The latest battle between attorneys in the trial of accused murderer George Zimmerman is being waged over whether the screams for help captured on 911 calls are those of defendant George Zimmerman or of shooting victim 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. In reports released yesterday during the lead-up to next month’s trial, one New Jersey-based audio expert said [...]
Experts At Odds Over Whether Screams For Help Came From Martin or Zimmerman
May 15, 2013 | Posted by
George Zimmerman Expected at Hearing to Determine ‘Stand Your Ground’ Defense
April 29, 2013 | Posted by
The pretrial maneuvering between prosecutors and George Zimmerman’s defense team continue, as the defendant is expected to appear in court tomorrow for a hearing on whether he will use Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law as his defense or waive his right to use it. In a little more than a month, Zimmerman is scheduled to go [...]
Attorneys in Trayvon Case: Social Media set Precedent for high Profile Cases
April 28, 2013 | Posted by
Social media has set a precedent in the way the country will engage with high profile cases, the attorneys in the Trayvon Martin shooting case said Saturday at an Associated Press event in Orlando. Benjamin Crump, the attorney for Trayvon Martin’s parents, and George Zimmerman’s defense attorney, Mark O’Mara, spoke at the Florida Associated Press [...]
Trayvon Martin Family Settles with Homeowners Assn. For Over $1M
April 6, 2013 | Posted by
The family of slain teenager Trayvon Martin have settled a wrongful death claim against the homeowners association in Sanford, Fla., where Martin was killed, for an amount believed to be in excess of $1 million, according to a report by the Orlando Sentinel. In the case paperwork that was made available for public review, the [...]
George Zimmerman Skips Important Hearing; Trayvon’s Girlfriend Lies
March 6, 2013 | Posted by
As attorneys for George Zimmerman shocked court watchers by essentially passing up an opportunity to have his case thrown out at a hearing in April, prosecutors had to make the embarrassing admission that one of their main witnesses, Trayvon Martin’s girlfriend, told a lie during her testimony. Many of the pre-trial machinations in Zimmerman’s second-degree [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
George Zimmerman Breaks From Lawyers, Posts Own Video
July 20, 2012 | Posted by
George Zimmerman – Desperate for money and unsatisfied with his legal defense, George Zimmerman has tried to take matters into his own hands, launching his own website, posting bilingual videos of himself and trying to call Barbara Walters while she was on the air during ‘The View.’ His primary motivation appears to be trying to [...]
Zimmerman Witness Came Forward Because of His Family’s Racism
July 17, 2012 | Posted by
The woman who came forward to authorities in the George Zimmerman case to say that she was molested by him indicated she wanted to reach out because she feared that Zimmerman was motivated by a prejudice against black people. The woman, described in court records as Witness #9, was identified by NBC News as a [...]
Claiming Bias, George Zimmerman Tries to Get a New Judge
July 13, 2012 | Posted by
Claiming that Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester is biased against their client, lawyers for accused killer George Zimmerman asked that the judge be removed from his second-degree murder case. The motion refers to the July 5 bond hearing, when Lester offered his view of whether Zimmerman had purposely misled the court in claiming he didn’t have [...]
