More than six weeks after he admittedly shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman made his first appearance in a Sanford, Fla., court, where he faced charges of second-degree murder on Thursday. With that appearance, what is sure to be one of the most controversial and closely watched trials in recent memory essentially got underway. Many are already comparing it to the trial of O.
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By Elizabeth Chuck, Jamie Novogrod, and Tom Winter, NBC News The defense team for George Zimmerman, the man charged with second-degree murder in the Florida shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, has released a trove of ... Read Post
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's defense attorneys on Thursday released photos and text messages from 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's cellphone ahead of a hearing that will determine whether they can be used at Zimmerman's murde... Read Post
George Zimmerman made his first appearance in court Thursday to face charges that he murdered Trayvon Martin in the Sanford, Fla., gated community where Martin was staying and Zimmerman was a volunteer neighborhood watchman. Zimmerm... Read Post