In an interview on CBS This Morning George Zimmerman's lawyer Hal Uhrig invoked "shaken baby syndrome" in his client's defense:
From Reuters:
But Uhrig's choice of words, and use of a recognized sign of child abuse to defend a 28-year-old man who killed a kid, seemed likely to raise more than just a few eyebrows.
"We're familiar with the Shaken Baby Syndrome," said Uhrig on the CBS This Morning program. "You shake a baby, the brain shakes around inside the skull. You can die when someone's pounding your head into the ground."
Apart from saying his client suffered a broken nose, Uhrig did not elaborate on the extent of any injuries Zimmerman actually suffered. But characteristic injuries associated with SBS, as Shaken Baby Syndrome is known, include bleeding in the brain. There are often no visible external signs such injuries have occurred.
I'm not sure if I'd want my lawyer calling me a big baby in the media.
In a related development, Republican members of the Florida Legislature introduced the "Mandatory Infant Concealed Carry Bill" which would automatically issue a concealed carry permit to all infants from the moment of conception. This afternoon they will be considering an amendment to require all disposable diapers to be equipped with a holster.