# Excluded Evidence in a Civil Trial \[Zimmerman case\]

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 30, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excluded-evidence-in-a-civil-trial-zimmerman-case/664953 "2013-07-30T21:42:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excluded-evidence-in-a-civil-trial-zimmerman-case/664953/41 "2013-08-02T14:34:11Z")

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I am not of the Trayvon-was-a-sweet-innocent-child camp, but I have a hard time seeing any significance in whether the particular stuff he was carrying was involved in making a cocktail or not.

Unless it’s a reaction to the overuse of ice tea and skittles as symbols of innocence by his supporters.

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**Author:** ![hmarvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/858c86/32.png) [@hmarvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hmarvin)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excluded-evidence-in-a-civil-trial-zimmerman-case/664953/42 "2013-08-02T15:44:48Z")

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[http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/16/us-usa-florida-shooting-lawsuit-idUSBRE96F1EL20130716](http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/16/us-usa-florida-shooting-lawsuit-idUSBRE96F1EL20130716)  
We may be seeing the excluded evidence that was kept out of trial.

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