Prosecutor to judge: Can we also charge Zimmerman with third-degree murder based on, er, child abuse? Update: Judge rejects « Hot Air

Prosecutor to judge: Can we also charge Zimmerman with third-degree murder based on, er, child abuse? Update: Judge rejects « Hot Air: "Revealing, for two reasons. One: It shows that the state’s worried enough about its case that not only do they want a lesser charge added to hedge against an acquittal on second-degree murder, which seems all but assured, they want one added to hedge against the lesser-included offense of manslaughter too. The judge already agreed this morning to instruct the jury on manslaughter, which was always a more plausible explanation for what happened between Martin and Zimmerman. But the state couldn’t get away with not trying for murder; this case is supposed to illustrate a Larger Truth about white (or “white Hispanic”) racism, and something as malignant as that requires a murder charge. If the jury acquits, as it almost certainly will, at least the state’s covered its own ass on the left by saying, “Hey, we tried.”"

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