SANFORD: State never proved its case, legal analysts say - Trayvon Martin - MiamiHerald.com
The acquittal was a stinging blow for prosecutors and their decision
to file the second-degree murder charge against Zimmerman, who was not
initially arrested by Sanford police after claiming self-defense. And it
was a resounding embrace of the defense’s strategy during closing
arguments not just to establish that prosecutors hadn’t proven Zimmerman
guilty, but also to show he was “absolutely” innocent.
“The jury clearly believed that you have a right to defend yourself,”
said Jude M. Faccidomo, the former president of Miami’s Florida
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. “Especially when cases are so
gray, like this one was, self-defense really resonates because people
can associate with being afraid.”
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