Trayvon Martin Case

The prosecutor is laying the smack-down.

manslaughter

Well, the prosecutor had me right to the point he started askiing a bunch of rhetorical questions...

FWIW: Here's a poll from HLN. Has the defense created enough reasonable doubt to get Zimmerman off? | HLNtv.com (http://www.hlntv.com/poll/2013/07/09/has-defense-created-enough-reasonable-doubt-get-zimmerman)

[NOTE: Although I think the title is phrased in a legally incorrect manner, I agree that, from a practical aspect, it's how the jurors will likely judge the evidence].

It does not matter that no one witnessed you killing someone. Hernandez can't claim self defense. why? How do we know Oden did not attack him? No one saw it and no one knows. Hernandez could say self defense. Zimmerman shot and killed an unarmed person. The rest is a mystery.

Here's something to think about, if Trayvon shot Zimmerman, I don't think would of ever heard anything about it.

A........hush fell over the crowd...

Here's something to think about, if Trayvon shot Zimmerman, I don't think would of ever heard anything about it.

You are right because Trayvon would have been in jail. This trial got so much press because Trayvon's body lay in a morgue for almost a week and no one notified his parents as to his whereabouts. He had a celphone on his possession but no one called the contacts labeled mom and dad. They were gonna bury him in an unmarked grave. Zimmerman was going to go on happily ever after and never have to face trial for Martin's death. The hoopla was to just get a trial period. The chief last his job because they were not going to even contact Martin;s parents about the incident. He would have just been "missing" to his parents. That's where all the attention comes from.

Good strong closing for the prosecution. Highlighted the inconsistencies and lies and tied them tightly to the elements. Strong appeal to the emotions but not so much as to be a transparently BS plea. I do think he left a lot unsaid and that the defense has the opportunity to drive a truck through some the prosecution's own gaps and inconsistencies. Regardless, it was an aggressive, unapologetic closing and well done. Certainly, some of their best work to date.

The defense has its work cut out for them.

Trayvon's father was notified of Trayvon's death approximately 12 hours after the shooting. A longer time period than should have happened but no where close to a week.

The defense has some serious work to do because murder 2 is a certainly attainable after the prosecutor's closing.