Why do people plead guilty of crimes?
Sometimes the prosecutor will threaten you with double the time if you take it to trial AND if you cant afford bail, Then you would be in jail for a year or so while fighting your case. so even if you are found innocent at the trial, you have still served a year in jail..The prosecutor wants a high conviction rate to furthur his career. So he/she wants convictions, and will sometimes offer to let you go home that same day ( For minor offenses ) if you plead guilty. You will get to go home , but you will have a new charge on your record and maybe some probation. Then there are those who know damn well that they are guilty and just want to get sentenced and get their time served and know their release date VS months of going back to court from jail and not knowing when you will get released..
Where Can I find the TRANSCRIPT for the George Zimmerman Trial?
I type in exactly what I want into google George Zimmerman trial transcript and it has phone call transcripts, a news article that has only a small portion of the court transcript, and transcripts of news shows that talked about the trial. For the love of God isn't it obviously what I want if I type in George Zimmerman Trial Transcript why isn't it on the front page? Can someone please please make me job easy and point me out to the actual transcript?
Why did this black man get away with murdering this white man infront of his family?
Yes, not to mention Mr Matthews let Harding live in his house with his family. Luckily justice was served to Harding in the form of Street justice as Harding was gunned down. Chewy- He did get away with it numb nuts, he was never charged.
Are vice grips less deadly than a gun at point blank range?
I suppose I'll bite. The Zimmerman trial was not about the death of Trayvon Martin, in my opinion. Martin's death is a tragedy, because that young man came from a broken home and apparently did not have the best of role models in his life. Based on reports that he was involved in the drug culture, I have a distinct feeling that Martin wasn't the "innocent" individual the majority of the media portrayed. Maybe Martin was just going through a difficult time in his life, but unfortunately, he won't have a chance to work out his troubles. Sadly, though, that's the chance you take when you escalate a confrontation. It appears Martin chose to press the issue, instead of being polite and waiting for police to come sort things out. Caveat- I wasn't there, so I don't know exactly what happened. I'm basing my assumptions on eyewitness reports. Now, on to the trial. Zimmerman was targeted because he fit the agenda- he was not black, therefore his killing of a black person could be exploited by race baiters in the media and the so-called "reverends," Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. He used a firearm, and was a LEGAL holder of said firearm, so the media's anti-gun agenda could be furthered. Was Zimmerman wrong for following Martin? I don't know. I wasn't there to see how Martin was acting. We do know that there were previous issues in the community with break-ins and violence, so odds are Zimmerman's temper was short. Either way, a jury has found him not guilty, and in this country we do not allow a person to be tried for the same offense twice. As for the Vise-Grips in your scenario, I have no idea. It would depend on the severity and, honestly, goriness of the incident. If your attacker were a young minority, and you were an adult white male, there's a good chance you would have been tried. And another thing- Vise-Grips don't have a tendency to be instantly lethal, as firearms can be. You could use them as a club, which would have much less chance of killing. Putting them on someone's throat and squeezing? That takes a premeditated effort, and just try to do that when the person is fighting you. If you had used Vise-Grips on your "attacker's" throat to squeeze it until his windpipe ruptured, I wouldn't think that you were doing so in self defense. It just wouldn't add up.
Why do people keep saying following someone isn't a crime - it's called stalking?
Florida Law: http://www.victimsofcrime.org/our-programs/stalking-resource-center/stalking-laws/criminal-stalking-laws-by-state/florida#48 "(a) "Harass" means to engage in a course of conduct directed at a specific person which causes substantial emotional distress to that person and serves no legitimate purpose." "(3) A person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows, harasses, or cyberstalks another person and makes a credible threat to that person commits the offense of aggravated stalking, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084." ***Zimmerman had no legitimate purpose to chase Trayvon - it placed him in fear. He hadn't committed any crime that would warrant a chase by another citizen. Zimmerman used aggressive speech towards Trayvon referring of him as "punk" "asshole".. That indicates aggression and malice.