During opening statements the prosecutor made some very damaging claims. Among them was the George Zimmerman claims that Trayvon punched him, breaking his nose. He then told Zimmerman that 'he was going to die tonight' and proceeded to put his hand over Zimmermans mouth and nose. However, the medical examiner saw no signs of blood on Trayvons hands, under his fingernails and even on the sleeves of either of the two long sleeve sweatshirts Trayvon was wearing the night he was fatally shot. If Trayvon covered Zimmermans nose and mouth, surely the blood from Zimmermans broken nose would have been somewhere on Trayvons hands or clothing. As a matter of fact, Trayvon did not have any markings consistent to having been in a fist fight at all. How's that possible? We've all seen the photos taken of Zimmerman following the fight...or were they taken immediately after?
According to the prosecutor, George Zimmermans story about circling the area to find a street sign does not match where the shooting took place.
When the defense started their opening statement, I almost fell out of my seat. They opened with a joke. A knock knock joke!!! This is terribly bad taste considering that the victims parents were sitting mear feet away.
Unfortunately, I was unable to see the complete defense opening. I hope they realized their mistake and fixed it. I have never heard a defense attorney tell a joke in open court. Much less during the murder trial of a seventeen year old boy.
Although I have been busy in the past week or so, I have been doing research. A cousin of George Zimmerman came forward and accused him of molesting her as a child. The link to the article is below.
I am unaware if this will come in during the trial as it has nothing to do with his case. However, it shows a lot about his charactor. I am looking forward to following this case because I believe that it could possibly go either way. However, at the moment, things are not looking good for Mr Zimmerman.
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