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Zimmerman Defense - Jury Kept Tragedy From Becoming Travesty

Defense attorneys laud the jury's verdict.
07/13/2013
Defense Says State Could Never Prove Zimmerman Guilty - Defense attorney Mark O'Mara said the media turned Zimmerman into a monster and that the state "charged him with a crime they could never, ever prove." Don West added that it was a shame "that it took this long under these circumstances to finally get justice." (Photo: Gary W. Green-Pool/Getty Images)

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The Discussion of Lesser Charges for Zimmerman

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The Debate About Trayvon's Text Messages

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