"Special prosecutor in Trayvon Martin shooting has decided against sending the case to a grand jury, her office says."
Which means the prosecutor's office will decide to charge Zimmerman or not. I think she will charge him. http://news.yahoo.com/prosecutor-rules-grand-jury-trayvon-martin-case-160059250.html
That seems like a good reason to not send it to a grand jury but if charges are pressed there will still need to be an impartial jury found for the trial. I am not sure what to read from this announcement. It seems like if the prosecutor isn't going to file charges then she would've just announced that. OTOH if they are going to file charges why not just wait to announce the charges instead of announcing this first?
This is a pure guess. But it seems like the prosecutor is making sure all the i's are dotted and the t's are crossed before making any announcement. I think whatever game plan the special prosecutor is likely to use is far enough along to know they won't go the grand jury route. But there may be just a few things that need to be cleared up before moving forward. I agree that eventually if the proceed to trial an impartial jury will have to be assembled. But that's different than trusting the sitting grand jury will be able to do it. I don't know. It's all guesswork at this point.
A grand jury is this high profile a case does not help the prosecution. If the grand jury comes back and says that charges should not be filed, then there will be outrage. If the grand jury comes back suggesting charges then there will be outrage that the Zimmerman was not arrested right away. Either way a grand jury would keep this case in the headlines.... Smart strategic decision in my opinion. I would say there is a 99% chance he is charged, even if they hypothetically do not want to charge him, they all but have to at this point.
Yes, this will be decided by the court system, I think that is just. If the jury do not find him guilty, I guess I am fine with that. I personally believe he is guilty of man slaughter.
They should have charged him with 1st degree murder and gone for the death penalty and just have him plead it out. Otherwise you are going have more people go provoke someone shoot them after they are losing and claim stand your ground. If this goes to trail it will be circus. It would become a whole white vs black thing.
People have already turned this into a black vs white thing. So many care nothing for facts but instead draw lines in the sand based strictly on the color of skin. They should charge him with what ever crime the evidence supports without regard to the families, victims or public. There is supposed to be a reason that the lady of justice wears a blindfold.
I don't don't get what this accomplishes. Doesn't it suggest that Corey thinks it's a weak case since she is unwilling to let a grand jury hear it?
No, but it keeps the case from the top of the headlines as much, and the grand jury does not accomplish anything from the DA perspective.
Actually theyre saying he was only 6 foot. But we all know if it was a foreign looking 6 foot 3 asian guy, most likely he isnt going to get chased down.
How is it going to keep it out of the headlines? That can of worms was opened long ago. And wouldn't a grand jury give an air of legitimacy to the prosecutor by showing that the case received some initial vetting by citizens? Doesn't Corey lose some legitimacy if she bypasses that vetting?
