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<blockquote data-quote="Antigonus" data-source="post: 1777385" data-attributes="member: 19664"><p>Thank you Michael Brown and SMS for your posts and especially your links - the strange part about this trial is that both the claims I have been making and the ones you are making seem to be correct simultaneously. The WSJ article makes the two following statements:</p><p></p><p><strong>"In short, under Florida's Stand Your Ground law, Mr. Zimmerman now must show that an average person in his circumstances would have viewed the Skittle-armed Martin as a mortal threat."</strong> (your claim)</p><p></p><p><strong>"After Stand Your Ground, prosecutors have a more difficult case. Now, they must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Zimmerman did not reasonably fear for his life."</strong> (my claim)</p><p></p><p>These two statements seem very contradictory to me, but they may very well be a part of this seemingly nebulous legal framework. I will continue to keep looking at different sources to see which of these two competing ideas is the more dominant within the law. As with many legal concepts, it is entirely possible that this question isn't settled yet, at least in Florida. Since you asked (respectfully by the way, which is again very appreciated) I study Constitutional Law as a part of American Political Development at OU. I very much admit that criminal law is not my area of expertise, which is why I'm trying to gain a more nuanced and correct perspective on this case. Your insights have helped me in that regard. I will be very interested to see how the trial itself plays out.</p><p></p><p>The above statement by Robert Leider that Zimmerman's lawyer(s) must show that he was in mortal danger seems like a very difficult prospect for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Antigonus, post: 1777385, member: 19664"] Thank you Michael Brown and SMS for your posts and especially your links - the strange part about this trial is that both the claims I have been making and the ones you are making seem to be correct simultaneously. The WSJ article makes the two following statements: [b]"In short, under Florida's Stand Your Ground law, Mr. Zimmerman now must show that an average person in his circumstances would have viewed the Skittle-armed Martin as a mortal threat."[/b] (your claim) [b]"After Stand Your Ground, prosecutors have a more difficult case. Now, they must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Zimmerman did not reasonably fear for his life."[/b] (my claim) These two statements seem very contradictory to me, but they may very well be a part of this seemingly nebulous legal framework. I will continue to keep looking at different sources to see which of these two competing ideas is the more dominant within the law. As with many legal concepts, it is entirely possible that this question isn't settled yet, at least in Florida. Since you asked (respectfully by the way, which is again very appreciated) I study Constitutional Law as a part of American Political Development at OU. I very much admit that criminal law is not my area of expertise, which is why I'm trying to gain a more nuanced and correct perspective on this case. Your insights have helped me in that regard. I will be very interested to see how the trial itself plays out. The above statement by Robert Leider that Zimmerman's lawyer(s) must show that he was in mortal danger seems like a very difficult prospect for them. [/QUOTE]
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