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In reply to the discussion: I accept the jury's decision [View all]RC
(25,592 posts)12. All I saw was one short blurb on the local news.
Everything else I read. Like most everything else, this episode is like a jig saw puzzle. The pieces have to fit together properly. Some of the earlier pieces may seem to fit at first, but must later be discarded entirely, or put in a different part of the puzzle, when newer pieces are discovered, till the correct picture of what happened becomes clear.
How do you think law enforcement figures out what happened? The general public is not capable of doing the same thing when presented with enough facts? Or only when they agree with you?
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True justice demands that they leave their prejudices and ideology at the courtroom door.
PA Democrat
Jul 2013
#33
There was a pundit on TV who said that unfortunately there were only two witnesses and one
Cleita
Jul 2013
#4
You caught up with the case on the evening news. That's the problem right there.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#5
there was a bit of "who's getting thrown off the island" tone to waiting for the verdict.
cleveramerican
Jul 2013
#25
Zimmerman is just another responsible gun owner murderer who got away with it.n/t
Blackford
Jul 2013
#30
20 yrs ago I sat on a jury of a young man in his 20's charged with having a joint in his car.
Booster
Jul 2013
#34
Thanks. Been lurking for awhile figured it was a good time to start posting.
Walter-White
Jul 2013
#53