Joni wrote:
I don't want Z diagnosed as anything, except WHAT HE IS. I have no agenda ~ really. Looking for the truth and ONLY the truth.
I know he lies now ... and that makes it very difficult for me to know what really happened. I will wait for physical things, forensics. We all know THEY don't lie! Even with his first "explanation" of what happened, he brings legal knowledge - coming from a family where both Daddy and Mommy are into the "Law". She too worked in the Court system, I believe. He did grow up as a kind of "insider" in the law. AND he was taking courses about law too. Those things might make it very beneficial to him even when telling his first redition of the details of the killing. Things were really stacked in his favor. He knew all of this ~~
Daddy Ret. Judge, Mommy working in the Courts, had a gun, vehicle to stay in (if he chose), title of Captain of the N.W. (he was only "working"), etc. Trayvon knew none of this ... I wonder who Trayvon thought this "stalker" was?
Then it really IS a shame that he did not do well in law courses. That is surprising to me. He certainly had an edge over others. I know that from being the ex of a lawyer. I heard many many years of conversation about the law - and I asked plenty of questions myself and learned lots of interesting things. I would really think he had a slight edge over someone whose family owned say - a Garden Center.
But ~ he did poorly on his tests?
Bring ON this trial.

If GZ had such an edge over others on the criminal justice system, why did he give multiple statements to LE without a lawyer? Isn't that criminal justice 101? Never give statements without the benefit of an attorney. A false assumption to think GZ had any insider knowledge of the law.
I worked in a court for several years, and I didn't have any "connections" just because I worked there. As a matter of fact, we were told never to use our positions to get out of a jam. I had to warn my kids, if they ever got stopped for a traffic violation, never to mention I worked in the court. No way did retired magistrate and a court clerk in VA have any connections to anyone in Florida.
Why is it so difficult to understand GZ struggled in school? Most people would have given up, but GZ continued to persevere. Why all the ridicule?