The thing that bothers me more than anything is that relatively little attention has been paid to the absolutely insane laws in place that protected George Zimmerman.
Stand your ground didn't play any roll in this trial.
The victim being black and the shooter looking like a white man played a much larger role.
In the trial occurring? Agreed. In the outcome of the trial? I really doubt it. The outcome was pretty much preordained based on the lack of evidence to support guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. the only question was whether the jury would follow the law or vote out of compassion, and they followed the law.
They are following the law no matter how they vote. The law allows for a jury system to interpret the law in any way they see fit. If you are on the jury and you are not ok with somebody chasing down and shooting an unarmed kid to death, you vote guilty. Apparently these jurors are ok with that happening to a black kid. We don't know how they would have voted if Zimmerman were black and Trayvon were white.
And LOL at there not being any evidence. The 911 call was the only piece of relevant evidence presented by either side, but it was very damning. Without the 911 call, I would say that Zimmerman should be voted not guilty. The call provided evidence from Zimmerman himself that he scared Trayvon enough for him to flee, and then Zimmerman pursued him with a gun. Trayvon was then found shot to death by that gun. Nothing that happened in between matters at all.
