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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (725031)7/7/2013 2:16:49 PM
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And remember, Zimmerman doesn't have to prove anything.

reasonable doubt.....
reasonable doubt.....
reasonable doubt.....
reasonable doubt.....

As is so often the case, this is going to come down to "burden of proof". Once Zim introduced evidence of his self-defense claim, which there was quite a bit of I think, the burden of proof is on the prosecution to show, beyond a reasonable doubt, that it was NOT self defense. At least that is my understanding.

That is a very tough burden to meet under any circumstances. But there was quite a bit of evidence that it WAS self defense.

Given that standard, I cannot imagine how he'll be convicted. He may well spend years defending himself in a civil action; but there is no way he should be convicted in this criminal trial.
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