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2013-07-17 -Lurid Crime Tales-

The jury made the right decision in the George Zimmerman murder trial, former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday.

I think the jury made the right decision based on the evidence presented, because the prosecution inadvertently set the standard so high that the jury had to be convinced that it was a deliberate act by Zimmerman that he was not at all defending himself, and so forth, Carter told Atlanta news channel WXIA. Its not a moral question, its a legal question and the American law requires that the jury listens to the evidence presented.

Carter said he agrees with President Barack Obama and accepts the jurys decision.

When asked if the trial says something about the state of racial relations in the United States, Carter said he feels America will put aside the feelings about the past.

Ive seen outbreaks of this before, in California when a man was beaten up by police and when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated; there were terrible race riots. And I think eventually no matter how deep the emotional feelings and moral feelings might be, with time passing, we start seeing what we can do about the present and the future and put aside the feelings about the past, Carter said.

Posted by Steve White 2013-07-17 10:26|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Stopped clock?

Posted by Iblis 2013-07-17 11:01|| 2013-07-17 11:01|| Front Page Top

#2 In his case, stopped calendar - they're right every seven years or so, I think.

Posted by Glenmore 2013-07-17 12:04|| 2013-07-17 12:04|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't care if he's right or not, I still think he's a mad cow. If Roslyn wasn't nuts herself she have him committed. I just wish he'd shut up and go back to his little farm.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-07-17 12:04|| 2013-07-17 12:04|| Front Page Top

#4 I got as far as "Jimmuah makes sense" before my brain shorted out.

Posted by Dave D. 2013-07-17 12:25|| 2013-07-17 12:25|| Front Page Top

#5 "Your approval fills me with shame."

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-07-17 12:46|| 2013-07-17 12:46|| Front Page Top

#6 He did say Zimmerman should have been convicted of something.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2013-07-17 13:32|| 2013-07-17 13:32|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm looking forward to the day we are no longer blessed with his commentary.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-07-17 13:53|| 2013-07-17 13:53|| Front Page Top

#8 They use him BECAUSE he's a bad representative of the South and Southern Folks, he needs to STFU.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-07-17 14:06|| 2013-07-17 14:06|| Front Page Top

#9 Ummm, Glenmore, you forgot that every 4 years they add a day (Leap Year) to keep the calender straight, it's far longer than four years.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-07-17 14:19|| 2013-07-17 14:19|| Front Page Top

#10 You bet this trial said something about race relations in America. But it was not what the left says. Not at all.

Posted by rjschwarz 2013-07-17 14:34|| 2013-07-17 14:34|| Front Page Top

#11 Awwwww #1 I wanted to say it.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-07-17 19:29|| 2013-07-17 19:29|| Front Page Top

#12 This is what happens when a liberal loses his mind.

Posted by gorb 2013-07-17 20:42|| 2013-07-17 20:42|| Front Page Top

#13 Gorb, yes: Stopped clock.

Posted by OldSpook 2013-07-17 22:12|| 2013-07-17 22:12|| Front Page Top

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