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25 Jul 2013, 3:30 pm by resistance
  Nothing he does will unkill Trayvon Martin. [read post]
25 Jul 2013, 9:01 am by Michelle N. Meyer
Still, I have little doubt that many will consider the call log evidence and continue to conclude that Zimmerman racially profiled black men, including Trayvon Martin. [read post]
24 Jul 2013, 11:20 am
Alexander's plight has received some scrutiny in the past, but it was revived this week in the wake of the not guilty verdict in the case of George Zimmerman, acquitted of second-degree murder in the death of teen-ager Trayvon Martin. [read post]
23 Jul 2013, 8:26 am by resistance
Cornel West on “Democracy Now” (transcript here), speaking about the aftermath of Trayvon Martin’s murder. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 8:05 am by The Charge
  Passing a law - even seeking to enforce a law does not make something false true.In most states, George Zimmerman would have been convicted of a crime after he pursued, shot and killed Trayvon Martin. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 6:45 am by Peter Tillers
This conservative commentator - Shelby Steele - thinks not: "Why did the civil-rights leadership use its greatly depleted moral authority to support Trayvon Martin? [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 3:30 am by David Oscar Markus
He did nothing wrong,” Tracy Martin said to the crowd of about 500 at the federal courthouse on North Miami Avenue. [read post]
21 Jul 2013, 1:21 pm
Due to the circumstances of the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case, the Florida Stand Your Ground law has only been discussed in the context of a murder or manslaughter case since deadly force was used in that case. [read post]
21 Jul 2013, 5:43 am by Kathryn Fenderson Scott
The case against George Zimmerman, a 29 year old Hispanic male who shot Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old African American Male, did not produce a guilty verdict and has spawned a great deal of debate about the equality of justice and race and about Florida’s "Stand Your Ground Law. [read post]
19 Jul 2013, 12:34 pm by David R. Papke
” George Zimmerman was carrying a concealed handgun and guarding a gated community, and Trayvon Martin is dead. [read post]
19 Jul 2013, 11:51 am
 Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman have become almost household names by now as the case centered around whether Zimmerman acted in self defense drew national attention to that portion of Florida law allowing people to defend themselves with force if they feel threatened in their home, business, car, or any other place where they "have a legal right to be. [read post]
19 Jul 2013, 9:29 am by constitutional lawblogger
While the trial of famous whistleblower Bradley Manning continues and the fate of even-more-famous whistleblower Edward Snowden remains unresolved, two other government employee whistleblowers involved in high profile cases have been terminated from employment and possibly implicate Garcetti v. [read post]
18 Jul 2013, 5:43 pm by Tom Smith
Even as America furiously debates the shooting of Trayvon Martin (see article), new data show that the homicide rate for young Americans is at a 30-year low. [read post]
18 Jul 2013, 10:39 am by David J. Shestokas
“I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution…”  Thomas Jefferson The death of Trayvon Martin during an altercation with George Zimmerman prompted calls for a national discussion about race relations that went all the way to [...] [read post]
18 Jul 2013, 9:38 am
The Stand Your Ground law in Florida became a critical component of the recent trial of George Zimmerman who shot and killed Trayvon Martin in February of 2012. [read post]
17 Jul 2013, 11:54 am
Though that jury had the option to consider both second-degree murder and manslaughter, Zimmerman was found not guilty of either charge in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. [read post]