With one exception, I've resisted the urge to comment on the case against George Zimmerman for the homicide of Trayvon Martin. The facts have been murky and the media reporting has been atrocious -- and I say that without taking sides on what really happened that night, whether a conviction is appropriate, what level of crime might be charged, etc.
The probable cause affidavit has been released and Alan Dershowitz does a typically spirited job attacking it as "unethical." Criminal procedure isn't my forte and I was hoping some knowledgable reader could clue me in: what is the appropriate level of adversarialness for a probable cause affidavit? That is, may the prosecutor ethically omit facts inconvenient to, or even contrary to, the prosecutor's theory? (Related issue: Dan Markel, at Prawfsblawg, asks whether second degree murder was an appropriate charge.)