Trayvon Martin
On Wednesday, Florida Judge Debra Nelson rejected the defense's request to use an animation depicting the fatal fight between Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman, along with text messages from Martin's phone as evidence in the George Zimmerman second-degree trial.
According to a nationally renowned gunshot wound expert, Trayvon Martin was leaning over George Zimmerman when the neighborhood watch volunteer fired the fatal shot into the unarmed teenager's chest.
The prosecution has rested their case against George Zimmerman as the trial for the Trayvon Martin shooting death continues.
On Wednesday, a Florida Department of Law Enforcement DNA analyst testified that the DNA of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin was not detected on George Zimmerman's gun.
More than a year after their son’s death, Trayvon Martin’s parents have settled their claim against the homeowner’s association of the subdivision in Sanford, Fla. where he was killed.
It's been one year since the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin rattled the country and pushed the issues of gun violence and racial profiling back into the national discourse.
The next court date in the George Zimmerman murder trial has been set on the same day as Trayvon Martin's birthday. Martin was shot and killed in an alleged altercation with Zimmerman, he would have been 18 years old Jan 8.
A Florida judge on Tuesday denied a request from accused murderer George Zimmerman to let him remove his GPS monitoring device and travel freely in the state pending his trial next June in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.
George Zimmerman's lawyers may try "Stand Your Ground" defense; dead teen's parents launch website aiming at "Stand Your Ground" law
