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• Tough for Zimmerman to get fair trial, defense attorneys say

  Mon Apr 16, 2012
  • Zimmerman failed to exercise responsibility for the use of deadly force and the due caution from confrontation that is implied.

• Trayvon Martin case: Hearing raises possible conflict of interest for judge

  Fri Apr 13, 2012
  • As soon as George spotted Trayvon, he could have conservatively assumed that Trayvon was armed with a knife or a gun. By my interpretation of the literal words, "stand your ground", at that point he could not have moved any closer towards a mortal threat for his defense to be valid.

• Trayvon Martin case: Hearing raises possible conflict of interest for judge

  Fri Apr 13, 2012
  • Since the stakes are so high in an encounter between two people, what rights and responsibilities does a person have in instigating or provoking an encounter, especially when they have the capacity to easily deploy deadly force with a gun?

• American Airlines sues former flight attendant behind parody videos

  Thu Apr 12, 2012
  • I'd characterize this lawsuit as AA management's "jumping the shark" moment.

• George Zimmerman expected to take the stand in Trayvon Martin murder case, legal observers say

  Thu Apr 12, 2012
  • I totally agree with you. Problem is, it is one man's word against a dead man's word, not the ideal recipe for justice. This is why stand your ground with deadly force doesn't work when there are no witnesses.

• Update: Trayvon Martin's mom retracts 'accident' characterization, says Zimmerman killed him in 'cold blood'

  Thu Apr 12, 2012
  • Do we know who started the physical altercation? No. But we do know that a 200 pound armed man got out of a truck and pursued a stranger at night. If that isn't escalating a situation of cuasation for the stranger to have fear for their life, I don't know what is.

• Update: Trayvon Martin's mom retracts 'accident' characterization, says Zimmerman killed him in 'cold blood'

  Thu Apr 12, 2012
  • "you can shoot even if they don't attack you" What if they follow you at night and you claim you are in fear for your life? What if Trayvon had a gun and had shot Zimmerman as he was calmly walking towards him. I suppose that would have been legal.

• Update: Trayvon Martin's mom retracts 'accident' characterization, says Zimmerman killed him in 'cold blood'

  Thu Apr 12, 2012
  • If in Florida, you can shoot someone dead, and your word is taken as fact, then truely it is a license to kill state.

• Update: Trayvon Martin's mom retracts 'accident' characterization, says Zimmerman killed him in 'cold blood'

  Thu Apr 12, 2012
  • Sorry, any injury is not proof that Trayvon initiated it. George could have made physical contact first.

• Update: Trayvon Martin's mom retracts 'accident' characterization, says Zimmerman killed him in 'cold blood'

  Thu Apr 12, 2012
  • So in Florida, if two people begin wrestling, it is a fight to the death and either one has the right to shoot the other one. What if they stick a finger in your chest, is that provocation to shoot?