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A Rough Guide to Life in the United States of Zimmermanm, the US of Z

A Rough Guide to Life in the United States of Zimmermanm, the US of Z
In the US of Z the law allows people to hunt each other, and feel no remorse for killing someone.

By William Boardman

July 17, 2013 "Information Clearing House -  The most important thing about the Zimmerman verdict is that it's a clear demonstration of how the American legal system is only about law. It is not about justice. It is not even about the consequences of killing another person.
The verdict demonstrates that, despite the protestations of the law that it is about justice, that's only a pretense to cover the reality: that when the law produces justice, it's a fluke, an accident, a surprise. The law is only about the law.
And it's no wonder, when you stop to think about who makes laws and why. Justice is one of the last things on the legislative mind, if it ever gets there at all.

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