TOP NEWS
George Zimmerman murder charge sets up hurdles for prosecutors in Trayvon Martin shooting
April 12, 2012
April 12, 2012
 |
(CBS/AP) SANFORD, Fla. - Prosecutors face steep hurdles to win a second-degree murder conviction against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, experts say.
Zimmerman was charged after a public campaign to make an arrest in the shooting that galvanized the nation for weeks. Now the prosecutor and her team will have to prove Zimmerman intentionally went after Martin instead of shooting him in self-defense, to refute arguments that a Florida law empowered him to use deadly force.
Zimmerman, 28, who turned himself in at a county jail Wednesday after prosecutor Angela Corey
Zimmerman was charged after a public campaign to make an arrest in the shooting that galvanized the nation for weeks. Now the prosecutor and her team will have to prove Zimmerman intentionally went after Martin instead of shooting him in self-defense, to refute arguments that a Florida law empowered him to use deadly force.
Zimmerman, 28, who turned himself in at a county jail Wednesday after prosecutor Angela Corey
 |  |
 |  |
| |
Twitter
Delicious
Digg
Visit other CBS Interactive sites:
© MMXII CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved.
