Rachel Jeantel Guilty

have plenty of evidence linking her to the murder. The jury ended up claiming not guilty of 1st

On February 26,2012, a 17 year old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed. He was killed at 7:16 PM at the Twin Lakes, in Sanford Florida, while Trayvon Martin was returning from a local store, where he bought an Arizona ice tea, and skittles. A 28 year old hispanic man name George Zimmerman spotted Trayvon Martin, who he thought acted suspiciously. Moments later, there were an altercation between the two individuals, which resulted in Trayon being shot. The most important question is, why was Trayvon Martin killed? This is an unjustified murder. This murder is unjustified because, Trayvon Martin was ttrying to defend himself, Zimmerman was watching the neighbor hood and spotted Trayvon, who he thought arousing suspicion, and Zimmerman thought he had to shoot Trayvon. Zimmerman was false for shooting him.

In the book Monster by Walter Dean Myers, two boys named Steve Harmon and James King are facing charges for felony murder. Sandra Petrocelli is the prosecutor, and Kathy O’Brien is the defense attorney for Steve Harmon. They both do an excellent job with their arguments, however, they both want different things. Because O’Brien wants the jury to see Steve as a good person while Petrocelli wants the jury to see Steve as a monster, they each must bring their strongest arguments to determine Steve’s guilt or innocence. Kathy O’Brien is Steve Harmon’s defense attorney, and her job is to prove Steve not guilty.

They went after the prosecution’s “star” witness and discredited her. They offered eyewitness testimony that the prosecution could not refute or cast any doubt on. They also offered Zimmeraman’s personal trainer as a witness who explained that Zimmerman was weak which showed that Zimmerman had no way out of the fight other than lethal force. I think the only thing that the defense did incorrectly was to not ask for immunity under the “Stand Your Ground” law. I don’t see the judge ruling against the defense because of the facts of the case.

Some could argue that this case illustrates the failure of the jury system. Despite all the evidence pointing to the guilt of the defendant,

It is almost impossible for justice to be served when the trail was a mess. There was a 12 hour police interrogation of Jessie Misskelley. He is intellectually disabled, causing him to give a false confession. The police should have known the psychology of false confession and shouldn't have interrogated Mr. Misskelley for 12 hours. The sentences were based on hearsay testimony of witnesses who heard the boys talk about the murders: “...the defendant had been motivated as members of a satanic cult” (Robertson 4). Hearsay doesn't prove anything in the court of law. The jury is supposed to know nothing about the case; but of course one juror already had his mind set on his conviction. This juror

One night in a Florida gated community a young man named Trayvon Martin, was walking down the streets of a mostly white community, stopped by George Zimmerman who was a neighborhood watch resident.Mr. Martin was stopped for being “suspicious” and “up to no good” according to Mr.Zimmerman. Trayvon was fatally shot by Mr. Zimmerman out of “self defense”. Really “Self defense” he was carrying a bag of skittles and a Arizona Tea. This young man was nothing but harmless but was victimed for being African-American.George Zimmerman would rather later stand trial for the murder of Trayvon Martin was found not guilty,until April 2012 he was found guilty of second degree murder.Although there are positives and negatives of this argument, the Black Lives

Celia, a fourteen year old teenager living in Audrain County before her arrival on the farm of Robert Newsom in 1850. Not much is known of Celia’s life prior to her time on the Newsom farm. Robert Newsom was a successful and well respected family man making a great impact for his family with the move to Callaway, County. By 1850 Newsom acquired five slaves four adult males and a five year old boy with a sixth slave on the way. Celia was purchased by Newsome in the boarding county of Audrain County not to be a field hand like his previous purchases or to be a domestic servant to aid his daughters, but to be a replacement for his now dead wife.

Trayvon Benjamin Martin was a 17 year old African American from Miami Gardens, Florida. He was badly shot by George Zimmerman; a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman called 911 to report that there was “suspicious person” walking through the neighborhood. He was told to not do anything, but he did anyway. As he approached Martin, he attacked him and shot him straight to the heart. According to CNN, “Zimmerman acknowledges that he shot Martin, claiming it was in self-defense.” (“Trayvon Martin Shooting Fast Facts”). When the case was taken to court George Zimmerman was found not guilty even after he

Johnny is not innocent and had no justification to what he did because he wanted someone to end up dead, the Socs did not want someone to die, and he killed someone who had no physical part in the harm caused to Ponyboy. The opposing side might say that Johnny was using self-defense, but it is not self-defense unless Bob tried to harm Johnny, which there is no evidence of. This is why the jury should believe that Johnny is not innocent and is not

In conclusion, I chose not guilty because of reasonable doubt. The evidence that was being shown against him was proved not true making him don’t seem guilty. Evidences were not conclusive enough to call him guilty. The old man wasn’t quick enough to have seen the boy, the old woman wasn’t wearing glasses to have seen, and the height difference made a difference in the stab

Just for wearing a hoodie, carrying an Arizona Tea and for being black he was shot and killed. In the book “Deadly Injustice: Travyon Martin, Race, and the Criminal Justice System“ the authors go on to discuss what happened that night and in the trial that preceded. It also helped me deliberate with how certain deaths are portrayed online. This being one of the biggest cases to hit the news and was brought to almost everyone in the United States attention, even the President at the time made a statement about what had happened to this young man. Social media spreaded this article like a wildfire and soon everyone knew what had happened that night in Florida. One of the main reasons why it was difficult to convict Zimmerman of this crime was because of the “Stand your ground” law After this the tension between black males and police officers rose to an even higher extent. African Americans often feel as if they are treated by police unfairly and with situations like this happening it help supported how they felt. Additionally with cases like in Ferguson and what happened in Lousivelle when four innocent teens were accused of robbing a woman with a weapon where they were later found not guilty of the

When he was writing the Declaration of Independence, he argues, “For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial.” (Jefferson 199) He also argues how they would deprive them from cases because they would send them overseas to be trialed. Today, many citizens are still not able to get a fair trial. In this case, George Zimmerman shot an unarmed boy but was acquitted on all charges. The reaction of the trial had many opinions on how the criminal justice system. The Washington Post states, “Some of the reaction to the trial — among both blacks and whites — stems from wildly different views of the role of race in the criminal justice system more broadly. Fully 86 percent of African Americans say blacks and other minorities do not get equal treatment under the law.” (Cohen) There are so many unfair trials because of race, religion, financial background, and sexual orientation.

The State of Florida v. George Zimmerman was a criminal prosecution of George Zimmerman on the charge of second-degree murder stemming from the shooting of Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012. This case has been regarded as one of the most controversial in a long time, sparking riots and new movements along with an opening of greater conversations about this country’s gun laws, legal system and racial profiling.

The Trayvon Martin case also has a huge effect on the way society will look at similar (self-defence) cases in the future. When dealing with cases in the future, the George Zimmerman trial will be used as a precedent. This will allow others to kill, and claim they were being attacked. This is why the must change the Stand Your Ground law throughout the country so that innocent people won’t wind up dead. If not, the country will just end up as one big graveyard and Trayvon Martin’s parents won’t be the only ones having to bury their innocent children.