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Trayvon Martin’s slaying rivets nation The fatal shooting of an unarmed black 17-year-old by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., has led to a federal investigation, numerous protests and a national spotlight.
June 12, 2012
This photo released by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office shows Shellie Zimmerman. Zimmerman, the wife of Trayvon Martin's shooter was charged with perjury, accused of lying when she told a judge that the couple had limited funds during a hearing that resulted in her husband being released on $150,000 bond. She was released on $1,000 bond.
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June 3, 2012
George Zimmerman, right, is escorted out of a van in to the Seminole County Jail as he surrenders to authorities. Zimmerman, who says he was acting in self defense, has been charged with the murder of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin.
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June 3, 2012
George Zimmerman's attorney Mark O'Mara speaks to the media following his client’s arrival at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility. Zimmerman has been charged with second degree murder in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
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May 17, 2012
George Zimmerman is shown with blood on his head in a photo provided by the Florida State Attorney's Office. Hundreds of pages of case documents were released in connection with the Feb. 26 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, which triggered protests and a debate over guns, self-defense laws and race relations in America.
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May 17, 2012
George Zimmerman is shown with blood on his head in a photo provided by the Florida State Attorney's Office. Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to a second-degree murder charge and says he killed Trayvon Martin in self-defense.
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May 17, 2012
A photo taken Feb. 27 and released by the Florida State Attorney's Office shows George Zimmerman. The photo was among evidence released by prosecutors that also includes calls to police, video and numerous other documents. The package was received by defense lawyers earlier this week and released to the media May 17.
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May 17, 2012
A photo released by the Florida State Attorney’s Office shows the handgun used in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. An autopsy report said that the wound in Martin’s chest indicated that he was shot from an "intermediate range," which experts say is between one and 18 inches away.
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May 17, 2012
This photo was taken at the scene of the shooting in which Trayvon Martin was killed in Sanford, Fla., in February.
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May 17, 2012
This photo was taken at the scene of the shooting in which Trayvon Martin was killed in Sanford, Fla., in February.
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May 17, 2012
This photo was taken at the scene of the shooting in which Trayvon Martin was killed in Sanford, Fla., in February. show that Martin had THC in his blood that night, a chemical that is found in marijuana.
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April 22, 2012
George Zimmerman, right, gets into a vehicle moments after walking out of the intake building at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility with an unidentified man in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman posted bail on a $150,000 bond on a second-degree murder charge in the February shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford.
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April 22, 2012
George Zimmerman, left, walks out of the intake building at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility with an unidentified man in Sanford, Fla.
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April 21, 2012
The defense attorney for George Zimmerman, Mark O'Mara, speaks to the media after leaving the John E. Polk Correctional Facility, where he met with his client as he waited to be released on bond. Zimmerman turned himself in to police in connection with the killing of Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26 while Zimmerman was on neighborhood watch patrol in the gated community of the Retreat at Twin Lakes, Fla.
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April 21, 2012
People hold signs during a small rally that was billed as an opportunity to show support of the constitutional rights for George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin near the jail where George Zimmerman waited to be released on bond.
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April 20, 2012
George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, looks on during a bond hearing in Sanford, Fla., in this still image taken from video. Zimmerman surrendered his passport to a Florida court on Friday during a bail hearing over the shooting death.
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April 20, 2012
Sybrina Fulton, left, mother of Trayvon Martin, and attorney Benjamin Crump arrive at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center for a bond hearing for George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman's attorney is asking the Seminole County judge to let Zimmerman post bail at the hearing Friday.
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April 19, 2012
Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, parents of slain teen Trayvon Martin, sit at Beulah Baptist Institutional Church during the National Bar Association town hall meeting titled "Standing Our Ground for Justice" in Tampa.
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April 12, 2012
George Zimmerman, center, is directed by a Seminole County Deputy and his attorney Mark O'Mara during a court hearing in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
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April 11, 2012
The parents of Trayvon Martin, mother Sybrina Fulton, left, and father Tracy Martin are interviewed by the Associated Press in Washington.
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April 11, 2012
This police booking photograph released April 11, 2012, by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office shows George Zimmerman after being taken into custody in Florida.
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April 11, 2012
Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent Joyce Dawley, right, and Seminole County Sheriff Donald Eslinger talk to the media outside the Seminole County jail after delivering George Zimmerman in Sanford, Fla.
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April 11, 2012
Members of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement watch as they deliver George Zimmerman at the Seminole County jail in Sanford, Fla.
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April 11, 2012
In Washington, the parents of Trayvon Martin, Tracy Martin, second from left, and Sybrina Fulton, second from right, watch the Jacksonville news conference where special prosecutor Angela Corey announced the charge against George Zimmerman. With them are family attorney Benjamin Crump, front left, and Martin's brother, Jahvaris Fulton, front right. Behind them, from left, are W. Franklyn Richardson, the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jamal Bryant.
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April 11, 2012
State Attorney Angela Corey holds a news conference to announce a second-degree murder charge to be brought against defendant George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin shooting.
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April 10, 2012
Craig Sonner, left, and Hal Uhrig, former attorneys for George Zimmerman, speak to reporters during a news conference in Sanford, Fla., to announce that both had quit as Zimmerman's legal representatives.
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April 10, 2012
People walk out of The Retreat at Twin Lakes gated community — the neighborhood where Trayvon Martin was fatally shot — after bullets hit an empty Sanford police car this morning in Sanford, Fla. Police are investigating the circumstances around the shooting of the vacant police car.
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April 1, 2012
The Rev. Al Sharpton holds the microphone for singer Chaka Khan as demonstrators protest the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin during a rally in Miami.
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March 29, 2012
Robert Zimmerman Jr, the brother of George Zimmerman, arrives for an exclusive interview with Piers Morgan of CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" outside the CNN Building in Hollywood, Calif.
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In this image taken from video at the Sanford, Fla., Police Department, George Zimmerman, in red jacket, is escorted into the Sanford police station in handcuffs on Feb. 26, the night he fatally shot Trayvon Martin.
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This recent but undated photo taken from the Orlando Sentinel's Web site shows George Zimmerman, according to the paper. This image accompanied an Orlando Sentinel story posted to their Web site on March 23, containing information the paper says is related to Zimmerman's employment history.
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March 28, 2012
This series of handout frame images from video, provided by House Television shows Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) taking off his jacket to wear a a hoodie and sunglasses as he speaks on the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rush donned a hoodie during the speech on the House floor deploring the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, and was declared out of order for violating rules on wearing hats in the House chamber.
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March 27, 2012
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.), center, has a word with Tracy Martin, left, and Sybrina Fulton at the hearing.
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March 26, 2012
Demonstrators march in Cincinnati in support of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old black youth fatally shot on the night of Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla., by a neighborhood watch volunteer. The march, led from the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County to Fountain Square, was billed as “Occupy the Hood,” in reference to the hoodie Martin was wearing when he was killed.
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Trayvon Martin holds a baby in this undated file photo provided by his family. Martin was slain in the town of Sanford, Fla., on Feb. 26 in a shooting that has set off a nationwide furor over race and justice. Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman claimed self-defense and has not been arrested though state and federal authorities are still investigating.
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March 26, 2012
New York Democratic state senators Kevin Parker, Bill Perkins and Eric Adams wear hooded sweatshirts during session in the Senate chamber in Albany on Monday. The senators wore the sweatshirts to protest the shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer.
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March 23, 2012
President Obama talks about the shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.
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