Trayvon Martin case: After police chief steps aside, state prosecutor recuses himself

[Lux Interior]

Bill in NC wrote:
If you disagree, please explain why you feel there is probable cause, keeping in mind that controversial law.

He pursued his victim. That is not standing your ground.

[Grace62]

Virtually no homicides are videotaped, yet prosecutors in jurisdictions where the police are not incompetent and/or corrupt do get convictions.

I think you're ignoring the fact that the only reason this case is even being reviewed at all is the protest from Martin's family and the people who support them. How dare anyone criticize the parents of this dead boy after Sanford Florida made them beg for basic justice, and the indecent way that the city treated their son's dead body?

Without that persistence, this was over. No chance of any type of justice.

Now that the DoJ is looking into it, and the FBI, and the state of Florida, there won't be any rush but there will, finally, be an investigation.

Zimmerman's attorney WILL use the stand your ground defense if his client goes to court, and it will probably work because the police botched the evidence so badly. He has nothing to be civilly sued for anyway, so who cares. It's the state of Florida and the city of Sanford that are going to get sued.

[Carnos Jax]

Grace62 wrote: Zimmerman's attorney WILL use the stand your ground defense if his client goes to court, and it will probably work because the police botched the evidence so badly.

The next O. J. Simpson...

[Grace62]

Carnos Jax wrote:
[quote=Grace62]Zimmerman's attorney WILL use the stand your ground defense if his client goes to court, and it will probably work because the police botched the evidence so badly.

The next O. J. Simpson...
I wish people would stop cheapening and mocking this case by trying to tie it into other unrelated but sensational cases, like OJ or Duke Lacrosse.
Trayvon Martin deserves better than that. So does George Zimmerman,.

[Spock]

Trayvon rumors abound, but here are facts.

[Grace62]

Spock wrote:
Trayvon rumors abound, but here are facts.

That explains about the clothes. Thanks for that. Does not explain about the cell phone and the lack of prosecutor at the scene or why they didn't try to contact Trayvon's parents.
If they had all that evidence, why wasn't anything referred to a grand jury? What's the point of evidence gathering if you've already decided the person can't be chargeded? And wandering free, cant' the shooter just leave the country or go into hiding somewhere, instead of waiting while released on bond, like most people who shoot and kill someone?