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Zimmerman wants murder charges dismissed under ’stand your ground’ law

Last updated Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 11:50am

MIAMI — George Zimmerman will seek to have second-degree murder charges dismissed under Florida’s "stand your ground" law in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, his attorney said Thursday.

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Zimmerman judge holds ’stand your ground’ hearing in another murder case

Rene Stutzman The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 6:34am

SANFORD, Fla. - The judge in the George Zimmerman case will hold a "stand your ground" hearing Wednesday in the case of an Oviedo, Fla., woman who says she shot her estranged husband while he was raping her.

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George Zimmerman’s parents launch their own fundraising website

Bianca Prieto The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 7:51am

ORLANDO, Fla. - George Zimmerman’s parents, Robert and Gladys, appear to have recently launched a fundraising website in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting to help with living expenses.

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In this photo provided by the Fox News Channel, Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity, right, interviews George Zimmerman, left, and his attorney Mark O’Mara, Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at an undisclosed Florida location. Zimmerman has been charged with second degree murder for the Feb. 26, 2012 shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. He is claiming self-defense under Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. The telecast airs Wednesday at 9 p.m. on the Fox News Channel. (AP Photo/Fox News Channel)

Zimmerman starts own website to improve fundraising

Frances Robles The Miami Herald

Last updated Friday, July 20, 2012 - 9:57am

MIAMI - Has George Zimmerman gone rogue?

He launched his own Internet site Wednesday night, saying his lawyer’s Web page had failed in three key missions: disputing information, fund-raising and providing a voice for him.

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Zimmerman spent $36,000 in contributions while in jail

Frances Robles The Miami Herald

Last updated Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 4:43pm

MIAMI - George Zimmerman went through almost $36,000 of contributions in 18 days spent mostly in jail, spending a bulk of his newfound cash on telecommunications, newly filed court records show.

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Did Zimmerman's attorney know of donations?

Frances Robles The Miami Herald

Last updated Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 11:41am

MIAMI - Prosecutors released nearly 150 of George Zimmerman’s recorded jailhouse phone calls Monday, including one that suggests his defense attorney knew from the start that tens of thousands of dollars in donations had begun pouring in.

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Woman says George Zimmerman molested her when she was child

Jeff Weiner, Rene Stutzman The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Monday, July 16, 2012 - 12:03pm

ORLANDO, Fla. - A woman told authorities that when she was a little girl, murder suspect George Zimmerman sexually molested her for a decade, according to prosecution records released Monday.

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FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, George Zimmerman, left, and attorney Don West appear before Circuit Judge Kenneth R. Lester, Jr. during a bond hearing at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman called police multiple times to report black men he thought were suspicious in his neighborhood in the months before he fatally shot an African-American teen, but both his ex-fiance and the lead detective investigating Trayvon Martin’s death didn’t regard the ex-neighborhood watch leader as racist, according to documents and recordings released Thursday, July 12, 2012 by prosecutors. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool, File)

Zimmerman hid from public eye in air marshal's home

Frances Robles The Miami Herald

Last updated Friday, July 13, 2012 - 1:40pm

MIAMI - In the height of the national outrage over the shooting of Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman hid out for over a month in nearby Lake Mary at the home of a federal law-enforcement agent - a former Seminole County Sheriff deputy who was pressured to quit after he was duped by a con artist and violated department policy.

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FBI found no evidence Zimmerman was racist

Frances Robles, Scott Hiaasen The Miami Herald

Last updated Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 11:53am

MIAMI - After interviewing nearly three dozen people in the George Zimmerman murder case, the FBI found no evidence that racial bias was a motivating factor in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, records released Thursday show.

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In this still image taken from video, George Zimmerman leaves the Seminole County Jail after posting bail, Friday, July 6, 2012, in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman left the Seminole County Jail a day after Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester granted a $1 million bail with strict conditions. The neighborhood watch leader is required to stay in Seminole County. Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and claims the shooting was self-defense under the state's "stand your ground" law. (AP Photo/Mike Lewis)

George Zimmerman’s donations up $36,000

Rene Stutzman The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 9:17am

ORLANDO, Fla. - George Zimmerman’s lawyer writes that since a judge set his bail at $1 million, supporters have responded with a surge of donations that now top $36,000.

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George Zimmerman released on $1 million bond

Frances Robles The Miami Herald

Last updated Friday, July 6, 2012 - 3:15pm

MIAMI - George Zimmerman posted bond and walked out of jail Friday, a day after the judge in his second-degree murder case set his new bond at $1 million.

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FILE -In this Friday, June 29, 2012 file photo, George Zimmerman, left, and attorney Don West appear before Circuit Judge Kenneth R. Lester, Jr. during a bond hearing at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center in Sanford, Fla. A Florida judge on Thursday, July 5, 2012, granted bond for a second time to George Zimmerman. Bail was set at $1 million. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)

Judge sets Zimmerman’s bail at $1M

Mike Schneider The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 1:28pm

ORLANDO, Fla. — The neighborhood watch volunteer who killed Trayvon Martin can be released from jail on $1 million bond while he awaits trial on a second-degree murder charge, a judge ruled Thursday.

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Doctor says Zimmerman had black eyes, broken nose

Frances Robles The Miami Herald

Last updated Tuesday, July 3, 2012 - 5:15pm

MIAMI - The day after he killed Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman went to the doctor with a broken nose, black eyes and two cuts on his head, but the physician determined he didn’t suffer any head trauma, newly released medical records show.

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George Zimmerman, left, and attorney Don West appear before Circuit Judge Kenneth R. Lester, Jr. Friday, June 29, 2012, during a bond hearing at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)

George Zimmerman's bond hearing conducted like a trial

Jeff Weiner, Rene Stutzman The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Friday, June 29, 2012 - 1:50pm

SANFORD, Fla. - George Zimmerman was back in court Friday with a request that he again be granted bail in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

The hearing, which lasted almost three hours, often better resembled a trial than a typical bond hearing. Judge Kenneth Lester didn’t immediately issue a ruling.

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This file booking photo provided by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office shows George Zimmerman. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman poses no threat to the community and should be released a second time on bail, his attorney said in a court motion released Monday, June 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Seminole County Sheriff's Office, File)

Zimmerman kept changing his story to police

Jeff Weiner The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 10:39am

ORLANDO, Fla.-George Zimmerman talked to Sanford police a half-dozen times, going over what happened the night he killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. In the retelling, parts of his story changed. His account also does not line up with other evidence.

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