His attorney, Mark O'Mara, made a comment in the post-verdict interviews that if anyone were to try and sue Zimmerman for something like wrongful death in civil court, he would absolutely prevail under the protects afforded by Florida law to concealed handgun license holders involved in good shootings. Zimmerman was not initially arrested because police viewed it as a righteous shoot. They were pressured to do so to the point where the local police chief had to resign. Jabba the Hutt......excuse me.... I mean Angela Corey deliberately did not haul Zimmerman before a grand jury because they would have no-billed him.........for the same reasons that the Sanford PD did not arrest and charge him. Instead, she circumvented the grand jury, using a Hearsay Affidavit to charge Zimmerman, to ensure that the case got to trial. She/they lost because they really had no case. After coming down on Zimmerman with the full weight of the government, they still lost. Zimmerman is not just "not guilty," he is INNOCENT, a concept that the media and even some board members here refuse to embrace, because we've forgotten as a culture that one of our core values is that an accused is innocent until proven guilty. If the state fails to prove guilt, the accused is STILL innocent. Their innocents is NEVER IN DOUBT if the prosecution fails to prove their case.Jeff B. wrote:If I understand the workings of Florida's laws, Zimmerman used a self defense argument in the recent court case. He is not provided civil immunity under those laws, but if sued could seek immunity under the Florida Stand You Ground laws.
Again, as I (non lawyer who did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night) understand it.
Jeff B.
Apparently, Zimmerman's attorney, who really does seem to know what he's talking about, believes that Florida law protects Zimmerman if things went his way at trial.