Tag: Trayvon Martin

(AP) Jurors in Zimmerman trial have questionBy TAMARA LUSH and MIKE SCHNEIDERAssociated PressSANFORD, Fla.Jurors deciding whether George Zimmerman committed a crime when he fatally shot Trayvon Martin asked Saturday for clarification on the charge of manslaughter _ a possible indication

(AP) At court, groups gather to await Zimmerman verdictBy TAMARA LUSHAssociated PressSANFORD, Fla.As jurors deliberated for a second day in George Zimmerman’s murder trial, there was little understanding between two camps assembled outside the Seminole County Courthouse to await a

(AP) State attorney employee fired in Zimmerman caseBy KYLE HIGHTOWERAssociated PressA state attorney’s office employee has been fired after testifying about concerns that prosecutors didn’t turn over photos and text messages from Trayvon Martin’s cellphone to the defense in George

(AP) Zimmerman jury continues 2nd day of deliberationsBy TAMARA LUSHAssociated PressSANFORD, Fla.The jury in George Zimmerman’s murder trial continued its second day of deliberations Saturday, weighing whether the neighborhood watch volunteer committed a crime almost a year and a half

The New Black Panther Party is in Sanford, Florida organizing rallies and gatherings to be held after the jury reaches a verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. The jury began its second day of deliberations on Saturday.  Jurors are deliberating

(AP) Zimmerman jury adjourns deliberations for the dayBy MIKE SCHNEIDER and KYLE HIGHTOWERAssociated PressSANFORD, Fla.With police and civic leaders urging calm, a jury began deliberating George Zimmerman’s fate Friday after hearing dueling portraits of the neighborhood watch captain: a cop

George Zimmerman defense attorney Mark O’Mara used physical exhibits in his closing argument to demonstrate to the jury the size disparity between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin. Martin was 5’11 and 158 lbs. at the time, while George Zimmerman clocked

With the close of the George Zimmerman trial and the beginning of jury deliberations, all attention now focuses on the six women who will be deciding the fate of Zimmerman in his second-degree murder trial. Here is what is known

At a local event held at the new Harvest Missionary Baptist Church, the Miami-Dade chapter of the NAACP brought speakers in to discuss the fallout from the Trayvon Martin case. One of those speakers, University of Miami law professor Donald

As it prepares to give its closing arguments in the trial of George Zimmerman on Friday, the defense has a simple–but challenging–task: it must explain what the prosecution would have been required to prove, and that it has failed to

Forget murder. The prosecution has failed to prove the elements of the crime.  So it comes down to manslaughter–and a specific kind of manslaughter, one that lawyers call “imperfect self-defense.”  If George Zimmerman over-reacted to the danger he was in–if,

The Obama Department of Justice made no attempt to stop blatant threats against George Zimmerman, according to one of the people who helped make those threats. Despite issuing a widely publicized threat against Zimmerman last year, the New Black Panther

Local Florida outlets are reporting an old tweet from film director Spike Lee is making the rounds again and is causing an elderly Florida couple with no connection to the George Zimmerman trial great distress. At the height of the

“This defendant decided that the victim was up to no good,” said prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda. The prosecutor said, “In the defendant’s mind, this was a criminal, and he was tired of criminals out there. That’s not a bad