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Originally Posted by TroyF
Very few people were ever found guitlty of 2nd degree murder in a self defense case. The thing that stuck with me most about the trial was the cop who said he told Zimmerman he had a video and Zimmerman's reaction was "thank God".
Of every piece of evidence, that is either one hell of an actor or a guy who truly felt the video would prove him innocent. I dont think this was a problem with a law, this was a problem with proof. They had none. No law would change that fact.
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This.
The case should have never even gone this far. The Martin family attorney played a masterful PR game to get the media focus.
I'd think given the evidence that he would have been found innocent in more states than just Florida.
The specific stand your ground law is apparently poorly written to the point it can be abused, but I don't think this is an example of that.