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Zimmerman prosecutor makes poltiical endorsement

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Sybrina Fulton, left, and Tracy Martin, the parents of slain teen Trayvon Martin, listen as Judge Debra Nelson reads the formal charge against George Zimmerman to 40 potential jurors during jury selection in Seminole circuit court on the eighth day of his trial, in Sanford, Fla., Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. He has denied the charges.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)

Zimmerman jurors asked about neighborhood watch

Kyle Hightower and Mike Schneider, Associated Press
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - Attorneys quizzed a whittled-down group of prospective jurors Wednesday in the Trayvon Martin case, asking if any were neighborhood watch volunteers like the teen's shooter and reminding them the trial would be different from what they've seen on shows like 'CSI'...
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George Zimmerman talks to his attorney Mark O'Mara, right, during a recess in Seminole circuit court during Zimmerman's trial in Sanford, Fla., Monday, June 17, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. He has plead not guilty to the charges. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)

911 call debated at Zimmerman trial

Kyle Hightower and Mike Schneider, Associated Press
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A voice recognition researcher for George Zimmerman is discounting the methods of prosecution experts who claim that screams captured on a 911 call belong to 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and not to the ex-neighborhood watch volunteer...
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A photo of Emmett Till is included on the plaque that marks his gravesite at Burr Oak Cemetery May 4, 2005 in Aslip, Illinois.  (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trayvon Martin case haunted by Emmett Till

Jesse Washington, Associated Press
(AP) - Six decades and myriad details separate the deaths of Emmett Till and Trayvon Martin, two black teenagers felled by violence...
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George Zimmerman, far right, has a discussion with defense attorneys Mark O'Mara, left, and Don West, in Seminole circuit court during a pretrial hearing, in Sanford, Fla., Saturday, June 8, 2013. Circuit Judge Debra Nelson halted the hearing Saturday after an audio expert was unable to testify because he was stuck at an airport. She will issue a ruling after testimony is concluded. Zimmerman, now 29, admits that he shot Martin, 17, on the night of Feb. 26, 2012, but claims that Martin attacked him and that he acted in self-defense.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)

Zimmerman trial blog

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LIVE BLOG - George Zimmerman trial in the death of Trayvon Martin...
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Black comedians vs. Zimmerman

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theGRIO REPORT - Things may be quiet in Sanford, Florida after a week of jury selection in the trial of George Zimmerman, but a pair of black comedians are giving their uncensored take on the case...
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Trayvon Martin's father: 'That was our child'

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - Tracy Martin has been preparing for his second Father's Day without the son family members and Trayvon Martin's former football coach have described as so close to his father...
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Quiet in Sanford amid Zimmerman trial

Trymaine Lee
SANFORD, Fla.— Residents had braced for tensions and traffic ahead of the trial of George Zimmerman. Instead, there have been empty seats in the courtroom and little fanfare outside as the first week of jury selection wrapped up Friday...
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George Zimmerman sits at the defense table during jury selection for his trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla., Friday June 14, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Gary W. Green, Pool)

29 possible jurors to return in Zimmerman case

Kyle Hightower and Mike Schneider, Associated Press
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A potential juror for the George Zimmerman murder case was dismissed from consideration and ordered not to come back to the courthouse until after the trial after he complained about the jury process outside the assembly room Friday...
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Jury consultant Robert Hirschhorn (2nd R) speaks to George Zimmerman (R) during the fourth day of Zimmerman's murder trial in Seminole circuit court June 13, 2013 in Sanford, Florida. Jury selection continues in Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial for the shooting death of the unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. He has plead not guilty to all criminal charges. (Photo by Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty Images)

Zimmerman jury to be sequestered

Jamie Novogrod, Tom Winter and Erin McClam, NBC News
NBC NEWS - The jury will be sequestered in the trial of George Zimmerman, the Florida man accused of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, the judge said Thursday...
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Thomas Battles (L), Southeast Regional director of the Department of Justice’s Community Relations Service, talks with community activist Francis Oliver (R), outside of the Seminole County courthouse on Monday where George Zimmerman is being tried for second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin. The Community Relations Service helps to cool tensions in communities where there has been racial or ethnic strife. (Photo Courtesy of Trymaine Lee for MSNBC)

At center of efforts to heal Sanford, a man named Battles

Trymaine Lee, NBC News
Sanford, Fla.—When city leaders here feared their community was on the verge of rioting after the killing of an unarmed black teenager, a little-known federal agency quietly parachuted into town to negotiate peace among angry groups...
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