dershowitz-trayvon-prosecutor-overreached-with-murder-charge

[radgy]

Legal legend Alan Dershowitz blasted the special prosecutor in the Trayvon Martin case, accusing her of hiding evidence favorable to defendant George Zimmerman and committing perjury.
“If I were this prosecutor, I’d be hiring a lawyer at this point,” Dershowitz said of Angela Cory, the Florida state attorney and special prosecutor who Gov. Rick Scott appointed to handle the case.
Dershowitz leveled his bombshell charges in an interview Wednesday with Fox News' Megyn Kelly. The Harvard law professor, noted for winning an acquittal of Claus Von Bulow in the case that inspired the film “Reversal of Fortune,” said Cory overreached by charging Zimmerman with second-degree murder. And he said the affidavit she filed in support of the charges was illegal because it did not include evidence favorable to Zimmerman.

“If there are riots, it will be the prosecutor’s fault because she overcharged, raised expectations.”

- Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law professor


“This affidavit submitted by the prosecutor in the Florida case is a crime,” Dershowitz said. “It’s a crime.”
Zimmerman, 28, is a neighborhood watch captain who admits shooting the unarmed 17-year-old Martin on Feb. 26 after a confrontation in the gated community where he lives, but Zimmerman claims he acted in self-defense.
ABC News recently aired a photo purportedly taken minutes after the shooting that shows a bloody wound on the back of Zimmerman’s head. That photo appears to support Zimmerman’s contention that he was being beaten by the teen when he shot him.
But Cory made no mention of Zimmerman’s wounds or photos that might substantiate them when announcing the charge on April 11. Dershowitz said she was obligated to include any and all pertinent evidence.
“If she in fact knew about ABC News’ pictures of the bloody head of Zimmerman and failed to include that in the affidavit, this affidavit is not the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,” Dershowitz said. “It’s a perjurious affidavit.”
Even worse, Dershowitz warned that by overcharging Zimmerman, Cory may have planted the seed for riots if he is acquitted, as Dershowitz predicted will happen.
“If there are riots, it will be the prosecutor’s fault because she overcharged, raised expectations,” Dershowitz said. “This prosecutor not only may have suborned perjury, she may be responsible, if there are going to be riots here, for raising expectations to unreasonable levels.”


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/25...#ixzz1t6ayEgyL

yup

[radgy]

Here is Florida’s definition of second-degree murder:

The unlawful killing of a human being, when perpetrated by any act imminently dangerous to another and evincing a depraved mind regardless of human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual, is murder in the second degree and constitutes a felony of the first degree, punishable by imprisonment for a term of years not exceeding life or as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.


their gunna have fun proveing that one...thats what happins when you level charges just to calm other people down

[twright55]

I agree that if the persecutor doesn't have some evidence up her sleeve that is beyond what we in the public are already aware of...then she over charged.
I think the only way she can make the 2nd degree murder charge stick is to PROVE that Zimmerman lied about some aspect of his story to the police during the initial investigation. Currently, that evidence is not in the public sphere.
I BELIEVE (imo) that the evidence INDICATES that Zimmerman was not being entirely truthful with his story BUT that is a long way from PROOF that he was untruthful...and that is what they are going to need.
Otherwise, this will be Casey Anthony redux.

[ericredbeard]

Zimmerman's defender is going to wipe his ass with the charges, and the judge is going to preside over a forgone conclusion of a verdict: innocent. What a wasted effort.

Then there's the public reaction....that's going to be pretty negative.

[_SCARFACE_]

Not surprised