The George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin Travesty

[yodajazz]

All I have to say about this charade is that:

Thank Heavens for that in America we have a Justice System based on Jurisprudence, not founded on Ochlocracy.
People who are mad about the ruling may consider other locations. Visiting few "gore" websites will surely leave them thankful that mobe rule is felonious and tenuous in the US and most of the West.

Yes the US justice is better than mob rule. However, injustices can slip through the system, and people have a right to care about injustice. Lots of people were upset about the OJ Simpson verdict. He did not go back to his normal life when he was acquitted. He had been in movies, television commercials, etc.

[trish]

A suggestion. Why not have juries made up of lawyers/attorneys who are knowledgeable about law instead of common folk who are in many instances ill-equipped, not nearly educated enough, or simply want to get back to their lives and jobs, to unravel all the testimony of a trial like this one. Too simple? Yeah, maybe. They would probably deadlock on every trial.

We're entitled to a trial by our "peers". That's why the initial pool is usually chosen at random from voter registration lists. Of the lawyers attempt to sculpt the jury from that unformed clay to meet their needs.

[trish]

No we don't have mob rule. Thanks to "concealed carry" and "stand your ground" we now live in the wild wild west. Weren't those wonderful times?

[BBaggins06]

No we don't have mob rule. Thanks to "concealed carry" and "stand your ground" we now live in the wild wild west. Weren't those wonderful times?

Uh, Chicago had no concealed carry law until two weeks ago and that never stopped us from leading the nation in shooting deaths ...

[cameron47]

I live in Florida and you don't know the truth as the media doesn't tell the whole story. George Zimmerman is half white and half Hispanic....so he is not a white man. Secondly, Trayvon was no angel as he had a police record at 17 yrs. old...he had been thrown out of school twice, a drug user and was on drugs the night of the altercation. It's sad this happened but most people in Florida who know the whole story believe Mr. Zimmerman is not guilty.

[african1]

No we don't have mob rule. Thanks to "concealed carry" and "stand your ground" we now live in the wild wild west. Weren't those wonderful times?

Nature is not fair. Evolution was never fair. Some people are built stronger than others. You cannot expect a 5 foot tall woman or man to be able to protect themselves against a 6 foot 10" attacker or a mob attack.

Unless you are Bloomberg and can afford your own security detail, to level the playing field, we need the 2nd amendment, the concealed carry and stand your ground laws.

[african1]

I live in Florida and you don't know the truth as the media doesn't tell the whole story. George Zimmerman is half white and half Hispanic....so he is not a white man. Secondly, Trayvon was no angel as he had a police record at 17 yrs. old...he had been thrown out of school twice, a drug user and was on drugs the night of the altercation. It's sad this happened but most people in Florida who know the whole story believe Mr. Zimmerman is not guilty.

trust me they know. People are just acting dumb because of hidden agendas. Pictures of victim were photoshoped and respectable pictures of GZ were never used but rather his mugshots from 8 years ago.

[african1]

Uh, Chicago had no concealed carry law until two weeks ago and that never stopped us from leading the nation in shooting deaths ...

Of course. we must protect the poor criminals by blocking law-abiding citizens from owning and carrying arms.

[CORVETTEDUDE]

Our system in the United States of America, however flawed, is far better than that anywhere else. Were it not, we wouldn't have thousands of people trying to come here, both legally and illegally.

[african1]

Our system in the United States of America, however flawed, is far better than that anywhere else. Were it not, we wouldn't have thousands of people trying to come here, both legally and illegally.

...because it was drafted by the smartest, wisest and most well-read political thinkers to ever roam this earth. Those Framers were something else.