The truth died with Trayvon Martin--- if the truth that lives in George Zimmerman's conscience is never told. The public trial is nearing its end...Trayvon's death was a tragedy and the private trials of his love one's will last until they die. Nothing that came out in this trial made Trayvon's death any less tragic. Maybe, more. because it made evident the absence of the comfort that comes with conflicting "truths," that are not resolved by the courts.
George Zimmerman's decision to follow Trayvon proved disastrous. George Zimmerman's accounts were inconsistent. Some witnesses struck me as credible, and some did not. All the lawyers, and the judge, struck me as skilled and non- malicious. That's all I feel secure about.
If I was on the jury, I could not convict. The prosecution has delivered its closing arguments, and I still can't see clearly what happened on that dark and rainy night in Sanford, Florida.
It would kill me because I would know how Trayvon's loved ones need any kind of closure, and that they deserve what is fair. I won't discuss justice because that is more theoretical. What is fair strikes me as what we all want. It disgusts me that a diabolical wanna be cop type, itching to flex his pitiful desire for power, profiled a kid, and killed him in cold blood, and might get away with it. His status as the son of a judge and a court clerk muddies the waters too. It likely compromised the initial investigation, but I've only heard conflicting accounts.
I don't feel confident as to what is true here. I have opinions, suspicions-- some from evidence, and some that come from common sense deductions. In the instance of video tape evidence, or full confessions, I might feel I know the deal. But, in this case, justice and truth appear to be reliant on forces outside the courtroom.
The stars have not aligned to present a slam dunk for the State.
Truth now can only occur if George Zimmerman
is seized by a crisis of conscience, and confesses. This doesn't happen often. Or, he is administered a foolproof truth serum. Or, an eyewitness to it all emerges, and the same truth serum leads him or her to tell the tale.
Some humans insist they know the truth. They pick a side as if truth is a sporting event. 
Nancy Grace always roots for the State. Nothing sways her from despising any new defendant in a publicized case. When she did this to the innocent Duke Lacrosse boys, she never apologized.
She knows more than most that once the truth is placed in the justice system, getting at the truth, is subject to forces and actors who are more concerned with self interest than justice.
If money is no object, you can afford top flight lawyers to not waive rights, investigate, preserve the record, as well as present the zealous advocacy the defendant's guilt or innocence deserves. 
Publicity of the scale afforded the case against George Zimmerman is money in the bank, and Zimmerman managed enough funds to retain pros like Don West. Pro or no, he really really needs to save the knock knock jokes for the jury free lunch recess. 
West can justify sparing his time and expertise in case law and cross examinations of the state's witnesses such as Rachel Jaentel, and Officer Smith of the Sanford PD.
There were many more, but Sister can only do so much.
Co- Counsel Mark O'Mara is impressive and smart- a defendant's dream. I wonder if Zimmerman appreciates how above par this attorney is. 
Unless you are unlucky enough to be prosecuted, or you are an insider in the legal system, you won't understand how important are the actors in this play.
When the production is watched by millions, you'd think judges would be on their best behavior. Yet, Lance Ito and Sherry Stephens,
Turn the trials they presided over into farces. Not so Judge Debra Nelson. 
All illustrations@Lauren Spitzberg
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