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Lithos

(26,403 posts)
4. That is the real truth to this
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 10:41 PM
Jul 2013

It's not that George Z will kill again, it's that others like him are going to be encouraged.

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Lithos

(26,403 posts)
7. Yes, i expect him to ultimately do something like that
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 10:48 PM
Jul 2013

He has constantly escalated each time he has gotten off.

However, many others just like him are going to do the same and they will kill or maim some one just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time and for the crime of being different.

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Bake

(21,977 posts)
11. Not if he has a brain
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 11:30 PM
Jul 2013

Not that I think he DOES, mind you. But he might not get so lucky with the next jury. He would be well advised not to risk it. In fact, he'd be we'll advised to change his name, drop 100 pounds, And move to someplace like Idaho or Montana.

Bake

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
12. But he doesnt have a brain or he wouldnt have gotten into this in the first place. The jury has
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 11:32 PM
Jul 2013

emboldened him. He is indestructible. He will kill again. He will kill again. And this jury will have to live with that.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
8. He WILL kill again. He knows how to do it now.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 10:54 PM
Jul 2013

And there will be copycats picking fights with black people right and left, hoping to goad them into a single slap so they can claim they feared for their life.

Bake

(21,977 posts)
10. Trial verdicts are NOT precedent
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 11:25 PM
Jul 2013

Trial court verdicts do not set legal precedent. That's Law School 101.

Bake, Esq.

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