachel.

Do you think if one of the Attorneys subpoenaed the NSA for a recording of the call, they'd give it up? (That was an attempt at a joke)

[premium]

26. And a very good attempt,

I chuckled at it.

[ermoore]

21. Acquittal

Considering that a couple of the state's witnesses testified that Martin was on top of Zimmerman, beating him . . . I feel like he will probably be acquitted. And I'm not sure it won't be the right call either. Just sayin'.

[Little Star]

27. people roll around in fights so what does being on the top at one point prove?

[Voice for Peace]

30. If you found yourself in a tussle with a hostile person who didn't want to let you get away

and he pulls a gun or you see he has his hand on
his gun in a holster and you have the chance to
be on top, restrain him, and you try like hell to pin
his arms so he can't aim that gun at your heart...
yeah that works for me.

I don't think there was amoment from the time
Zimmerman got out of the car that he took his
hand off his gun. He was ready set to go.

He didn't have two hands to defend himself
once the fight started because he was keeping
one on the gun.

[Motown_Johnny]

36. Zimmerman also followed him, and confronted him

while carrying a loaded weapon. Trying to cherrypick out one moment and presenting Travyon as the aggressor because of it isn't rational. The "Stand Your Ground" law allows people (even black people) to defend themselves against someone like Zimmerman.

Zimmerman is clearly guilty of something. Manslaughter is a bare minimum.

[Motown_Johnny]

31. Manslaughter, but I still have hope for 2nd degree

I need to hear the closing arguments first.

[ellisonz]

33. Second-Degree Murder

[Voice for Peace]

34. Getting more confident the state has a good case for 2nd.

I think he will NOT be acquitted.

There must be at least ONE woman on that jury
who would not acquit in a million years.

[gopiscrap]

35. I am hoping so also

and if the state refuses to retry I think there will be a lot of protesting going on

[avebury]

37. I just don't see how the Jury can vote

for acquittal. Martin could not conceivably done all of the things Zimmerman accused him of unless Martin was an octopus and a dwarf. I cannot get past Zimmerman's lies and attitude.

[Voice for Peace]

38. true, it's getting more transparent as time goes on

and the lies etc. are more indicative of depraved mind.

[hrmjustin]

42. Are you a Zimmerman supporter?