When the verdict came, it was as dramatic as anyone could have imagined. A late Saturday night, a courtroom of breathless people, the accused man standing, and finally the words: "We, the jury, find ...

The George Zimmerman murder trial for the 2012 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is underway in Seminole County, Florida. Defense attorney Mark O’Mara is representing Zimmerman and the lead ...

The George Zimmerman murder trial for the 2012 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is underway in Seminole County, Florida. Defense attorney Mark O’Mara is representing Zimmerman and the lead ...

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The wife of George Zimmerman's best friend has taken the witness stand at his second-degree murder trial. Sondra Osterman was called by Zimmerman's defense attorneys Monday to ...

Prosecutors can argue in opening statements that George Zimmerman profiled Trayvon Martin based on factors such as age or clothing before he shot the unarmed 17-year-old, but they cannot say he was ...

Author, poet, and activist Maya Angelou was shaken by the verdict of the George Zimmerman trial, saying it shows “how far we have to go” as a country. “That one man, armed with a gun can actually ...

George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, has waived his right to a speedy trial on Tuesday, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Experts believe lawyers are prolonging court proceedings ...

Defense attorneys and prosecutors took turns to present their opening statements in the murder trial of George Zimmerman today in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman, 29, a former neighborhood watch volunteer, is ...

Prosecutors say they are resting their case in the murder trial of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors say ...

(The Root) — Let me be clear. I hope George Zimmerman is convicted of murder. I hope so because I think he decided Trayvon Martin was “up to no good” mostly because the Skittle-toting 17-year-old was ...

The first week of George Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial closed Friday. At the start of the week, prosecutors and defense attorneys outlined their cases for the jury of six women. Then ...

Five hundred people have been summoned to the Seminole County courthouse to be considered as a juror in George Zimmerman's murder trial. On Monday, jury selection started in what has become another ...