Why am I getting flashbacks of the OJ Simpson trial??

[kentuck]

Justice on trial. If the scream doesn't fit, you must acquit.

Does Zimmy have an Akita?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. Well, at least I'm consistent...I believed both assholes killed somebody

Unfortunately both trials devolved into a Rorschach Test on race.

[Warpy]

2. I've thought of that more than once, it's infotainment

with a little of the NRA's pet gun centered laws thrown in. That's why "what kind of a kid was Martin?" and "Who was dong the screaming for help?" are so important in what should have been an open and shut case of murder. The NRA is likely pouring money into this one to get Zimmie off and their lousy laws vindicated.

If they succeed, there will be other parallels, like the Martin family suing and making sure Zimmie is stripped of any ill gotten gain. Also, when people who are most likely guilty are gotten off by slick lawyers, they often end up in prison again within a very few years. I think this parallel will hold up, too, the guy is a loose cannon and always has been and he loves his guns.

[kentuck]

3. One thing doesn't add up for me?

But, I confess, I have not been paying super close attention.

But I hear them argue that they do not know who screamed for help?

It seems logical that the person with the gun would not be the one yelling for help, especially since he was doing the pursuing??

[Fla_Democrat]

8. It's actually quite obvious

but it takes discarding some of what we 'all know happened'. Not what actually happened, the trial is filling that in, I mean what we all know happened.

Think about it for a bit, use person A and person B if it helps. Totally ignore the specific case/people. Person A is perusing person B. Person A is armed. A confrontation happens. person A screams for help, why?

[DesertFlower]

4. i agree. nt

[niyad]

5. one problem in your last paragraph. simpson has paid virtually NONE of that money, according

to what I was reading the other day (because someone had mentioned one of the daughters and we were looking up information on her)

[NoGOPZone]

6. Because in every thread about the Zimmerman case

someone has to bring up OJ? That's why I'm getting flashbacks

[kentuck]

9. I am truly sorry.

I know how bad those flashbacks can be....

[avaistheone1]

7. It felt more on Day 1 & Day 2 that Trayvon was on trial.