According to CBS News, prosecutors in the George Zimmerman trial have asked the court to open an inquiry into a photo that the daughter of defense attorney Don West posted on Instagram. The Instagram photo shows West and his daughter holding up ice cream cones with the caption, "We beat stupidity celebration cones." along with the hashtags "#zimmerman, #defense, and #dadkilledit".
While the timing of the photo may have been in poor taste, it does not appear that there is a need to investigate the issues surrounding its posting. Kids say and do things they regret regularly so this post should be a non-issue since it does not appear to affect the integrity of the court proceeding. Is the prosecution making a bigger deal out of this matter because it believes the case is not going their way?
The prosecution's actions have made the story go viral which I believe was the exact opposite of their intent. The bottom line is that the prosecution should focus on what is going on
inside the court room and not what the teenage daughter of a defense
attorney posts online.
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