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I too, have thought from the beginning of the trial a Violation of Travon Martin's Civil Rights Federal charge might be pursued in case of a Not Guilty Verdict. Also noted was a statement by the NAACP to pursued with the DOJ the legality of "Stand Your Ground."
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I have no doubt they will try it, but I'm not at all sure that would fly, the self defense aspect is just as powerful in a civil rights case.
I'm not an attorney either, but I can't seem reconcile the perception that they could never have won a conviction based on the actual evidence, to me (a non lawyer) is seems to the point of unethical or maybe misconduct on the part of the prosecutor office. Which would also explain why there was no arrest until 44 days later, when we know the police did a very thorough investigation, it almost seems like they were forced to arrest him.