The pictures we see on media seem to make Martin as lanky and a runt looking and the other one as a big guy.
Yes, the news outlets have come under attack from conservatives for showing an old picture of martin when he was 13, and a really bad picture of zimmerman. You can google around, you’ll find recent pictures of martin looking like a thug, and of zimmerman looking like an overweight department store clerk. Pictures are interesting-I can show you pictures of me that look pretty thugish too.
So the evidence has to show this great bodily harms existing or not? is that what the case will come down to?
Evidence that he could have reasonably believed he was being threatened with great bodily harm. But I think it may really be the opposite, the prosecution will have to show beyond reasonable doubt that he did not reasonably think he was being threatened with great bodily harm. (I don’t know who bears the burden of proof on the defenses to murder. And how it shifts.)
And according to this law, was he allowed to shoot to kill or should he have shot in the leg, knowing as he did that Trayvon has no weapon.
Knowing as he did? How do you know what he knew?
According to the law, I think he was only allowed to use “deadly force” if it was necessary to prevent the “great bodily harm” he thought he was being threatened with. If the jury believes martin was indeed on top of him beating his head, the jury could easily find that the force he used was necessary.