Zimmerman Attorneys Want Judge In Case Removed
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The second degree murder case of George Zimmerman took another twist Friday afternoon when Zimmerman’s defense team filed a motion to disqualify circuit court Judge Kenneth Lester...
View ArticleZimmerman’s Attorneys Ask For Delay
ORLANDO (CBSMiami/AP) – Attorneys represent Neighborhood Watch leader George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin are asking the judge for more time to prepare their case. In their motion...
View ArticleFlorida Braces For George Zimmerman Trial
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — With 200 news organizations expected in Sanford for the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman, which starts Monday with jury selection, Florida is in an unwelcome...
View ArticleZimmerman Jurors Will Anonymous At Trial
ORLANDO (CBSMiami/AP) — The names of potential jurors in the trial of neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman, who is charged with killing Miami teen Trayvon Martin, will be kept confidential. The...
View ArticleJury Selection Continues For Zimmerman Trial
SANFORD (CBSMiami/AP) – Jury selection is expected to continue Tuesday in the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman for the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in February 2012. Tuesday...
View ArticleOfficials Plan For Peace Once Zimmerman Case Reaches Verdict
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – As the painstaking task of jury selection continues in the George Zimmerman second-degree murder trial, community officials, and Trayvon Martin’s family, hope for peace once a...
View ArticleZimmerman Jury To Be Sequestered
SANFORD (CBSMiami/AP) — The jury in the George Zimmerman murder trial will be sequestered after Judge Debra Nelson agreed with lawyers from both sides that sequestration was needed. According to the...
View ArticlePotential Jurors For Trayvon Martin Case Asked To Return Next Week
SANFORD (CBSMiami/AP) — Jury selection continued Friday in the case of George Zimmerman who is on trial for the shooting death of unarmed Miami teen Trayvon Martin. A total of 23 potential jurors,...
View ArticleZimmerman Attorney Expects Jury To Be Selected By Next Week
SANFORD (CBSMiami/AP) – After a week of trying to fill all 12 jury seats for the trial of George Zimmerman, the man charged in the shooting of an unarmed Miami teen, a defense attorney thinks the jury...
View ArticleWeek 2 Of Jury Selection For Zimmerman Trial
SANFORD (CBSMiami) – Jury selection resumed Monday in the trial of George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with second degree murder in the death of 17-year old Trayvon...
View ArticleProsecution Puts Key Witness On Stand In Zimmerman Trial
SANFORD, (CBSMiami/AP) – One of the last people to speak to Trayvon Martin before he was shot to death by George Zimmerman in a gated Sanford town-home community has taken the stand. Rachel Jeantel was...
View ArticleFBI Audio Expert Takes Stand In Zimmerman Trial
SANFORD (CBSMiami/AP) – Prosecutors played audio and video tapes of the interviews that Zimmerman had with Sanford Police investigators Doris Singleton and Chris Serino in the hours and days after he...
View ArticleLead Detective Returns To Stand In Zimmerman Trial
SANFORD (CBSMiami/AP) – The second day of testimony from a Sanford police detective in the trial of George Zimmerman for the shooting death Trayvon Martin seems to have benefited the defense more than...
View ArticleGunshot Wound Expert Testifies In Zimmerman Trial
SANFORD (CBSMiami/AP) — As defense attorneys neared the end of their presentation during the George Zimmerman trial, they tried to get Trayvon Martin’s Facebook postings and text messages entered into...
View ArticleScott Says Florida Law Enforcement Ready For Zimmerman Verdict
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – Governor Rick Scott said Thursday that no matter what the verdict is in the George Zimmerman trial, law enforcement across the state will be ready. The jury in the racially...
View ArticleCommunity Hopes Zimmerman Discussion Brings Peace
MIAMI (CBS4) – A meeting was held in Overtown Friday evening to discuss issues raised during the George Zimmerman trial. A panel of lawyers, pastors, and law enforcement discussed Friday’s...
