SANFORD, Fla. — A judge presiding over the trial of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman is holding a hearing to discuss scheduling and jury selection. Zimmerman is set to go on trial in June for second-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty, claiming he acted in self-defense when he killed Trayvon Martin. The hearing Thursday in Sanford, [...]
Florida Judge Upholds June Trial Date For Trayvon Martin Case
February 5, 2013 | Posted by
The murder trial against George Zimmerman for the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin will proceed as scheduled, after a Florida judge denied a request from defense attorneys to delay the trial for five months. Led by attorney Mark O’Mara, Zimmerman’s defense team asked for the June 10 trial date to be pushed back so [...]
George Zimmerman Asks Public For More Money, as His Lawyers Seek More Time
January 31, 2013 | Posted by
George Zimmerman is at it again. On his website he is asking the public to send him more money to fight his prosecution for killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. In court, his lawyers are asking the judge to delay the trial for several more months to give them sufficient prepare his defense. Zimmerman’s fundraising efforts through [...]
Sybrina Fulton Partners With Democratic lawmakers To Repeal ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law
January 17, 2013 | Posted by
Trayvon Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, joined with Democratic lawmakers in Florida to seek the repeal of the Stand Your Ground law that George Zimmerman is using as a defense after killing the youth last February. Fulton appeared at a press conference yesterday in Tallahassee with Florida state Rep. Alan Williams and state Sen. Dwight Bullard, [...]
Security Company Sues George Zimmerman for $27,000 in Unpaid Fees
December 22, 2012 | Posted by
A security company has filed suit against second-degree murder defendant George Zimmerman, his wife and his attorney, Mark O’Mara, accusing them of failing to pay $27,000 for protection services. Associated Investigative Services filed suit in state circuit court in Orange County on Friday. According to the civil complaint, O’Mara hired the company on June 26 [...]
Zimmerman To Continue Wearing GPS Ankle Monitor, Judge Rules
December 11, 2012 | Posted by
George Zimmerman, the man accused of murdering unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin during a confrontation in February, must continue to wear a GPS monitoring ankle bracelet, a Florida judge ruled Tuesday. Zimmerman is accused of second-degree murder in the Feb. 26 shooting of the 17-year-old in a gated Sanford, Florida community where he was on [...]
Zimmerman Sues NBC For Edited 911 Call
December 7, 2012 | Posted by
Murder suspect George Zimmerman sued NBC on Thursday, alleging that the network and its reporters manipulated the 911 tape in which he was heard to create “a racial powder keg” that would be sure to generate ratings in the wake of the death of black teenager Trayvon Martin. In the recording heard by NBC viewers [...]
George Zimmerman Releases Bloodied Photo of Confrontation With Trayvon Martin
December 4, 2012 | Posted by
The defense team for George Zimmerman, the man charged with killing unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin in February, released a color photo showing their client with a bloody nose on Monday. Zimmerman’s lawyers say the photo was taken by a police officer on February 26, the night Zimmerman shot and killed the 17-year-old Martin near [...]
George Zimmerman Selling Autographs To Fund Legal Defense
November 30, 2012 | Posted by
George Zimmerman has begun selling his own autograph in an effort to raise more money, but says it’s the lawyers representing the family of the slain Trayvon Martin who are the ones “profiteering” from the case. In other news involving the case, the judge overseeing the case officially signed off on letting attorneys for Zimmerman [...]
Jordan Russell Davis: Death Of Another Unarmed Black Teenager
November 28, 2012 | Posted by
Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law Back In The News With Shooting Death Of Another Unarmed Black Teenager, Jordan Russell Davis Florida’s controversial ‘Stand Your Ground’ law is back on the national stage after the murder of yet another unarmed, black teenager in the parking lot of a Jacksonville, Florida gas station last Friday. In a tragedy [...]
