Tag george zimmermann

Dershowitz. Zimmerman prosecutor may have committed perjury

The Harvard law professor said [Florida prosecutor] Cory overreached by charging Zimmerman with second-degree murder. And he said the affidavit she filed in support of the charges was illegal because it did not include evidence favorable to Zimmerman. Further, Dershowitz…

George Zimmerman: Prelude to a shooting

Reuters has a detailed, thoughful piece on George Zimmerman (who grew up in a racially mixed household and whose great-grandfather had African blood.) The real estate implosion in the area led to increased crime and break-ins, most of which was…

George Zimmermann. Florida murder and manslaughter law

My guess: Zimmerman will either be charged with manslaughter or more probably, second degree murder. From a Miami lawyer’s website. FL Second degree murder “The unlawful killing of a human being, when perpetrated by any act imminently dangerous to another and evincing…