Acquitted!

[MOUNTIN DU]

nuff said!
I guess the civil suit will follow now

[Nosparks]

Its my understanding they cant file a civil suit in a case of self defense. This is not the same as OJ Simpson he was charged and acquitted of straight up murder. So a civil case was legal to file and it was won by the victims families. I may be mistaken but I am 80% sure, the only thing he has to worry about is retaliation from some lunatic that thinks he should have been found guilty.

[Jim in Houston]

Its my understanding they cant file a civil suit in a case of self defense. This is not the same as OJ Simpson he was charged and acquitted of straight up murder. So a civil case was legal to file and it was won by the victims families. I may be mistaken but I am 80% sure, the only thing he has to worry about is retaliation from some lunatic that thinks he should have been found guilty.

They can file a civil suit, regardless of the not guilty verdict on the state charges, and the feds can file a hate crime lawsuit as well.

In a wrongful death action against Zimmerman, Martin’s family would need to show he was culpable only by a preponderance of the evidence, according to Peter Grenier, a personal injury lawyer at Bode & Grenier LLP in Washington. The criminal case and acquittal, decided on the standard of beyond a reasonable doubt, would be irrelevant to the civil suit under Florida law, Grenier said."

However, a federal suit is much less likely to be successful (but never underestimate the vengence of the Holder DOJ).

The big problem, as a report at the McClatchy news service notes, is that “after interviewing nearly three dozen people in the George Zimmerman murder case, the FBI found no evidence that racial bias was a motivating factor in the shooting of Trayvon Martin.”

Here is the artcle from Human Events - http://www.humanevents.com/2013/07/15/will-zimmerman-face-federal-civil-rights-charges/.

[MudBug]

They can file a civil suit, regardless of the not guilty verdict on the state charges

Absolutely not true. Florida has a law much like the law we have here in AZ that states if you were found not guilty in a criminal case then you can't be tried in a civil case.

Not if they can link GZ to his HOA as a representative because of the civilian watch program (Even though he was not working that night) they might be able to sue them, but GZ can not be tried in a civil court for this.

[Jim in Houston]

They can file a civil suit, regardless of the not guilty verdict on the state charges

Absolutely not true. Florida has a law much like the law we have here in AZ that states if you were found not guilty in a criminal case then you can't be tried in a civil case.

Not if they can link GZ to his HOA as a representative because of the civilian watch program (Even though he was not working that night) they might be able to sue them, but GZ can not be tried in a civil court for this.

I think he would be tried on a different charge in a civil suit, not related to self defense. Also, the Martin family has already sued the HOA under the rationale that GZ was acting as their agent in his capacity as a neighborhood watch member. The HOA reportedly settled for something north of $1 million.

[3rdgeargrndrr]

I have my mags loaded and Ar's oiled up just in case some "peaceful" protesters decide to crash my house for dinner. Good Lord, its only been 7 months since the second term and this country keeps going downhill. No, I will not try to understand why it's ok for a group of people to premeditate a riot and the public looks the other way when it comes down to those criminal charges. Is the national guard suited and booted?