First Witnesses Take Stand In Zimmerman Trial
Opening statements have wrapped in the trial of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer charged with second-degree murder in the death of 17-year old Trayvon Martin.
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Opening statements have wrapped in the trial of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer charged with second-degree murder in the death of 17-year old Trayvon Martin.
The six jurors and four alternates chosen for George Zimmerman's murder trial have begun life behind closed doors. Court officials are keeping mum about the details of the jury sequestration.
The judge in the trial of George Zimmerman, the man pleading not guilty in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, decided Saturday that audio experts will not be allowed to testify at the trial.
The all-female jury for the trial of George Zimmerman, the man claiming self-defense in the shooting of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, are expected to hear opening statements Monday.
Six jurors, all women, have been chosen for the trial of George Zimmerman, the man charged in the fatal shooting of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin.
Potential jurors for the trial of George Zimmerman, the man who fatally shot unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, started Wednesday with a Florida judge reading the formal charge against Zimmerman, and then later reminded by the prosecutor that the case will be different from what they've seen on shows like "Law & Order."
After seven days of interviewing potential jurors for the trial of George Zimmerman, the man charged in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, prosecutors and defense attorneys have selected a pool of 40 potential jurors for further questioning.
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 Martin.
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 will be selected by the middle of next week.
Jury selection continued Friday in the case of George Zimmerman who is on trial for the shooting death of unarmed Miami teen Trayvon Martin.
For the past three days, attorneys and prosecutors have interviewed 24 potential jurors for the trial of George Zimmerman, the man charged in shooting unarmed Trayvon Martin in 2012, but they are still 10 short of being able to go on to the next round of questioning.
For a third day, attorneys tried to seat a jury for the trial of George Zimmerman, the man charged in the shooting of an unarmed Miami teen.
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 verdict is reached.
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.
Was it murder or was it self-defense? Those are the questions at the center of George Zimmerman's trial which is getting underway Monday in Sanford. Zimmerman is the neighborhood watch volunteer who killed unarmed Miami teen Trayvon Martin last year.
Jury selection is scheduled to get underway Monday for George Zimmerman who is charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
A Florida judge is listening to testimony for a third day to decide if voice recognition experts should be allowed in George Zimmerman's, the man charged in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, trial.
During the last hearing before the start of George Zimmerman's trial, Circuit Judge Debra Nelson denied a defense request to let a handful of witnesses testify confidentiality.
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.
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 spotlight again in the racially charged case.
A prayer service was held for Trayvon Martin's family just weeks before George Zimmerman, the teenager's alleged killer, goes on trial.
With less than two weeks to go before George Zimmerman goes on trial for the shooting death of unarmed Miami teen Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman's defense fund is almost depleted, his defense attorneys said Wednesday.
Florida Circuit Judge Debra Nelson has limited what defense attorneys for George Zimmerman can say about 17-year-old Trayvon Martin when the self-proclaimed neighborhood watch leader goes on trial next month.
Defense attorneys for the Florida man accused of shooting and killing unarmed Miami teen Trayvon Martin have released photos and text messages from the teen's cell phone ahead of a hearing that will determine whether they can be used at George Zimmerman's trial.
The prosecution in the George Zimmerman murder case requested that some of Trayvon Martin's personal information stay out of the courtroom.
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