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desertrain10;6027293 said:Perfect;6027222 said:gorilla;6027081 said:Perfect;6027002 said:Zimmerman is arguing he shot him in self defense... if the judge rules that he is right, then Zimmerman gets off.. no 2nd degree. no manslaughter.. no aggravated assault... because its self defense..
if they find it isnt self defense then it is 2nd degree murder. the prosecution isnt arguin he shot trayvon on accident or anything.. they said it was intentional.. how could that be considered manslaughter? its 2nd degree or self defense, life or free
Not according to this criminal defense attorney
http://www.mediaite.com/online/even...d-manslaughter-he-could-still-serve-25-years/
I'm reading this now
Realistically though, George Zimmerman must hope he is acquitted out right. Because absent a Manslaughter conviction, Judge Nelson would be statutorily required to impose the 25 year mandatory-minimum prison sentence under Florida’s 10-20-Life for any felony but Manslaughter or Felony Battery.
manslaughter doesn't apply here. This guy is saying that Zimmermanians should hope these lesser charges are included else he will be doing at least 25. But he admits, at the very end of the article, that realistically Zimmerman and friends better hope he is acquitted altogether.
huh?
all we're saying is at the close of the trial jury will have a number of lesser included offenses to choose from ...and because of these numerous options, gz could stll face man slaughter charges but not be convicted of murder
no one promised that he will have lesser charges. the article says that all those lesser charges are "likely applicable".
theres no reason for the jury to choose voluntary manslaughter because it was not reasonable for him to believe he needed to kill Trayvon. It is not reasonable for Zimmerman to have seen 'death around the corner'. he wouldve been better off rolling on the ground holding his head when witnesses arrived...