Posts Tagged ‘Martin’s’

Trayvon Martin’s killer sues NBC over racist “myth”

MIAMI (Reuters) – A Florida man sued NBC on Thursday, saying the network intentionally edited and repeatedly aired a non-emergency phone call he made to police before shooting and killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin "to create the myth" that he was a racist. Attorneys for George Zimmerman, who maintains he shot Martin in self-defense [...]

Wife of Trayvon Martin’s killer pleads not guilty to perjury

MIAMI (Reuters) – The wife of George Zimmerman pleaded not guilty on Friday to a perjury charge after Florida prosecutors alleged she lied about their family's finances during a bond hearing in the case of her husband's shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin. A lawyer for Shellie Zimmerman filed the written plea and waved her [...]

Trayvon Martin’s killer leaves Florida jail on bond

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, was released on Friday from a Florida jail on $ 1 million bail, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said. Zimmerman walked out of the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Sanford, Florida, [...]

Bond set at $1 million for Trayvon Martin’s killer Zimmeran

SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) – A Florida judge set bond at $ 1 million on Thursday for George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman had been released after posting $ 150,000 bond but was sent back to jail in April after prosecutors alleged he misled the [...]

Trayvon Martin’s killer raises more than $200,000 for defense

(Reuters) – George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer who is accused of murder in the death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, has raised at least $ 200,000 through a website set up to fund his defense, his lawyer said on Thursday. Donors contributed “just over $ 200,000,” said Mark O’Mara, Zimmerman’s defense lawyer. The [...]

Trayvon Martin’s family holds press conference

The special prosecutor’s press conference is over. Now Trayvon Martin’s family are having a televised press conference to discuss the decision to charge Zimmerman. Tweet This Post

“Shaken Baby Syndrome” used in defense of Trayvon Martin’s killer

SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) – “Shaken Baby Syndrome” was cited on Friday in the defense of George Zimmerman, the Sanford, Florida, man who shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, in a case that has sparked a widespread public outcry. Hal Uhrig, a lawyer and former Gainesville, Florida, police officer who recently joined Zimmerman’s defense [...]