The law matters.

IF you "lynch" Zimmerman, and violate the law, he can be released and get off EVEN IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY.

I do not believe that this is what so many posters here WANT, but it is what they are supporting.

Then they can scream about how unjust and racist the system is, while the real problem is that they were willing to go along with ANYTHING that looked like a way to convict Zimmerman, regardless of it's legality.

THAT is "lynching" - violating the law in order to punish someone YOU think is guilty.

I do not judge whether Z. is guilty, (probably) but regardless, he deserves the same legal protections that ANY accused person should get. Deny him those protections, and you have NO reason to complain when the next accused person is railroaded into jail, or hung.