State pushes to keep Trayvon Martin's past out of George Zimmerman trial

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Comment:

This is the OJ Simpson trial in reverse.

The state refused to convict Simpson and he went free in spite of overwhelming evidence of guilt.  If you recall, they put the police officer on trial, even though that information was irrelevant and pointless.  Even if the officer was a racist, it doesn't bear upon whether or not Simpson did what he did.

A lefty author and former prosecutor told how it should have been done in his book Outrage.  But now, in this case, the roles of prosecutor and defendant are reversed.  The prosecutors in this case are pursuing this with the kind of vigor completely missing in the OJ trial.  In fact, they are crossing the line.

There's a plausible defense for Zimmerman, and it is more relevant than the "evidence" used in the OJ trial, but the prosecution won't allow it to be pursued. Why not?

According to Bugliosi, the state has a duty to allow a defendant an adequate means of defense. The court bent over backwards to help Simpson, so why not allow Zimmerman the same opportunity?  It appears they want a kangaroo court to convict Zimmerman. Suppressing evidence that would free Zimmerman is just the kind of thing that would make this a kangaroo court.