RSSTHE DEFENSE RESTS … George Zimmerman Will Not Testify in his Murder Trial in the Death of Trayvon Martin
The Defense has rested and defendant George Zimmerman will not testify in his own half in his murder trial.
George Zimmerman has officially decided to not testify in his own defense. Zimmerman stated to judge that it was his decision and no one forced him into making the decision. No one was really thinking that he would at this point as the prosecution has basically put on an extremely weak case and the Zimmerman defense team has pretty much made numerous points for their side. The state had pretty much allowed Zimmerman to testify without cross-examination by the manner in which the prosecution presented certain evidence, i.e. the interview of George Zimmerman with Fox News Sean Hannity and the George Zimmerman reenactment of what happened the night of the death of Trayvon Martin.
Defense attorneys have rested their case in George Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial after calling 18 witnesses over less than a week.
Prosecutors now plan to call two rebuttal witnesses. Both sides will then work on jury instructions before presenting closing arguments. The case is then sent to jurors.
Zimmerman never testified about the fatal struggle with Trayvon Martin, but jurors saw repeated video recordings of Zimmerman telling his story to investigators.
The prosecution will most likely rue the day they made this colossal mistake.
Posted July 10, 2013 by Scared Monkeys George Zimmerman, Legal - Court Room - Trial, Trayvon Martin, You Tube - VIDEO | 6 comments |
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The Defense rests? Did I miss something? Story of my life.
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Judge allows evidence of Trayvon Martin’s marijuana use
updated 6:54 AM EDT, Tue July 9, 2013
The Florida judge presiding over George Zimmerman’s murder trial ruled Monday that jurors will be allowed to hear about marijuana found in Trayvon Martin’s system the night he was fatally shot.
Prosecutors argued the amount was so minimal that “we just don’t know” what effect it had on Martin. They also accused the defense of trying to “backdoor some very negative character evidence” into the trial.
But the defense said the amount found in Martin’s system would have affected his judgment that night and is therefore relevant to the case.
Judge Debra Nelson ruled she would allow the testimony about Martin’s toxicology results in front of the jury and told the prosecutors they would be able to cross-examine the defense’s witness and present rebuttal witnesses of their own.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/08/justice/zimmerman-trial
The court allowed all the information about George’s prior acts,but refused the defense the same consideration regarding Trayvon. This shows bias by the court.
There are people who will be affected by any substance inhaled or taken orally to be ugly,if that is their normal uncontrolled behavior.
Jesse Jackson of ‘love child’ fame (Rainbow Child?) has
left for Florida to do what he does best…stir up racial
division and make little if no sense in the process. The
impetus for the prosecution of this case was based on
the intent not to let a good race based opportunity go to
waste, IMHO. Agitation can be a good paying job I’ve
heard. Maybe Al Sharpton will make a timely appearance
as well to sprinkle salt in any wounds he can discover.
Did Justice Department support anti-Zimmerman protests after Martin shooting?
Published July 10, 2013
Did Justice Department support anti-Zimmerman protests after Martin shooting?
Published July 10, 201
A conservative watchdog group accused THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT of helping manage the “pressure campaign” last year against George Zimmerman in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting, citing documents that show an obscure agency spent thousands assisting local demonstrations.
The little-known agency, the Community Relations Service, is described by the Justice Department as their “peacemaker” for community conflicts over race. ….
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/10/did-justice-department-support-anti-zimmerman-protests-after-trayvon-shooting/
DOJ ‘peacemakers’ helped Sanford stay cool amid rising tensions
10:52 p.m. EST, April 15, 2012
When racial tensions flared in Sanford, a league of secretive peacemakers reached out to the city’s spiritual and civic leaders to help cool heated emotions after 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in February.
When civil-rights organizers wanted to demonstrate, these FEDERAL WORKERS taught them how to peacefully manage crowds.
They even arranged a police escort for college students to ensure safe passage for their 40-mile march from Daytona Beach to Sanford to demand justice.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-04-15/news/os-trayvon-martin-george-zimmerman-justice-departm-20120415_1_federal-workers-racial-tensions-peacekeepers
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Did Justice Department support anti-Zimmerman protests after Martin shooting?
Published July 10, 201
A conservative watchdog group accused THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT of helping manage the “pressure campaign” last year against George Zimmerman in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting, citing documents that show an obscure agency spent thousands assisting local demonstrations.
The little-known agency, the Community Relations Service, is described by the Justice Department as their “peacemaker” for community conflicts over race. ….
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/10/did-justice-department-support-anti-zimmerman-protests-after-trayvon-shooting/
Why was former police chief Bill Lee not called as a Defence witness? The entire article is a must read The implication is the George Zimmerman should never have been arrested. Was it all about PC Black appeasement?
Ex-Sanford police chief: Zimmerman probe ‘taken away from us’
Wed July 10, 2013
The George Zimmerman investigation was hijacked “in a number of ways” by outside forces, said the former police chief of Sanford, Florida.
Bill Lee, who testified Monday in Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial, told CNN’s George Howell in an exclusive interview that he felt pressure from city officials to arrest Zimmerman to placate the public rather than as a matter of justice.
“It was (relayed) to me that they just wanted an arrest. They didn’t care if it got dismissed later,” he said. “You don’t do that.”
When Sanford police arrived on the scene on February 26, 2012, after Zimmerman fatally shot unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, they conducted a “sound” investigation, and the evidence provided no probable cause to arrest Zimmerman at the scene, he said.
It had nothing to do with Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law, he said; from an investigative standpoint, it was purely a matter of self-defense.
Read more:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/10/justice/sanford-bill-lee-exclusive/index.html