1. Dershowitz: Prosecutor Should Drop Charges Against Zimmerman http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/11481-dershowitz-p...
Wednesday, 23 May 2012 11:19
Written by R. Cort Kirkwood
Leftist Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz says special prosecutor Angela Corey
should drop the second-degree murder charge against George Zimmerman, the Hispanic
man who shot Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Florida.
The evidence that Zimmerman told the truth when he said Martin attacked and tried to
kill him, Dershowitz wrote in the New York Daily News, is too much to ignore. And the
only right thing for the prosecutor to do, he concluded, is forget about nailing Zimmerman
for murder.
Dershowitz has been speaking out about the case since the prosecutor released an affidavit that Dershowitz said fell fall short of
what is legally required. Most notably, it lies by omission, he implied.
Prosecutor Unethical
The Harvard law professor unbosomed his opinion after prosecutors released the evidence in the case, including photos and a
report about Zimmerman’s injuries sustained in the fight for his life against the enraged 17-year-old football player.
As The New American reported last week, the medical evidence backs up the account Zimmerman gave police: that Martin
brutally attacked him, breaking his nose and bashing his head into the ground, before Zimmerman pulled his gun and shot the
teenager.
The medical report showed that Zimmerman had a “closed fracture” of the nose, lacerations on his head and a minor back injury.
Photos confirm the written report.
As well, the autopsy on Martin showed Zimmerman shot him at close range, which is, again, consistent with Zimmerman’s
account, and that Martin had an abrasion on one of his fingers and trace amounts of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, in
his system. Whether Martin was stoned when he attacked Zimmerman is unclear.
Dershowitz says the time has come to drop the case. “If this evidence turns out to be valid, the prosecutor will have no choice but
to drop the second-degree murder charge against Zimmerman — if she wants to act ethically, lawfully and professional,” he wrote,
adding,
There is, of course, no assurance that the special prosecutor handling the case, State Attorney Angela Corey, will do the
right thing. Because until now, her actions have been anything but ethical, lawful and professional.
Dershowitz also reprised earlier his remarks of a few weeks ago, which suggested that the prosecutor’s affidavit was faulty
because did not contain exculpatory evidence. “She was aware when she submitted an affidavit that it did not contain the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth. She deliberately withheld evidence that supported Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense,”
he wrote.
A few weeks ago, Dershowitz noted that such affidavits must contain “all relevant information,” and that not including evidence
that would prove Zimmerman’s innocence is “unethical,” “immoral” and “irresponsible.” He even called the affidavit “stupid.”
This week, Dershowitz explained more:
The New York Times has reported that the police had “a full face picture” of Zimmerman, before paramedics treated him,
that showed “a bloodied nose.” The prosecutor also had photographic evidence of bruises to the back of his head.
But none of this was included in any affidavit.
Now there is much more extensive medical evidence that would tend to support Zimmerman’s version of events.
Dershowitz also explained that Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law might not be an issue in the case, and that even if Zimmerman
cannot use the law as a defense, he may still have a legitimate claim of self defense. “A defendant, under Florida law, loses his
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‘stand your ground’ defense if he provoked the encounter — but he retains traditional self-defense if he reasonably believed his
life was in danger and his only recourse was to employ deadly force,” he wrote.
Thus, if Zimmerman verbally provoked Martin, but Martin then got on top of Zimmerman and banged his head into the
ground, broke his nose, bloodied his eyes and persisted in attacking Zimmerman — and if Zimmerman couldn’t protect
himself from further attack except by shooting Martin — he would have the right to do that. (The prosecution has already
admitted that it has no evidence that Zimmerman started the actual fight.)
Dershowitz is highly concerned that Corey said her job was to get “justice for Trayvon Martin” but not for George Zimmerman.
That, Dershowitz wrote, is not a prosecutor’s job. Nor he wrote, is her job to get a conviction to avoid racial troubles that might
arise should Zimmerman go free:
As many see it, her additional job is to prevent riots of the sort that followed the acquittal of the policemen who beat Rodney
King.
Indeed, Mansfield Frazier, a columnist for the Daily Beast, has suggested that it is the responsibility of the legal system to
“avert a large scale racial calamity.” He has urged Zimmerman’s defense lawyer to become a “savior” by brokering a deal to
plead his client guilty to a crime that “has him back on the streets within this decade.”
But it is not the role of a defense lawyer to save the world or the country. His job — his only job — is to get the best result
for his client, by all legal and ethical means. …
The prosecutor’s job is far broader: to do justice to the defendant as well as the alleged victim.
As the Supreme Court has said: “The government wins ... when justice is done.”
Zimmerman’s lawyer is doing his job. It’s about time for the prosecutor to start doing hers.
Evidence Likely Means Acquittal
Corey charged Zimmerman with second-degree murder in early April. At the time, legal experts wondered how she would get a
conviction given the high standard of evidence required to prove such a crime. That evidence must include proof that the accused
“evinc[ed] a depraved mind regardless of human life.” The defense experts concluded that she “overcharged” to force a plea deal
from Zimmerman.
But then the prosecutor released the affidavit, which suggested they had no case. Dershowitz noted as much at the time: The
evidence, he said, is “so thin that it won’t make it past a judge on a second degree murder charge.” He also called the affidavit a
“grave ethical violation” because of what it didn’t include: the evidence supported Zimmerman’s claim that Martin attacked him.
Indeed, Dershowitz confidently said the evidence was so weak Zimmerman would be probably be acquitted, and he accused
Corey of trying to score political points with the charge. “I think what you have here is an elected public official who made a
campaign speech last night for reelection when she gave her presentation and overcharged,” he said. “[I]f the evidence is no
stronger than what appears in the probable cause affidavit — this case will result in an acquittal.”
