Crime & Safety
Speak Out: George Zimmerman's Not Guilty Verdict
Jury accepts shooter's claim he was defending himself when he killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in 2012.
After two days of deliberation, the jury in George Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial came back with a not guilty verdict.
Zimmerman, 29, was on trial for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin, 17, in Sanford, Fla. The death and subsequent trail created racial tensions and raised questions about Florida’s Stand Your Ground law.
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