nivico wrote:
If McBride had been a male fugitive, Wafer would have never been charged imo... and I'm guessing that's why the defense fought so hard to get the photos of McBride with piles of weed and guns entered into evidence. It would have counteracted the inherent gender bias the jury no doubt brought to the table with them.
Yea, I agree. If this had been a white 37 year old male who looked like a fidgety meth head and had a bunch of tats, this never goes to trial and if it does Wafer walks. And is she any different? A serial criminal evading police at the time this took place, and high on illegal substances, including the alcohol which is illegal for her due to her age.
It isn't right that he is going to prison because of what gender + age + race combination the shadowy figure he shot as a reflex due to the fear situation that person or persons had created HAPPENED to end up being.
He had no concept of what or who she was at the time, he was simply reacting to the situation her drunken, high, law breaking behind had created.
I also question whether the verdict is the same in an alternate reality where Zimmerman and Dunn never took place, and where the media has a lower level of interest in these split race self-defense cases.
Lots of reasons to think that something other than a plain reading of the facts and law being at play in this verdict.