'System has failed': Crowds react to Zimmerman verdict(usatoday.com)
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'System has failed': Crowds react to Zimmerman verdict
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/13/zimmerman-jury-deliberations-draw-crowds/2514307/
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How did the system fail? They got their arrest, their charges, and their trial. The jury is and always will be out of everyone's hands and that is how it is supposed to work.
exactly. However, I do believe "Not Proven" is more palatable than "Not Guilty"; both are acquittals.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_proven
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Not only that, but there should be consequences for submitting this crap too.