Zimmerman and his attorneys appeared in court to waive his right to seek an immunity hearing under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law — and keep the rest of their strategy close to the vest. His fate in the killing of Trayvon Martin will now be put in the hands of a jury beginning June 10, when one of the most emotional trials in recent American history will begin.
A police sergeant has found himself out of a job after showing up at a training day with a batch of paper shooting targets printed with the iconic image of Trayvon Martin's hoodie on the front.
The mother of George Zimmerman released a letter on the one-year anniversary of his "most unfortunate arrest" Thursday, claiming that Florida police took him into custody to "placate the masses"—and not because he shot and killed an unarmed 17-year-old buying some Skittles.
Meaningful debates on gun violence followed Newtown and Aurora, but Stand Your Ground laws remain on state books exactly as they did one year ago, when George Zimmerman fatally shot a 17-year-old walking home from a Florida convenience store.
Had he not been killed, Trayvon Martin would have turned 18 today. And had George Zimmerman not shot Martin to death, we wouldn't have to report that a Florida judge just denied the defense's motion to delay the second-degree murder trial past June 10.
The next court hearing for Geore Zimmerman was supposed to be next week, on January 8, but the judge in charge of the case decided that the hearing wasn't necessary, so she rescheduled Zimmerman's next court appearance to an eerily significant date.
A Florida judge didn't buy the accused killer's excuse today, denying a motion that Zimmerman has been compliant with his travel restrictions so far and forcing him to leave it on.
It's important to remember that he isn't suing for the network's coverage of the larger Trayvon Martin saga. No, Zimmerman's suit entirely focuses on his accusation that NBC manipulated his 911 call to make him look like a "hostile racist."
What to buy for someone who already has everything no decent person would ever want? How about George Zimmerman's autograph?
Why is it that, despite being one of the most gifted orators on race in America, President Obama rarely addresses the issue?
George Zimmerman's legal team announced on Monday night that it wouldn't argue its case under Florida's stand-your-ground law, instead pursuing a traditional self-defense argument, but that that doesn't mean his lawyers see their case as any weaker.
The Florida State Attorney's Office caused some havoc in newsrooms on Thursday when it released a batch of evidence in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder case, then recalled it 25 minutes later, saying it hadn't been reviewed properly.
Try to wrap your head around this: The judge in George Zimmerman's case can't disagree with George Zimmerman's lawyers' claim that he's not impartial, because then he'd be expressing an opinion and he really wouldn't be impartial.
In an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity last night, George Zimmerman apologized to Trayvon Martin's family, but also says he doesn't regret anything he did on the night of their deadly encounter.
Sean Hannity has been in touch with George Zimmerman since before he turned himself in, so it's no surprise he scored the first media interview with the suspect in the Trayvon Martin shooting.
Attorneys for George Zimmerman have requested a new judge in his trial for shooting Trayvon Martin, alleging current judge Kenneth Lester Jr. is biased and they can no longer get a fair trial.
George Zimmerman was easygoing with police when they arrived at the scene of Trayvon Martin's shooting, but according to new evidence from the FBI, he was afraid for his life in the weeks after the shooting became national news and even tried to buy more guns.
George Zimmerman has a safe house in Seminole county, Florida and that's where the defendant in the Trayvon Martin killing headed after walking out of jail Friday on $1 million bail, for which $20,000 in donations came in over 24 hours.
The charge that Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman hid fundraising proceeds from the court during his first bail hearing didn't stop a Florida judge from granting him bail once more, but the court significantly increased the size of his bond.
Lawyers for Jerry Sandusky plan to appeal his conviction on the grounds that an NBC interview with the former coach, which was played for jurors, contained an editing error. Sound familiar?
Things are not going well for the Zimmerman family: After a judge revoked George Zimmerman's bail on June 1, his wife Shellie Zimmerman was arrested on Tuesday for perjuring herself during his original bail hearing.
Go ahead and call (407) 435-2400 all you want--it's retired now, but not before it ruined Junior Alexander Guy's life.
George Zimmerman turned himself over to Orlando police Sunday afternoon, ending any confusion over whether or not he would flee.
An Orlando judge revoked George Zimmerman's bond yesterday and ordered him to return to jail. ThinkProgress obtained the prosecutors' motion that shows exactly how the Zimmermans deceived the court, and how their phone conversations while he was in jail busted them.
The judge in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder case revoked his bond on Friday, saying he misrepresented his financial status in his original bond hearing last month.