View ArticleJurors Have Reached A Verdict In Zimmerman Trial
SANFORD (CBSMiami/AP) - The six female jurors in the trial of George Zimmerman, the man charged in the fatal shooting of Miami Gardens teen Trayvon Martin, have reached a verdict on the second day of...
View ArticlePhilly Mayor “Deeply Saddened” Over Zimmerman Verdict
MIAMI (AP) — The acquittal of Sanford neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the death of 17-year old Trayvon Martin has “deeply saddened” the mayor of Philadelphia. Mayor Michael Nutter said...
View ArticleChicago Pastors Call For Peace In Wake Of Zimmerman Verdict
CHICAGO (AP) — In the wake of the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of 17-year old Trayvon Martin, Chicago’s African-American clergy are calling for calm. The pleas followed a Sanford jury’s...
View ArticleFacing South Florida: Zimmerman Verdict – Local Attorneys On Trial
After more than a year, a jury has issued its verdict on the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin at the hands of George Zimmerman. After more than 16 hours of deliberation, the jury found...
View ArticleThe Role Of “Stand Your Ground” In Zimmerman Trial
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Nearly a year and half after George Zimmerman shot and killed 17-year old Trayvon Martin, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer was cleared of any wrong doing. Saturday evening a jury of...
View ArticleNAACP Petition Calls For Civil Rights Case Against Zimmerman
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – The NAACP has called for the Justice Department to open a civil rights case against George Zimmerman. Late Saturday evening a jury of six women took 16 hours and 20 minutes to...
View ArticleNationwide Protests Over Zimmerman Acquittal
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — The acquittal of George Zimmerman of a murder charge in the death of 17-year old Trayvon Marting sparked outrage from New York to California. From street demonstrations to church...
View ArticleRole Of Race In George Zimmerman Trial
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The role of race in society was key factor in the trial and acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of 17-year old Trayvon Martin. In a society that elects and re-elects an...
View ArticleSouth Florida Remains Calm After Zimmerman Verdict
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Less than 24 hours after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year old Trayvon Martin, many protests broke out around the country. However, Miami–Dade police...
View ArticleChallenges In Bringing Civil Rights Case Against Zimmerman
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – The U.S. Department of Justice is reportedly reviewing evidence to determine whether criminal civil rights charges are warranted against George Zimmerman in the death of 17-year...
View ArticleFt. Lauderdale Pastor To Host Peace Rally In Wake Of Zimmerman Verdict
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami/AP) – A Ft. Lauderdale pastor is calling on those who take to the streets to protest the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of 17-year old Trayvon Martin to do so...
View ArticleDespite Outcry, Changes To “Stand Your Ground” Unlikely
MIAMI (AP) — Despite public rallies, a call President Barack Obama for a close examination and the urging of civil rights groups after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin,...
View ArticleZimmerman Helps Family After Rollover Accident
ORLANDO (CBSMiami/AP) – A family of four who got into an accident over weekend got a helping hand from an unexpected driver. The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office said the family was in a blue Ford...
View ArticleFocus on South Florida: Zimmerman: One-on-One with Rachel Jeantel
Summer Knowles, CBS4 News reporter (Source: CBS4) CBS4’s Summer Knowles gets the exclusive. We hear from the controversial star witness and Summer joins Michele on the set for a first-hand account...
View ArticleFocus on South Florida: Zimmerman: Inside the Trial
Ted Scouten, CBS4 News reporter (Source: CBS4) What was it like to be a reporter covering the Zimmerman trial. CBS4’s Ted Scouten joins Michele on the set for his unique perspective after spending 3...
View ArticleGov. Scott Says Jackson Needs To Apologize
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — Gov. Rick Scott has taken the Rev. Jesse Jackson to task over remarks he made Tuesday while joining a protest in the Capitol. Jackson spent time this week with a group upset...
View ArticleZimmerman’s Atty Wants State To Pick Up The Tab
ORLANDO (CBSMiami/AP) – The legal team that won an acquittal for George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year old Trayvon Martin plans to ask the state to pick up his legal tab. Mark O’Mara told...
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