I must have missed hearing about that.

Both the State and the defense enter exhibits such as photos which are not used during testimony but to which the jury will have access to during their deliberations if they request to see them.

This picture was shown in the court on a projection screen.

but, I'll take your word for it.

Prosecutors in the George Zimmerman trial walked jurors through several pieces of evidence on Tuesday, including photos of Trayvon Martin's dead body.

That's probably why I missed it.

nt.

It would be for emotional use only.

And they did show the picture along with others.

questions.

don't bother...

Zimmerman's claim of a fight-to-the-death. If Martin was on top of Zimmerman, bashing his head into the concrete, how is it that his light-colored pants are so pristine? No way was this boy involved in a violent fight on the ground, in the rain.

that may put the acquittal in jeopardy.

OMG!!!

There is clearly no blood on Martin's hands and there is clearly no grass stains on his clothes, thus Zimmerman's account of a struggle in the grass and a pounding pf his head multiple times fails the test of the physical evidence. The prosecution brought this up in the closing arguments.

I can't bring myself to look at it but someone on another thread said there's no grass or stains on Martin's knees so how could he have been in top of Z, beating him & "bashing his head to the pavement"...

This must be Bizarro DU. I could swear a bullet and somebodies gun kinda proves how he died.

I don't see why seeing it would change someone's mind. I didn't change any evidence...except to show he's dead and I think everyone already knew that.

not spread out. Trayvon's hands were on his wound. That is important for adding weight to the state's argument that Zim is lying.

in a violent fight on the ground in the rain, or that he had been on top of Zimmerman. Look at those pants! There's no way they were in the kind of fight Zimmerman described.

I think that the defense team did an adequate job of instilling "reasonable doubt." Because our criminal system is and should remain based on this high standard I believe that Zimmerman should be found innocent. The jury should not be swayed by emotion but they probably will be to some extent.

Yes, that Zimmerman did what he did sucks but we need to change the laws concerning guns in Florida.

Tell that to his mom... Zimmerman against the dispatchers orders followed Martin until the kid realized he was being followed..How the hell can you ignore that!!

whenever pictures of the body were shown. The jury saw pictures from the scene and autopsy pictures.

I firmly believe this was racism and I wasn't talking to his mom. I was talking to my fellow DU posters.

This place has become less and less friendly in the last few years.

because there was no "evidence" presented that confirmed zimmerman's version of events.

So the prosecution has to prove guilt.

Some of the vitriol here is awful. And not just on this thread. Downright hatred many times. I wonder how some go through their lives with any happiness when I read some comments.

Most DUers are probably kind, delightful people if you meet them in person and work with them.

That is why DU is a good place, especially good for people who need a place to just express themselves without repression or criticism.

So, I think we should relax a bit.

Years after the OJ trial, people were angry in LA that he had gotten off. But criminals tend to repeat their crimes. If Zimmerman does go free, he will face a huge test to stay free. His record is one of physical violence, and this act was kind of a peak in that violence.

DUers are not violent types in my opinion. There is virtually no violent expression here. Frustration yes. But not violent expression. And if a violent remark is made, it is cleaned off the website so that the general tenor is one of discussion, sometimes vigorous, but not violent or out of control.

The Zimmerman trial, regardless how it turns out, will set off a firestorm of frustration. So did the OJ trial. And so did a number of other trials. Perfect justice is impossible to achieve.

on the spot by George Zimmerman, eh?

you should really think about that word, innocent, and zimmerman. They are polar opposites.

And if someone should have been found guilty and wasn't, it is very difficult for them to live their life without getting into trouble again. There are exceptions, but the people who do it were either clearly falsely accused (the DNA cases, for example) or struggle with themselves. I'm sure it is not easy.

If a person gets into trouble, is somehow charged in a criminal case involving violence or theft, drugs or alcohol or the use of a weapon and is not convicted, that person should try to get help. May work. May not. But the best thing is to get help of some kind.

Even being charged is a difficult burden. Even being involved in a civil lawsuit can be a nightmare. It depends on the case, but it is not nearly as easy as some think.

Your friend or acquaintance had probably formed an image of him dressed in whatever he thinks a gang member wears.

It sounds like he was unconsciously racist and thought of Trayvon as a dangerous thug until the photo helped him see Trayvon as a kid. I can at least give him kudos for being flexible enough to change his mind, and big enough to admit it.

who was just involved in a fight to the death? No way.

with the picture. Trayvon looks like a kid and you can also see how slim he is compared to Zimmerman's size. He doesn't even look like he was in a fight, even in a fight against a person who fought for his life. It is hard to see this slim kid beating Zimmerman to death much less manhandling him. What Zimmerman's trainer claims about Trayvon's physical stature to Zimmerman doesn't fit. You can easily see how Zimmerman manhandles and pushed this kid down, or even held Trayvon in place, just from seeing how slim he looked. Trayvon looked like a kid and not this physical speciman. That is the problem seeing an actual photo of him.

of muscle development, and 40 or 50 pounds heavier.

I'm trying to wrap my head around a guy trained in martial arts uses a gun when he has the ability to take down, an untrained kid.

So, a dead Trayvon Martin in the abstract is okay, a black kid justifiably killed by a white George Zimmerman.

But, a picture of a dead Trayvon Martin stirs, what, some sort of compassion? An alternate world view?

That your friend lacks the capacity to understand Martin's death without a photo documenting it is disgusting. I don't know your friend's political views, but I would suggest that those on the the other side of the aisle are pathologically incapable of appreciating other people's problems without the visual reference (and even then they just don't care, so it probably wouldn't make a difference).

preppy clothes, gang clothes, dressed in drag - he wasn't doing anything wrong

is that a picture of a dead kid, whatever he's wearing, whatever he looks like, whatever his color, should not be necessary to draw some compassion for an unexpected, tragic, and utterly preventable death.

girl who was burned running down naked .

look at sandy hook and how the early support for gun control started to go away a bit with time. i wonder if people actually saw the pics of the kids shot would make a difference.

there are people for who images make it more real to them.

Look at this thread.