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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An attorney for a Laurens County man charged with murder is asking a judge to order the victim’s mother to stop posting about her daughter’s death and the criminal case on Facebook and other social media …Read More
Durham, N.C. – A man convicted of killing the University of North Carolina student body president in 2008 wants his trial in the death of a Duke University graduate student moved out of Durham. Attorneys for Laurence Lovette say their …Read More
Lawyers for George Zimmerman get their turn Friday morning to convince a jury of six women that the neighborhood watch volunteer shot and killed Trayvon Martin in self defense. A Florida prosecutor closed out Thursday’s court proceedings attempting to paint …Read More
The jury in the George Zimmerman murder trial was expected to begin deliberations as soon as Friday afternoon after the defense team rested Wednesday without the neighborhood watch volunteer taking the stand. Judge Debra Nelson said she hoped to hand …Read More
SANFORD, Fla. – George Zimmerman’s attorney Mark O’Mara said Tuesday the defense likely would wrap up its case Wednesday — but gave no indication if the former neighborhood watch volunteer would take the stand at his murder trial. O’Mara’s statement …Read More
STANFORD, Fla. – Persuading jurors about who is screaming on a 911 call that captured the fatal confrontation between former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin has become the primary goal of prosecutors and defense attorneys in Zimmerman’s …Read More
SANFORD, Fla. – Prosecutors are winding down their case in George Zimmerman’s murder trial after presenting evidence and testimony to refute Zimmerman’s claim he was acting in self-defense when he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. It is still to be …Read More
SANFORD, Fla – The judge in the George Zimmerman murder trial will hear arguments from attorneys Wednesday about whether to allow evidence about a college criminal justice course the defendant took that included course work on Florida’s self-defense law. The …Read More
The lead police detective who investigated the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin in central Florida last year was expected to return to the witness stand Tuesday for a second day to testify about his investigation. Sanford Police detective Chris Serino …Read More
SANFORD, Fla. A jury of six women, five of them white, was picked Thursday to decide the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who says he fatally shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, in self-defense. …Read More
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Mecklenburg County jury will continue deliberations for a man accused of killing a 2-year-old boy. Ellis Royster claims he did not fire the shots that killed Amias Robinson in 2010. Royster told jurors he was inside when …Read More
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Prosecutors rested Friday afternoon in Ellis Royster’s murder trial. The Charlotte man is accused of killing 2-year-old Amias Robinson with a stray bullet in Aug. 2010. “I was turning on the corner on Eastbrook and …Read More
