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0rganism

(23,989 posts)
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 10:48 PM Jul 2013

Alternate Universe poll: If George Zimmerman was black and Trayvon Martin was white... [View all]

...all else equal or as equivalent as possible: how, if at all, do you think the verdict would have been different?


4 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
outcome would be the same: black Zimmerman would be acquitted via self-defense argument
1 (25%)
outcome would be similar: black Zimmerman would be acquitted for other reasons
0 (0%)
black Zimmerman would be convicted of manslaughter
0 (0%)
black Zimmerman would be convicted of 2nd-degree murder
3 (75%)
black Zimmerman would be convicted of something else
0 (0%)
the case wouldn't have gone to trial because...
0 (0%)
there's no such thing as an alternate universe!
0 (0%)
other
0 (0%)
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