Oh right, he was only 17- no death penalty then, but life in prison without parole is still enough of a deterrent to going to trial.
In a way, Zimmerman is lucky the media made such a big deal out of this case. It would be par for the course normally for the prosecution to charge 1st degree murder, and tell the defendant: either you take the plea deal or else you go ahead and risk your life. But not with so much media scrutiny.
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