Jury finda Goerge Zimmerman not guilty on all charges

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/13/george-zimmerman-acquitted-murder-in-trayvon-martin-shooting-death/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/13/george-zimmerman-found-not-guilty/2514163/


As I expected, and any reasonable legal mind should have, a Florida jury acquitted Mr. George Zimmerman on all the charges in the tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin back in February 2012.

Dear readers, let's remember our criminal justice system's foundation is that the prosecution must prove his case beyond reasonable doubt. In a society easily influenced by the media, it is easy to loose our perspective. Let's keep that in mind.

As the Judge reminded the jury, I remind everyone,

"Your verdict should not be influenced by feelings of prejudice, bias or sympathy," Judge Debra Nelson told the jury, reading from a 27-page set of instructions. "Your verdict must be based on the evidence, and on the law contained in these instructions."

This was not a slam dunk case, like the infamous Rodney King case more than 2 decades ago. The Zimmerman case was polluted by reasonable doubt from the get go. Are we to send a person to jail under such circumstances?

I  agree with many legal experts who thought the prosecution had a weak case based largely on circumstantial evidence. Some said the state could possibly succeed if they appealed to the emotions of jurors. However, sympathy was not supposed to play a part in the verdict and defense attorneys reminded jurors of that fact repeatedly.