The judge in the murder trial of George Zimmerman has put the kibosh on the defense’s attempted plan to advance the “black thugs on drugs/bitch had it coming” defense:
Trayvon Martin’s familiarity with guns, his marijuana use, and fights he may have been in cannot be brought up in George Zimmerman’s murder trial, the judge overseeing the case ruled Tuesday.
At the hearing two weeks before the scheduled start of the trial, Judge Debra Nelson handed a series of victories to the prosecution when she barred the defense from introducing some information about Martin.
Defense attorneys argued that some of the evidence could prove crucial in backing up Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense, depending on what the prosecution argues.
They are also forbidden from using his text messages. Personally, I don’t have big enough balls to even attempt that kind of defense, because any prosecutor with half a brain could take five seconds and dispatch all of that by simply asking how it was possible for Zimmerman to have known about Martin’s drug use and text messages before gunning him down. But, I guess the defense has to try something.