04-11-2012, 07:59 PM
billb wrote:
I think they;'ll have a jury pore over the conflicting evidence of self defense and conflict initiation. It might still be a case the prosecution can't win, but trying knowing you're gonna lose will go a long way towards some sort of justice even if it is just a perceived one.
It may end up not going to trial.
I suspect that it will go something like this.
1. An arrest warrant will be issued.
2. Zimmerman will surrender to the police.
3. He will be charged with a relatively minor crime.
4. He will make bail immediately.
5. After more than a year he will cop a plea to an even lesser charge and do no jail time or the state will drop the case. Or ...
5a. He will go to trial and be acquitted.
FYI I live some 40 miles south of Sanford and the above scenario is based on a conversation I had with a local lawyer yesterday.