what I don't understand is those of you who are all puffed up about the courts (supreme that is) decisions recently are now finding reason to quarrel with another court's decisions.

If it is OK with you supporters to be here illegally, by the millions, how can you be so against the courts decisions made for Zimmerman?

After all the law is the law and the laws not enforced is OK is it not? That's what all the chatter the past couple of weeks reflects.

Pretty inconsistent....eh?

btk

Nobody is arguing that George Zimmerman should not get a fair trial, but lying to the judge, who will hear the case, about having $100,000 in cash and a passport is probably not a good starting point. Zimmerman's wife, who is charged with perjury, will have her first day in court next week and could also be charged with federal crimes since she was transferring the money in $9999.00 increments to avoid notifying the feds of these transactions. These two just seem a little too ethically challenged. According to today's newspaper, Judge Lester wrote "Under any definition, the defendant has flaunted the system".

Seriously....

That does not seem all that political. Just a human interest story. Does not have much to do with the Villages unless you want Villagers to donate to this woman.

Somebody probably put it on a well visited Facebook page.

And the story which is the subject of this thread has WHAT to do with The Villages, OR politics, or anything remotely relative to either of those.

Judging by this forum, it appears that just about all the Zimmerman "lynchers" are the politically liberal, and conversely the Zimmerman "let's hold our verdict for now" types are politically conservative.

I don't know if that means anything, but there it is.

Zimmerman posts belong on the political page. It is viewed by some as a racial thing, viewed by some as a conservative - liberal thing, viewed by some as our President should have gotten more involved or less involved. Ergo, it is a political thing.

I am of the leaning it is a judicial thing. A special investigator from Scott's office determined her finding that 2nd degree murder is the right charge for Zimmerman. Let's wait for the trial before trying him here.

In the meantime, Zimmerman is going to be living a pretty good life on his contributor's money.

so for some political is the catch all for ANYTHING that has a difference of opinion or disagreement?

Makes about as much sense as it did to have to register to view or participate in political.

As if real life is so sanitized. Totally ridiculous!!!!

btk

buggyone: First legal experts believed the state attorney over charged zimmerman and that she will fall on that mistake.

Secondly, a bus monitor in rochester gets harassed by a bunch of little kids and donors contribute to the tune of some $700,000 so she can retire.

Zimmerman is in the fight of and for his life, primarily because opportunist wanted to electrify this incident and you begrudge this guy the opportunity to have people help him financially.

buggyone set aside your political bias and cut the guy a break.

My only interest here is that this guy gets a fair trial but i am afraid that the liberal media has tried him found him guilty and sentenced him already. Ahouldn't happen in America but.........

Fair Trials
 

There was the same fear about Anthony getting a fair trial, and because of the attitudes afterwards when the verdict did not fit their guilt mindset, look what it has caused for people who receive jury summons. No one should have to live in fear for doing his/her civic duty.

My only fear for a fair trial is based on what happened after the Anthony trial. Florida needs to rethink it's Sunshine Law and seal all evidence (not discovery to the attorneys) from the public until after trials. Then trials will be conducted in a court of law, not the media.

I agree with you I don't believe anyone's trial should be tried in the paper and i wish the courts woud be more mindful and responsible

First, as I understand it, a Florida jury can always decide on a lesser charge but not go to a higher charge. Such as deciding on manslaughter or neglicent homicide instead of 2nd degree murder but not go higher to 1st degree murder.

Secondly, the bus monitor is just another crazy thing that is only possible with viral videos overtaking common sense.

I do not have political bias about Zimmerman. Only thing I know he is guilty of is bad judgement at this point. I am sure he would agree right now.

Not only has Zimmerman been tried in the media, but so has Martin. I've tried to look at all this as objectively as possible, and I keep coming up with one big fact that to me should weigh heavily on the outcome. Neither of these guys knew the other.

Unfortunately, there is only one verbal side to this story and it is filled with inconsistencies.