Now Dershowitz flatly calls on Corey to drop the case.
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Photo: Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz is shown in a file photo from 1995 at his office in Cambridge, Mass.:
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Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:14 posted by Frank M. Pelteson
All of this "Legal Beagling" aside, we need to be on our guard, because there is probably an INSIDER
cause célèbre at work here. The INSIDERS want to create a Mob Justice national race riot, in case
Zimmerman is exonerated, similar to the Rodney King affair. The INSIDER-intended REACTION to the snowballing
national race riot, that will have been orchestrated, will be to create a draconian federal police state to "rescue" the
public from the ensuing disorder and destruction. The Police State is the intended end result.
Who are these INSIDERS? Well, you can find out about them at the Filmstrip YouTube, titled THE INSIDERS,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ftkYlOlt0
Our Leftist lawyer Dershowitz is moving the nation in that direction. He may be taking his bidding from the INSIDERS.
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Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:36 posted by Robert Frank
PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE THIS PETITION TO HAVE CASEY ANTHONY TRIED IN FEDERAL COURT.
CREATED 4/14/12.
The petition addresses the DOJ policy that guides them in deciding whether or not to bring federal charges against
someone after a person has already been tried by a state.
http://www.change.org/petitions/lanny-a-breuer-assistant-attorney-general-criminal-division-try-casey-anthony-
in-federal-court-for-the-murder-of-her-daughter
Or go to change.org and search for BREUER
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Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:29 posted by VogelDenise
It appears to be “FIRST-Degree” to me. What Dershowitz has FAILED to mention is information which is
RELEVANT/PERTINENT to the Trayvon Martin matter.
1) That it appears the Law Firm of Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz (i.e. Legal Counsel and Advisor to
United States President Barack Obama) is involved and appears to be using GOVERNMENT Agencies and Officials
as FRONTS to do its bidding.
2) Baker Donelson is Legal Counsel/Advisor to Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
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3) It appears that Liberty Mutual Insurance Company may be the insurance carrier for the Sanford Police Department
as well as The Retreate At Twin Lakes (i.e. housing development where Trayvon Martin was shot and
killed/murdered)
4) Baker Donelson provides Legal Counsel/Advice to the DIRECTOR of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Robert
Mueller)
5) Baker Donelson provides Legal Counsel for Member of the United States Congress (Senate and House of
Representatives)
6) Baker Donelson provides Legal Counsel/Advice to Justices of the United States Supreme Court
7) Baker Donelson it appears provides Legal Counsel/Advice to Florida Governor Rick Scott
8) Baker Donelson employees former Prosecutor(s) of the State of Florida
9) The list goes on and on. . .
FACTS that can be obtained from the INTERNET.
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS: Documents released PROVES nothing when those involved as Baker Donelson, FBI
and those with whom they conspire have NOW TAINTED the proceedings with their DIRTY HANDS! Those
documents released can NOW be THROWN OUT and clearly proven to be TAINTED and/or COMPROMISED!
Here is my take on George Zimmerman’s 911 Call which clearly appears to support “FIRST-Degree” and/or
“PREMEDITATED” Murder. http://youtu.be/qb6rzu9gGJU They will try and pull a “Rodney King” cover up; however,
NOT this time. We are long over due for a REVOLUTION!
No Baker Donelson, with Corey and their other COHORTS were going to try and cover up George Zimmerman’s
crimes; however, getting the information out there and posting it on the INTERNET may help.
By the way, Baker Donelson appears to be Legal Counsel/Advisor to the Supreme Court of Virginia where Robert
Zimmerman served as Magistrate Judge: http://www.slideshare.net/VogelDenise/bdoilfield-patents
Had I not taken the time to expose President Barack Obama and his Legal Counsel Baker Donelson to the
PUBLIC/WORLD, they would have succeed with their CRIMINAL attacks on Florida A&M University. However, NOT
without a FIGHT! http://www.slideshare.net/VogelDenise/022712-updated-links-for-obama-eviction-notice-011012final
Now this is information that you are NOT going to get through a TAINTED and BIAS Media. They are trying to keep
you from getting it over the internet by coming after TWO of my websites – I am now on the THIRD at
www.vogeldenisenewsome.net and have placed documents at www.slideshare.net/VogelDenise They even had their
FRONTING Firm “The Garretson Firm Resolution Group Inc.” bring a lawsuit against me to keep the PUBLIC/WORLD
from knowing the TRUTH. However, I did not entertain such FOOLISHNESS! http://www.slideshare.net/VogelDenise
/docket-sheet-garretson-resolutiongroup Since my going PUBLIC and exposing these attacks, the Court has SEALED
the lawsuit filed against me and I have refused submit to the jurisdiction of a Court which lacks it! They have come
after the WRONG AFRICAN-American and very happy to be one!
They definitely don’t want you to know who the FIRE is that bringing about the CHANGE people voted for in 2008.
When the United States of America Government CORRUPT Officials are not being honest with the PEOPLE, then it
may be time to bring in INTERNATIONAL/FOREIGN intervention if United States Citizens CANNOT get their
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government CLEANED OUT!
Wednesday, 23 May 2012 17:02 posted by Matt
My guess as to what will happen is that he will either be acquitted or the charges will be dropped.
Naturally, this will happen just before the GOP convention starts down in Florida and the Sharptons,
Jacksons and Liberal media will swoop in and.. well, watch out!
I am losing faith in coincidence.
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