[Harry Rex Vonner]

The judge has covered her butt by allowing the instruction on manslaughter. That also gives the jury an out. I still expect that Zimmerman will be found guilty of manslaughter in regard to the death of Obama's pseudo-son. The evidence doesn't remotely support such a finding but neither the evidence nor justice is running this show.

That politically motivated verdict will insure the safety of the judge and jurors, prevent the burning and looting by the usual sources, and enhance the wrongful death suit of the Martins. It also sets up an obvious appeal in which, somewhere down the line, the verdict will certainly be reversed.

Final score: Coercion 1, Justice 0.