A Florida teen lost his life after being shot over the weekend, allegedly because his music was too loud. Jordan Russell Davis, 17, was gunned down by 45-year-old Michael Dunn following a verbal exchange. The unarmed teen who was with his friends at a gas a station in Jacksonville, refused to turn his music down, […]
George Zimmerman made Florida’s “stand your ground” law a national topic of discussion, but the defense doesn’t work for everybody. Trevor Dooley, a black man in Tampa was found guilty of manslaughter for shooting his white neighbor, David James, in front of the victim’s 8-year-old daughter.
Lawyers for George Zimmerman have more bones to pick. The legal counsel for the accused killer filed a motion Monday (Oct. 16) claiming that prosecutors are taking their time with giving them evidence. “The state’s approach to discovery has been to require the defense to figure out what the state has failed to provide and […]
With the start of George Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trail drawing near, prosecutors unveiled another batch of evidence Wednesday (Sept. 19). The new evidence—featuring over 200 photos, and a DNA report— follows a truckload of other documents, which have been revealed over the last several months. Eight of the photos included were taken by an investigator […]
Marissa Alexander, a mother from Florida was sentenced to 20 years in prison earlier in the year for shooting at her abusive husband whom she feared would harm her, and supporters are coming together to throw a rally in her honor. The story which has touched citizens across the nation, has spawned the Justice For Marissa […]
George Zimmerman has decided to drop his “stand your ground” defense in the February shooting death of Trayvon Martin. According to his lawyer, Mike O’Mara, further review of the case helped them reach the conclusion that traditional self-defense would be more appropriate. “The facts don’t seem to support a `stand your ground’ defense,” O’Mara said […]
With Mother’s Day this weekend, Trayvon Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, is using the holiday as a platform to bring awareness to Florida’s controversial “stand your ground law.” Fulton released a new video urging the public to take a stand against the very law that made it legal for shooter, George Zimmerman, to kill her unarmed teen son.
