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Severe Charge, With a Minimum Term of 25 Years
Under second-degree murder, the jury must find that a death was caused by a criminal act “demonstrating a depraved mind without regard for human life,” said Eric Abrahamsen, a criminal defense lawyer in Tallahassee, reading from the state's standard
Updated: 04/11/2012 08:52P
George Zimmerman charged in Trayvon Martin's death
Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin within a gated community in Sanford, Florida February 26, but was not charged with any crime at the time due to Florida's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law.
Updated: 04/11/2012 08:16P
What! George Zimmerman To Plead Not Guilty! (DETAILS)
George Zimmerman's newest attorney Mark O'Mara held a press conference to react to the second-degree murder charge against his client. “We need to protect him I 'm hoping to keep him safe so we can resolve this.” “He is troubled with everything that
Updated: 04/11/2012 07:42P
Trayvon Martin killing: the winding legal road ahead of George Zimmerman
But David Joffe, of the Joffe & Joffe criminal law firm in Miami, said that Mr Zimmerman's lawyers might actually fight to keep the case there in the hope that racial element of the case would be less damaging there. “Sanford is a fairly conservative
Updated: 04/11/2012 07:33P
George Zimmerman charged, is in state custody
Rick Scott, in a statement issued late Wednesday afternoon, said, "Most Floridians and local civic leaders are law-abiding, responsible citizens who all want justice to prevail. No matter what State Attorney Corey determines following her investigation
Updated: 04/11/2012 07:27P
'Gun rights' have morphed into the right to gun down 'threats'
We have laws against bullying, and criminal and civil suits over suicidal outcomes when people use the Internet to say terrible things about other people. All are efforts to make life in America sane, peaceful and calm. Laws usually have that goal.
Updated: 04/11/2012 07:22P
NAACP leader: Bloomberg biggest proponent of racial profiling in America
In his address to dozens of students, teachers and observers, Jealous initially noted Bloomberg has been a big ally of the NAACP on opposing “Stand Your Ground,” a law that frees a person from criminal charges or civil action if he kills in the face of
Updated: 04/11/2012 07:22P
Proposed law stiffens penalty for neglect of vulnerable adults, children
Police say the home health care nurses were aware of the victim's poor condition, and his poor living conditions, and did nothing about it. "I guess there were cat and mice feces throughout the apartment in addition to his depressed state.
Updated: 04/11/2012 07:03P
Mdluli 'broke law' by promoting sidekicks
Embattled police spy boss Richard Mdluli promoted two of his murder co-accused despite their having criminal records and facing serious charges. In a pattern of questionable promotions, Mdluli allegedly not only defied normal police procedures by
Updated: 04/11/2012 06:41P
George Zimmerman's New Lawyer Speaks On "Stand Your Ground Law" (VIDEO)
Zimmerman has retained an new attorney in Mark O'Mara who only last month stated in an interview that some people have called Florida's “stand your ground” law a “license to murder” statute “because it doesn't require actions to avoid the confrontation
Updated: 04/11/2012 06:35P
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