The jury in Sanford, Florida, has spoken, and George Zimmerman has been acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin. According to many legal experts, this verdict was a good call, since the state did not meet the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. So those who are upset with the verdict as well as those who are jubilant about it all have to abide by the rule of law.
And as is his undeniable right, George Zimmerman chose not to testify in his own defense, an option which is ingrained in our legal system and should, of course, continue. What should not continue, as I have so often heard from my friends on the right, is the presumption that when someone won’t testify citing their right not to incriminate themselves it infers that they must certainly be guilty. That is an argument they can never legitimately use again, since their guy, George Zimmerman took that option. This would indeed appear to be food for thought as a sauce for the goose that is certainly worth a gander.
Norman L. Bender
Woodbridge