There was a time when, if a black person was believed to have killed a white person, the accused would be lynched, without any formalities.

There seems to be a strong public feeling, in this case, that justice requires the same procedure to be applied in reverse. I can't consider that as an improvement.

There certainly appears to be strong evidence that Zimmerman killed Martin without just cause. But could we maybe have a trial before he's punished? "Due process" can't be limited to nice people, if we want it to be due process at all.

Peter.