A boy named Trayvon Martin is shot and killed by neighborhood watch goon

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dreVol said:
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Zimmerman was on the ground being punched when he shot Trayvon Martin - Charleston Charleston Conservative | Examiner.com
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Thanks for the link. I still contend he had the right to walk to the store and back without being followed. We have quite a bit of crime here in York Pa, but I still allow my kids to walk to the gym or down to the store. One of the stores they go to has been robbed a couple of times in the past year and they pick up shop lifters fairly routinely. Regardless my kids still have the right to shop there without the store owner following them.
 
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Bassmanbruno said:
Actually they've never changed. The guy is guilty of second degree murder and hopefully he's rightly convicted of it.
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How?

Second degree murder cases often involve a death that allegedly occurred because of a heat of passion or act that was so dangerous is warrants a criminal action be brought against the Defendant. The classic example is the spouse who finds their partner having an affair with another person and immediately acts to kill either the partner or the partner's lover. In order to convict a defendant in Florida of Second-degree murder, the State of Florida must prove the following three elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
The victim is dead;
The death was caused by the criminal act of the defendant;
There was an unlawful killing of the victim by an act imminently dangerous to another and demonstrating a depraved mind without regard for human life.
Understanding a second degree murder can be more confusing than the more serious first degree murder. The "criminal act" reference in the statute must be a single event or series of related actions arising from and performed pursuant to a single design or purpose of committing the murder or creating the dangerous condition that led to the death. Although second-degree murder can carry a potential incarceration of up to life in prison, the death penalty cannot be imposed on a person found guilty of second-degree murder.
Whether a Defendant's actions could have been reasonably foreseen as endangering a human life to the point of warranting a prosecution is a question for the jury and where a skilled defense lawyer can be most helpful. Examples may include the negligent supervision of a child or of the elderly by an adult, or other reckless behavior that led to the death of another person.
Unlike in a first degree or felony murder prosecution, a grand jury does not need to indict the defendant before a prosecution may begin. Second degree murders often are decided on the "common sense" of the jury. Whether a person's actions amount to the requisite intent or recklessness to warrant conviction is often left up to the jury's determination.
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Second Degree Murder - Law Firm Arnold Law Firm, LLC Attorneys Jacksonville, Florida
 
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Bassmanbruno said:
Well **** - I lack critical thinking - better hope you don't leave near any of the TVA nuclear plants then. I might cause a melt down.
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Surprising you go to ecred when we've established fact in football forum your age, all you do is play video games..... Right Stephen?
 
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YorkVol said:
I didn't see any articles explaining past criminal activity. If there were any references and they detailed a trend that robberies were happening Saturday evenings during half-time of televised sports events most often by teen-aged males acting alone and in plain sight, then I might change my mind about the whole situation. The only reference I saw was in Zimmerman's 911 call where he mentioned non-specific past break-ins as his justification for following Trayvon.
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The information about the break ins in the area is public record and ignored by the media.
I do not disagree with any of your statements but we do not know if Zimmerman had asked TM who he was and why he was in the neighborhood before the 911 call. We do not know what TM said in reply to cause Zimmerman to call.
Like I said before, there si blame on both sides but now we are focused on the whole story coming out. That is the only reason I have been playing "defense attorney" in this. If Zimmerman and the eyewitnesses are not telling the truth, then he should be put to death.
 
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tvols75 said:
Surprising you go to ecred when we've established fact in football forum your age, all you do is play video games..... Right Stephen?
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I'm 25 years old - yeah I play video games. I graduated college several years ago. I'm failing to see your point.
 
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