Not at all. Zimmerman's defense team did not use it as a defense but it was included as a defense in the jury instructions by the judge. Since that was included a not guilty verdict, by Florida Law, makes Mr. Zimmerman immune from further prosecution the case, including civil prosecution. So in that respect SYG is not just a "self defense" defense but it also a form of legal immunity.
Anything is possible and had it been an all white male jury I would agree that there's a good chance that was the case....but it wasn't. I also think the evidence was pretty clear that reasonable doubt existed as to murder. Had Mr. Zimmerman been charged with negligent manslaughter or reckless endangerment or something to that affect and been found guilty he would have done at least ten years due to the aggravating circumstance that a gun was used. He would have also been open to civil suit as SYG would not be a defense to those charges and thus immunity would not have been involved had he been aquited. I believe that's the case, Jarod can correct me if I'm wrong.
You obviously weren't paying attention. There were vast numbers of people braying for his hide after he was aquited. He was also successfully sued in civil court. As for his having killed two people you couldn't possibly know that for a fact. OJ was like 10 minutes away from an air tight alibi and the only evidence against him was circumstantial (forensic) which was grossly mishandled to the point it rendered it virtually useless. The LA police and coroners department completely bungled that case.
That's correct but there are also very stringent standards by which that evidence must be collected, handled, preserved, analyzed, tracked, etc, and in the OJ case that was completely botched. I used to do very similar environmental analytical work and there are very similar standards as that work is often used in court and must pass legal scrutiny. In the OJ case that was bungled badly in ways that were patently obvious to those who have done this type of work.
I read it and laughed as I thought about all the crimes blacks commit.
Blacks are 12% of the population and commit 6X more violent crimes than whites.
Or Mexican, or Asian, or Arabic.... did I miss anyone? Oh, and let's not forget occupiers! They might be the biggest shit stacks of all!
Except OJ did not have an a black jury. The facts are the LAPD screwed the pooch in the OJ case and the call of the race card is people believing what they want to and not the facts.
