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Pictures: George Zimmerman charged with murder

Affidavit says Zimmerman 'profiled' Martin

Apr 13, 10:59AM by Julia Dahl Topics Daily Blotter

George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin

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(CBS) George Zimmerman "profiled" Trayvon Martin and followed him because he "assumed" the 17-year-old was a criminal on the night of Feb. 26, according to court papers released on Thursday.

Pictures: George Zimmerman charged with murder

Defending Zimmerman: What's next for Mark O'Mara?

Apr 12, 3:13PM by Julia Dahl Topics Daily Blotter

George Zimmerman (left) appears in court April 12, 2012 with his attorney, Mark O'Mara

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(CBS) Now that second-degree murder charges have been filed against George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, his new attorney, Mark O'Mara, begins the hard work of defending a client who has spent the last six weeks as the nation's public enemy number one.

Zimmerman appears in court, arraignment set May 29

Apr 12, 2:00PM by Julia Dahl Topics Daily Blotter

George Zimmerman's first court appearance in Trayvon Martin death, Thursday April 12, 2012.

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(CBS) George Zimmerman, the man charged with killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, appeared in a Sanford, Fla., courtroom Thursday. He was wearing a blue-gray Seminole County Jail uniform, and his hands were cuffed in front of him.

Zimmerman to appear in court today

Apr 12, 10:49AM by Julia Dahl Topics Daily Blotter

At left, George Zimmerman is seen entering Polk County Correctional Facility April 11, 2012. At right is his mug shot taken the same night

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(CBS/AP) The world will get its first live look at George Zimmerman today when the man at the center of a national firestorm goes before a judge in Sanford, Fla., at 1:30 p.m ET. He will be arraigned on charges of second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin. He is expected to plead not guilty and invoke Florida's "stand your ground" law.

Fla. special prosecutor seen as "tenacious"

Apr 11, 6:31PM by Julia Dahl Topics Daily Blotter

State Attorney Angela Corey

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(CBS) When Angela Corey was elected state attorney for the district representing her hometown of Jacksonville, Fla., in 2008, she became the first woman to ever hold the position.

She didn't come by the job easily: Less than two years earlier, she'd been fired from her post as a prosecutor in the same office, where she had been working since the early 1980s.

Pictures: Trayvon Martin protests

Trayvon Martin shooting: A timeline of events

Apr 11, 2:23PM by Julia Dahl Topics Daily Blotter

Trayvon Martin, left, and George Zimmerman.

Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman

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(CBS) The Feb. 26 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Sanford, Fla., spilled over onto the national stage, sparking protests, debate and a personal statement from President Obama. The case has raised questions about race, guns and justice, and led to numerous federal, state and local investigations.

George Zimmerman's lawyers step down

Apr 10, 5:31PM by Julia Dahl Topics Daily Blotter

Attorneys Craig Sonner (left) and Hal Uhrig at a news conference announcing that they are no longer representing George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who Trayvon Martin, April 10, 2012.

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(CBS) Hal Uhrig and Craig Sonner, the two attorneys for George Zimmerman, announced today that they are no long representing the man who says he shot Trayvon Martin in self-defense.

Uhrig told reporters at a press conference Tuesday that he and Sonner have not been able to contact Zimmerman since Sunday and are "concerned for his emotional safety."

Family turmoil probed in Iraqi woman's murder

Apr 6, 2:03PM by Julia Dahl Topics Daily Blotter

Shaima Alawadi

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(CBS) EL CAJON, Calif. - The case of an Iraqi-American woman found beaten inside her Southern California home last month was originally reported as a possible hate crime, but according to newly released court documents, investigators are looking at the woman's family life as they investigate her murder.Continue »

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Law enforcement encounters "honor" violence

Apr 6, 1:35PM by Julia Dahl Topics Daily Blotter

Det. Chris Boughey of the Peoria Arizona Police Department

Detective Chris Boughey of the Peoria Arizona Police Department investigated the murder of Noor Almaleki by her father

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(CBS) - Detective Michael Christian had never heard the term "honor killing" when he was called to the scene of a murder in Jonesboro, Ga., on July 5, 2008. Sandeela Kanwal, 25, was dead - strangled with a bungee cord in her family home. Her killer, it turned out, was her father, Chaudhry Rashid, who reportedly murdered his daughter because she wanted to divorce the cousin she'd been forced to marry.