George Zimmerman to be charged in Trayvon Martin shooting, official says

[NJCardFan]

If he is found guilty and has to serve any time at all,
it will be his death. Can you just imagine how long he'd
survive with all the Black Panther types in prison.

I don't know which side is actually in the right here since I didn't witness it.
But if I were on the jury based on what we know so far, there is more than
enough shadow of a doubt that I could not convict him on anything.

He'll have to align himself with an Hispanic gang. Being 1/2 Peruvian, he might be forced to join MS-13 as no one messes with MS-13.

[Hawkgirl]

He'll have to align himself with an Hispanic gang. Being 1/2 Peruvian, he might be forced to join MS-13 as no one messes with MS-13.

They were featured History channel's Gangland. You're right, no one messes with MS-13.

[Hawkgirl]

Authorities on Wednesday announced that George Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of Trayvon Martin.

After turning himself in, Zimmerman arrived at the county jail in Sanford, Florida late Wednesday. He will appear in court on Thursday, according to the AP, where he is expected to plead not guilty.

Zimmerman has said that he shot Martin out of self defense, a claim that has ignited a national debate over Florida's Stand Your Ground law and simliar laws that exist in other states.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...6pLid%3D151294

Today's mugshot.

[Kay]

Boy, I just saw a news clip on tv a bit ago of his new defense attorney.

I thought it was really strange the way the other two attorneys that held
the press conf to say they were no longer representing him were dismissed.
I thought they were making a good case for his innocence and doing a fair
PR job to combat the angry mob accusations. Then all of a sudden they were
ditched. Now this new guy....I hope he is a better attorney than he looks.
He was kind of odd and I couldn't help staring at his teeth.

[NJCardFan]

Authorities on Wednesday announced that George Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of Trayvon Martin.

After turning himself in, Zimmerman arrived at the county jail in Sanford, Florida late Wednesday. He will appear in court on Thursday, according to the AP, where he is expected to plead not guilty.

Zimmerman has said that he shot Martin out of self defense, a claim that has ignited a national debate over Florida's Stand Your Ground law and simliar laws that exist in other states.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...6pLid%3D151294

Today's mugshot.

Olive complexion, almond shaped eyes, Hispanic features, yep looks white to me.

[Hawkgirl]

Olive complexion, almond shaped eyes, Hispanic features, yep looks white to me.

He looks peruvian...and I'm around them alot. Peruvians are good people btw.

[Bailey]

I could be totally wrong about this but shouldn't they have gone after manslaughter? 2nd degree murder seems harder to prove.

[txradioguy]

And if Mr. Zimmerman is found not guilty on the charges be prepared for the Rodney King riots part 2.

And then right on cue....Holder will step in with a civil rights violation case.

[txradioguy]

Boy, I just saw a news clip on tv a bit ago of his new defense attorney.

I thought it was really strange the way the other two attorneys that held
the press conf to say they were no longer representing him were dismissed.
I thought they were making a good case for his innocence and doing a fair
PR job to combat the angry mob accusations. Then all of a sudden they were
ditched. Now this new guy....I hope he is a better attorney than he looks.
He was kind of odd and I couldn't help staring at his teeth.

Where's Richard "Racehorse" Haynes when you need him!

[noonwitch]

I could be totally wrong about this but shouldn't they have gone after manslaughter? 2nd degree murder seems harder to prove.

I was surprised by that, too, and I am not necessarily a Zimmerman supporter. Everything I've seen so far spells manslaughter.

There is something that they are not releasing. The special prosecutor was originally going to give her conference on Friday. I'm wondering if Zimmerman made admissions when he called her or when he turned himself in. If he did so without his lawyer present and in a state of extreme distress (due to lots of factors, not the least of which is that people are making death threats against him, and the fact that he is a human being and probably has a lot of remorse about what happened), the new lawyer might be able to get those statements thrown out, if that is what happened.

As far as if he serves any time, most large states have a prison set aside for corrupt cops and other inmates who can't be put into the general population for their own security. They sent Dr. Kervorkian to one like that here, because of his health issues. Either he'd go to a prison like that, or to a federal prison, because there is no way he could be kept safe in a regular high security prison.