07-09-2013, 11:45 AM
I'm all for slamming the prosecution when it's warranted, and I know HotD won't agree with me here either... but my opinion is that they are doing the best they can. The prosecution doesn't seem incompetent, they seem to be working with what little they have.
There was a reason they weren't in a hurry bringing this case to court: the witnesses and available facts did not contradict the story that the surviving witness told them. And for all of our opinions and fervor on either side of the equation, that's exactly how it is playing out in court. The testimony is not supporting the charge, and the case is not going well for the prosecution. Witnesses aren't being terrible... they are testifying to facts as they know them. And to his credit, the defense attorney has been doing a very good job on cross examining and re-direct it seems.
You don't have to believe Zimmerman, and you can think he is a big, fat, obnoxious liar. But even in the best case scenario for the prosecution, the facts and testimony put forth didn't come close to showing he was lying. The facts - and lack of hard, provable evidence - never supported the charge.
IMO, this is why the case was going nowhere before the demonstrations and politics got going. And I'll bet eventually someone close to the case will be intellectually honest enough to say it.
There was a reason they weren't in a hurry bringing this case to court: the witnesses and available facts did not contradict the story that the surviving witness told them. And for all of our opinions and fervor on either side of the equation, that's exactly how it is playing out in court. The testimony is not supporting the charge, and the case is not going well for the prosecution. Witnesses aren't being terrible... they are testifying to facts as they know them. And to his credit, the defense attorney has been doing a very good job on cross examining and re-direct it seems.
You don't have to believe Zimmerman, and you can think he is a big, fat, obnoxious liar. But even in the best case scenario for the prosecution, the facts and testimony put forth didn't come close to showing he was lying. The facts - and lack of hard, provable evidence - never supported the charge.
IMO, this is why the case was going nowhere before the demonstrations and politics got going. And I'll bet eventually someone close to the case will be intellectually honest enough to say it.