Martin's mother expresses confidence in prosecutor

(CBS News) The mother of Trayvon Martin said Tuesday she believes special prosecutor Angela Corey's decision to forgo a grand jury will not hamper the investigation into the shooting death of her son.

"I just feel that it's going to give Miss Corey's office a chance to do a thorough investigation, and it will be in her hands," Sybrina Fulton said on "CBS This Morning."

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Her attorney, Ben Crump, said he believes not sending the case to the grand jury indicates that the special prosecutor already has enough evidence to press charges. "We've always believed there has been enough evidence, and in the last 43 days we think it's only gotten more compelling that [George Zimmerman] at least needs to be arrested. He'll have his day in court, but Sybrina and Tracy [Trayvon Martin's father] have always said, they just want simple justice."

Crump also criticized the defense attorneys of Zimmerman, who in a previous appearance on "CBS This Morning" claimed Zimmerman had been attacked by the teenager and had likened his condition to Shaken Baby Syndrome. "They're grasping at straws," he said. "We need to have him arrested and there needs to be a trial, and the arrest needs to happen immediately, and we believe Miss Corey now is going do that since she's gotten rid of the grand jury."

When asked by Gayle King if the prosecutor has indicated whether an arrest will soon happen, Fulton replied, "She actually said they're going to be wrapping up the investigation soon. She never said whether she was going to arrest him or not. She just assured us that she would do a thorough investigation, and we just truly believe that after the investigation is completed that he will be arrested. We just have faith that he will be arrested."

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Reading "the prosecutorial tea leaves," CBS News senior correspondent John Miller said that Corey has a history of prosecuting people she feels are falsely invoking Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law as a self-defense.

Watch Miller's full analysis in the video below

Miller noted that last month Corey prosecuted a road rage incident in Jacksonville in which one man claims he felt threatened by another man and fatally shot him.

"In that case the shooter is white, the victim is black. He claims self defense and she's prosecuting him anyway," said Miller. "That is not the only time she has done this. I think what we're seeing here is a prosecutor who has a reputation for being independent, for making controversial calls and for taking on this law."

To watch the complete interview with Sybrina Fulton and Ben Crump, watch the video in the player above.

[reality_sanity]

Trayvon's mother has expressed support for the efforts of the special prosecutor; an act to defuse the initial protesters. What has your side done to defuse the situation; Jimbo? Armed Nazi's are patrolling the streets of Sanford -- an act that does not defuse the incident. Please what is your side doing, Jimbo, to support the proper exercise of the rule of law in this country?

[GeorgeKafantaris]

Dismissing the complaint does not leave the case in limbo. Rather it frees the prosecutor to charge the case as she sees fit.
Based on the repeated and excruciating screams heard a minute or so before the shot is fired, Zimmerman had the opportunity not to shoot Martin. Since he shot him anyway, the prosecutor has enough evidence to bring a murder charge -- this is so even if we assume that Zimmerman was initially punched and knocked down. Martin's "help, help" pleas show that Zimmerman later got the upper hand, and could have waited for the police make the arrest. Instead, he shot an unarmed man pleading for help. This is enough to show criminal intent and a murder charge is therefore in order.
As for race, it had nothing to do with Zimmerman's decision to shoot -- though it may have been a factor in his pursuing Martin at the outset. It certainly was a factor in the perfunctory investigation that followed. Nonetheless, Zimmerman, did not shoot Martin because he was black. He shot him because he was angry. So angry, in fact, that he could not hear Martin's desperate pleas for help.
Great anger, even when provoked, does not justify the killing of another human being.

[reality_sanity]

Where are the detractors saying the protesters of the initial inept investigation will not support a proper investigation by a competent prosecutor now?