Originally Posted by kane

I agree. Maybe the kid was a punk. Maybe he would have grown up to be a criminal. Maybe he wouldn't have. None of that deserves death.

For me this case is simple. We all know how it started. Zimmerman sees Martin, thinks he looks suspicious and calls the cops. Martin starts to leave and Zimmerman follows. When the 911 dispatch person tells him they don't need him to do that it sounds like he stops following him and agrees to meet the police at a specific location.

After he hangs up he ends up in a confrontation with Martin. It looks like he was getting his ass kicked, got scared and shot him.

The big question is: How did the conflict start? If Zimmerman decided to follow him after all and pressed the conflict, he is likely going to go to jail. You can't plead self defense when you start the fight and then start getting your ass kicked in the fight. If there is evidence that Martin reappeared and attacked Zimmerman then Zimmerman has a solid case of self defense. It doesn't appear that is what happened. Had Zimmerman gotten back into his car like he said he was going to do none of this would have happened. He is now going to have explain to the jury how he got from where he was when the 911 call ended to being in a fight with Martin.

I have a feeling, especially with this new evidence they are bringing up, Zimmerman is going to say he followed him and that Martin attacked him for no reason. The question is whether or not the jury will believe him.