<![CDATA[Eric Zorn - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/rss/archive/14640.xmlAuthor <![CDATA[A Public Not Fully and Adequately Informed]]> Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500 It's pretty clear jurors didn't buy  the idea suggested by prosecutors that Zimmerman actively pursued Martin, confronted him, provoked the fight that he was winning at the time the fatal shot was fired and then made up a bunch of lies to justify what he did.

And it may have been that, as I've suggested all along, they focused almost exclusively on the final altercation and what likely happened in the 30 seconds or so leading up to that. And that they found that long gap in the timeline -- a gap when Martin could easily have strolled home -- highly suggestive that Martin himself sought and initiated the fight.

]]> <![CDATA[All the Ingredients for a Miscarriage of Justice]]> Sat, 29 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Evidence of innocence explained away with far-fetched theories or else ignored. Evidence of guilt magnified and bolstered with irrelevant detail and innuendo. These are among the key ingredients for all the wrongful convictions I've written about in the last 20 years. Investigators and prosecutors put on the blinders early, before all the facts come in. They fill the gaps and inconsistencies in the case with suppositions inspired by sympathy for the victim, rage at the defendant and a desire for what they've decided is justice.

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