This won't make an already complicated story any simpler: Four eyewitnesses to George Zimmerman's shooting of Trayvon Martin have backed away from, or completely changed what they said earlier.
A massive trove of documents was just released in the Trayvon Martin investigation, including an autopsy report that shows Martin had THC in system when he died.
WFTV in Orlando reports that the autopsy report on Travyon Martin shows broken skin on his knuckles, suggesting that he was involved in a fight before being shot and killed by George Zimmerman.
An ancient Myspace page from 2005 does not make George Zimmerman look like a very good guy, and yet as his attorneys have rebranded his Web presence of late, they've apparently found the page is one patch they can't scrub.
What happened to Marissa Alexander sure sounds a lot like 'standing your ground': her abusive husband came after her, choked her, and when she finally broke free, she grabbed a gun fired a single warning shot into ceiling, so why is she set to serve 20 years in jail?
Judge Kenneth Lester did not order Zimmerman back into custody after learning about $200,000 Zimmerman had raised online, saying he would wait to make that decision until he had all the facts about Zimmerman's donations and PayPal accounts.
Everybody's heard about George Zimmerman, but as a lengthy Reuters feature about him shows, we actually know very little about him and the community he patrolled as neighborhood watch captain.
The big news out of the George Zimmerman trial today is that the defendant has officially pleaded "not guilty," and no, you're not crazy if you think that news sounds familiar.
Bill Lee, the chief of the Sanford Police force when it didn't arrest George Zimmerman back in February, apparently thought this whole Trayvon Martin thing would blow over, and only stepped down temporarily last month so he wouldn't be a distraction.
George Zimmerman has been pretty quiet since he became the focus of one of the most racially-charged crime stories in years, and he should probably stay that way because the couple of times he's spoken out, it hasn't gone well.
After spending nearly two weeks behind bars, George Zimmerman was released from a Florida county jail on Sunday night after posting bail and then heading to a undisclosed location.
After a hearing that took an unexpected twist when he apologized to Trayvon Martin's family, George Zimmerman has been granted $150,000 bail, with conditions that he'll be monitored, have a curfew, and can't drink.
ABC News has just broadcast a never-before-seen photo that apparently shows blood on the back of George Zimmerman's head immediately after he shot Trayvon Martin.
Local news beats CNN in predicting this story: George Zimmerman got a new judge today after the sitting judge in his murder trial has recused herself over a conflict of interests.
When George Zimmerman appears before a judge on Friday, it probably won't be the same one he saw last week, as she plans to announce Wednesday whether she'll leave the case, something she already said she'd do should one of the lawyers request it.
The attorneys in the George Zimmerman case did not argue over sealing the case file from public view, nor did a judge resist signing an order doing so, but on Monday that order became the subject of a new legal kerfuffle as media outlets sued to open the court file.
George Zimmerman might get out of jail as early as next week, his lawyer said late on Thursday, telling the Associated Press Zimmerman would most likely get a bail hearing on April 20.
In a court appearance that lasted all of three minutes, George Zimmerman had his arraignment and bail hearing scheduled for May 29, and will stay in custody until then.
After telling the Today show that she believed Trayvon Martin's death was an accident, his mother, Sybrina Fulton has now retracted that comment and says it was no such thing.
Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey announced that the state would be charging George Zimmerman with second degree murder, while Al Sharpton, on behalf of Trayvon Martin's parents said at his own press conference, "This is not a night for celebration, this is a night that should never have happened in the first place."
George Zimmerman's former attorneys say their client has gone rogue, which may be true, but they're the ones whose professional conduct is baffling legal experts.
Hal Uhrig and Craig Sonner stood side-by-side as they explained to a small crowd of reporters that they couldn't find former client, George Zimmerman, which is why they'd no longer be representing him.
George Zimmerman's lawyers have confirmed that the hastily constructed website at therealgeorgezimmmerman.com does in fact belong to the real George Zimmerman.
The special prosecutor pursuing a case against George Zimmerman for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin will move ahead on the case without involving a Grand Jury, State Attorney Angela Corey announced on Monday.
NBC News has fired one of its producers for editing a tape of George Zimmerman's 911 call that made it seem misleading, The New York Times' Brian Stelter reports.
The Orlando Sentinel reported this weekend that two different forensic experts studying 911 calls from the night of the Trayvon Martin shooting have come to the same conclusion about a key claim of George Zimmerman's.
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