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I don't think that the Zimmerman case should be anyone's business but that of the Zimmerman and Martin families, the jury, and the legal professionals in the courtroom, and the media should be ashamed of themselves for sensationalizing it. CMV.

Sorry for the long title... but that's pretty much it. I started tuning this shit out after Jonbenet Ramsey, quite frankly. Why the fuck does anyone care? I fail to see how *any* aspect of this case impacts anyone's lives... unless *maybe* you're a gun rights advocate living in Florida.

I think the reason this pisses me off the most is the fact that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (Boston Bomber), Nidal Hasan (Fort Hood Shooter), and **Bradley fucking Manning** are all on trial right now, and this is a gross waste of media resources.

Since this has been shoved down our throats: I think that Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman are both guilty of some wrongdoing, and I trust our justice system made the right decision. Nobody will ever know for sure what really went down, but I would rather a guilty man go free than an innocent man go to prison.

...But I digress: The above paragraph is somewhat irrelevant to the point I'm driving at: Regardless of what you think about who's guilty or innocent of whatever crime, I don't think that this story is worth our time and attention, and I wish people would shut the fuck up about it and start talking about something *actually* important, like the fact that the NSA is watching our every move, or that big banks in the US and UK are screwing us all, or the fact that the Koch brothers think that the existence of our federal minimum wage is the cause of all our economic woes.

I will gladly answer any further questions. Change my view.

Edit: Grammar

Edit: Can we stay on topic? This is turning into a little bit of a circlejerk. If you don't have a rebuttal to this post, don't comment please and thank you.

Edit: Okay, I get that the media hypes a case because they want to make money... but why the hell does this case matter to people? That's the real question.
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The thing that bothers me about the public aftermath of this trial, like every other highly-publicized trial, is all the people who, having only heard about the case through the media, are so certain that the jury gave the wrong verdict, despite:

1. having seen virtually none of the evidence and heard virtually none of the arguments presented by the prosecution and the defense, except what the media deemed the most important to report
2. the small matter of the fact that the jury's verdict is *by definition* correct: the jury *is the method* used to determine the accused's guilt or innocence in a trial by jury

Is it really so hard to believe that the state failed to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt, or, on the other hand, that the defense was able to raise reasonable doubt?