Perhaps I should ask this tomorrow: Can Zimmerman now be sued

[JanMichael]

in civial court like OJ was?

[grasswire]

1. yes nt

[avebury]

2. I remember a long time ago reading about a young man

who killed someone in a drunk driving accident. Part of his punishment was that he had to write a check for $1 EVERY SINGLE week to the victim's parents. He hated it because it made him have to think about his victim every single week. He was not allowed to forget. He tried to sit down and write out all of his checks and hand them over at one time but was not allowed to do so. The purpose of the ruling was not to financially punish the drunk kid but to force him to remember what he did.

I would love to see a civil court suit force a similar ruling on Zimmerman under the watchful eye of the court. Force him to remember Trayvon Martin at least once a week for many many years.

[EOTE]

3. The consensus here seems to be that because Zimmerman's defense didn't use Stand Your Ground

he is still eligible to be sued under a civil suit. I hope that happens post haste.

[X_Digger]

4. No. Civil immunity.

If your use of force is found to be justified, you have civil immunity.

A case can be brought, but it will immediately be dismissed.


776.032?Immunity from criminal prosecution and civil action for justifiable use of force.—

(1)?A person who uses force as permitted in s. 776.012, s. 776.013, or s. 776.031 is justified in using such force and is immune from criminal prosecution and civil action for the use of such force, unless the person against whom force was used is a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10(14), who was acting in the performance of his or her official duties and the officer identified himself or herself in accordance with any applicable law or the person using force knew or reasonably should have known that the person was a law enforcement officer. As used in this subsection, the term “criminal prosecution” includes arresting, detaining in custody, and charging or prosecuting the defendant.

[JanMichael]

7. That is what I was wondering

Jesus How sad

[Kennah]

5. No. Florida has immunity from prosecution, whether it's SYG or not.

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0776/0776.html

FS 776.032 Immunity from criminal prosecution and civil action for justifiable use of force

[Honeycombe8]

6. I would think so. It's a lower burden of proof. "Probability" vs "beyond a reasonable doubt." nt

Oops. I just saw the post above that says no, it's not allowed.