I think my irony meter just went all asplodey

[thewayne]

"I would like to professionally continue my education and hopefully become an attorney. I think that's the best way to stop the miscarriage of justice that happened to me from happening to somebody else...[I am] a scapegoat [for] the government, the president, the attorney general...I don't know what they're thinking or why they're thinking it, all I know is that they're doing it. I don't know what agenda they have."
—George Zimmerman, who was acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin

Here's the problem. He was acquitted under a very bad law under dubious circumstances. So if he really wants to stop the miscarriage of justice, he needs to get the stand your ground law repealed, stop ALEC in its tracks and get it repealed at every state that has passed it, then ask for his acquittal to be reversed and put himself in prison. That would stop the miscarriage of justice.

But that's probably not what he's thinking is the actual miscarriage of justice. At a guess, I'd think that he's talking about being publicly shunned and he might have problems getting a job. Well, that's called consequences when you became a public figure, whether you intended to be a public figure or not. That has nothing to do with justice, that is the court of public opinion, dude.

I wonder if I could sue him for asploding my irony meter...

Comments

[moiraj.livejournal.com]

Who would hire him? As a lawyer, I mean. Unless they thought of him as some sort of good luck charm. And I certainly wouldn't give him any money in advance.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I would question whether Zimmerman would ever be admitted to a bar. There was a recently concluded case in California where Stephen Glass, a former journalist who went to law school, was denied admission to the bar. While he was a journalist, he totally falsified some stories and sources, winning some awards in doing so. He later admitted to what he had done, was punished, and wanted to turn his life around. The Bar said he was not 'morally fit' to be admitted.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=stephen+glass+california+bar

[moiraj.livejournal.com]

I was wondering whether Zimmerman would be accepted. I'm not sure. According to Florida law, he hasn't done anything wrong, so would the Florida bar have the grounds to keep him out? Maybe that he lied in court about how much money he had could be used.

Have you seen the movie Shattered Glass? I enjoyed it.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

No, haven't seen it, but that's the guy that I wrote about. You're right, Zimmerman wasn't convicted of anything, whereas Glass admitted what he did, but Glass also is not a convicted felon as far as I can see. He admitted what he did when he was discovered to be falsifying information, but no criminal charge was filed. So it's a degree of culpability.

Personally, I'd put more trust on a reporter who screwed up and admitted what he did versus someone who shot a teenager and denies responsibility.

[silveradept]

My irony meter may be miscalibrated. It barely blipped at that statement. The actual fixing of justice would definitely start with his imprisonment on murder one.