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Jury instructions at center of Zimmerman verdict
SANFORD, Fla. — Despite a clamoring by some for a conviction against George Zimmerman, jurors acquitted the former neighborhood watch leader of all charges, leaving many Americans to wonder how […]
Closing arguments start in Zimmerman trial
SANFORD, Fla. — George Zimmerman profiled 17-year-old Trayvon Martin assuming he was up to no good, and that led to the Miami teen’s death, a prosecutor said Thursday in closing […]
Social media infiltrates Zimmerman trial
SANFORD, Fla. — Trayvon Martin‘s fatal shooting garnered worldwide attention when the man who fatally shot him wasn’t arrested for weeks — a backlash fueled largely by social media. Now, […]
Prosecutor: State will rest in Zimmerman trial
SANFORD, Fla. — Prosecutors say they are resting their case in the murder trial of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. Prosecutor Bernie de […]
Judge allows school records in Zimmerman trial
SANFORD, Fla. — Prosecutors on Wednesday presented evidence about George Zimmerman‘s work in a college criminal justice course, which they say shows the neighborhood watch volunteer knew about Florida‘s self-defense […]
Prosecutors want to use Zimmerman school records
SANFORD, Fla. — A prosecutor in George Zimmerman‘s murder trial on Tuesday tried to pick apart the statements of a Sanford police detective was a prosecution witness but gave testimony […]
All-women jury chosen for George Zimmerman’s trial
SANFORD, Fla. — A jury of six women, five of them white and the other a minority, was picked Thursday to decide the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman, a […]
Zimmerman judge considers allowing voice experts
SANFORD, Fla. — An expert hired by an Orlando newspaper testified Friday that screams for help on 911 calls don’t match neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman‘s voice. Tom Owen testified […]
George Zimmerman won’t seek immunity hearing
SANFORD, Florida — The former neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting a Florida teenager told a judge Tuesday that he agrees with his defense attorneys’ decision not to seek […]
Trayvon Martin’s mother seeks money from HOA, state fund
ORLANDO, Fla. — Trayvon Martin‘s mother is asking for at least $75,000 from the homeowners’ association of the gated community where her teenage son was fatally shot by neighborhood watch […]
Calls: Zimmerman told wife to buy bulletproof vest
ORLANDO, Fla. — The former neighborhood watch volunteer who killed Trayvon Martin told his wife to buy bulletproof vests for them and for his attorney, according to jailhouse calls released […]
George Zimmerman’s wife charged with perjury
ORLANDO, Fla. — The wife of the Trayvon Martin‘s shooter was charged with perjury Tuesday, accused of lying when she told a judge that the couple had limited funds during […]
