The future George Zimmerman Acquittal Trial Megathread!

Started by CountDeMoney, June 20, 2013, 06:21:57 PM

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DontSayBanana

Quote from: derspiess on July 17, 2013, 01:44:16 PM
Or not run out to the car and come back with her gun in the first place.  That's escalating the confrontation.  Firing it indoors into the ceiling or wall makes it much worse. 

That said, 20 years seems a bit steep.

Florida's got a bit of a track record when it comes to whacked-out minimum sentences.

http://flcourier.com/2012/05/10/crack-cocaine-sentencing-was-overkill/

http://news.ufl.edu/2006/01/10/three-strikes-law/

Ah, and of course, this particular gem seems to be a fun little tidbit called 10-20-Life.  Massively controversial and unpopular, at least according to the Internet spin on it.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10-20-Life
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Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 17, 2013, 02:14:39 PM
QuoteProsecutors win 99.5 percent of their cases in the United States, an unheard of figure in the democratic world (about 60 percent in Canada

Guess the Beebs just aren't very good at their job. :(
The Feds in 2010 had a 93 percent conviction rate

http://www.justice.gov/usao/reading_room/reports/asr2010/10statrpt.pdf

I imagine that the States had lower percentages, though that still seems worryingly high.  :hmm:
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Still not as good as Japan, I believe, but pretty close.

derspiess

Dionne Warwick is now refusing to perform in Florida. Just FYI.
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CountDeMoney

I've cancelled my shows in Florida as well.  Fuck those creepy ass crackers.

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derspiess

Quote from: Caliga on July 18, 2013, 06:28:04 PM
Quote from: derspiess on July 18, 2013, 06:22:17 PM
Dionne Warwick is now refusing to perform in Florida. Just FYI.
Fuck  :(

I'm sure you can get your money back on those tickets.  Face value only, though.  Not the inflated prices you paid that scalper.
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Quote from: derspiess on July 18, 2013, 06:22:17 PM
Dionne Warwick is now refusing to perform in Florida. Just FYI.

That does it, I'm boycotting the Psychic Friends Network.  :mad:
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derspiess

Jesse Jackson has declared Florida an "Apartheid state".  Wonder where the Bantustans will be & what they'll be called.

Charles Barkley agrees with the verdict even though he thinks Trayvon was racially profiled by Zim.

Bill Cosby says it's not about race, and is getting a lot of shit for it, but he should be used to that by now.
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Florida already lost Whitney to the grave, they can't be deprived of Dionne too! That just leaves them with Cissy. :(
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One of my co-workers visited a gun store a few days ago.  He said that while he was there they were doing a brisk business selling to African-Americans.  So at least some good came from all this.   :)
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