A broken system.
Today, the judicial system failed Trayvon Martin. Today, the laws failed Travyon. Today, a child's killer will walk free because of words like "stand your ground" and "beyond a reasonable doubt." I watch people laud and stand proudly in amazement of the way our legal system works and functions. I am not impressed. You see, on May 24, 2002 at 3:08 pm, the system failed me. The laws and the verbage of the eighth circuit courts in the state of Iowa failed ME. The jury, eager to return to their lives, especially on a Friday afternoon with a 3-day weekend that would surely be interrupted by further deliberations, were acting according to the law, the instructions of the judge, words-powerful words... I do not feel the system worked. I have been on the other side. The all those forming their opinions, perhaps the "greatness" of our system and laws would be less than great if you had the displeasure of taking a walk on the "other side....