Bathurst notes that while coming clean is the most proactive way to handle a Web indiscretion before it threatens your career, depending on the offense, you should keep in mind that self disclosure might cause you to lose your job.

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In addition, although Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder, even if the jury rejects the self-defense claim and believes the killing was homicide, they may choose to convict of a "lesser included offense" such as manslaughter.

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