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George Zimmerman's Bond Set at $150,000
Originally posted 04/20/2012 11:45AM
A week after George Zimmerman was charged with murder in the second degree, a judge set his bond at $150,000 during a hearing Friday morning in Sanford, Fla.
Under the conditions of the bond, he cannot have any contact with the family of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, whom Zimmerman, 28, fatally shot in February, reports CNN.
However, at the hearing, Zimmerman made a statement to Martin's parents: "I wanted to say. I am sorry for the loss of your son."
Other conditions of the bond include Zimmerman be monitored by GPS and have to contact authorities every three days. The judge also said he would not be released Friday.
– Alison Schwartz
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George Zimmerman to Enter Not Guilty Plea: Lawyer
Originally posted 04/11/2012 03:15PM
George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida who fatally shot unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in February, has been charged with murder in the second degree, special prosecutor Angela Corey announced Wednesday.
Zimmerman surrendered to authorities and is currently in custody. On Thursday's Today show, his new attorney, Mark O'Mara, said his client will enter a plea of not guilty.
In Florida, a charge of second-degree murder carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, according to CNN.
Lawyers for Zimmerman, 28, stepped down from the case Tuesday, saying Zimmerman had been uncommunicative and expressing concern for his emotional and physical well-being.
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Trayvon Martin Shooter Appears Injury-Free in Newly Released Video
Originally posted 03/29/2012 03:45PM
A police surveillance video taken the night of Trayvon Martin's death shows no sign of injury to George Zimmerman, the Sanford, Fla., neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot the unarmed teen Feb. 26.
Zimmerman, 28, has told police that he was only defending himself when he encountered Trayvon, whom he says jumped him, broke his nose, and then
repeatedly hit his head against the sidewalk.
But the surveillance video obtained by ABC News appears to tell a different story.
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Oprah Winfrey Wants to Sit Down with Trayvon Martin Shooter
Originally posted 03/29/2012 01:45PM
Add Oprah Winfrey to the list of high-profile people who want justice for slain 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Following in the footsteps of President Barack Obama, Winfrey, 58, tells Extra, "It is a tragedy and it is a shame that we're sitting here 33 days later and there hasn't been an arrest, or questioning of what actually happened."
Martin was walking home from a 7-Eleven on Feb. 26 when George Zimmerman, a Sanford, Fla., neighborhood watch captain, allegedly shot him dead.
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George Zimmerman Prays for Trayvon Martin, Says Friend
Originally posted 03/28/2012 08:00AM
George Zimmerman is accused of doing the unthinkable: shooting an unarmed teenager during a routine neighborhood watch patrol.
The death of Trayvon Martin – and the police decision not to arrest Zimmerman – has devastated Martin's parents, set off a nationwide debate, and prompted President Obama to speak out in unusually personal terms.
But a friend of Zimmerman says the Florida man is going through his own torment.
"He's not the man that I knew before the shooting," Joe Oliver tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story.
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Trayvon Martin's Parents Recall His Last Night
Originally posted 03/24/2012 08:30AM
In his quiet moments, Tracy Martin keeps replaying the night of Feb. 26, when his son Trayvon Martin died, allegedly at the hands of neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman.
"I had gone out for dinner," says Tracy, "and when I got home, Trayvon wasn't there. I tried calling his cell phone several times, and it went straight to voicemail. I wasn't that worried, because he had been spending time with my 20-year-old nephew who was a responsible young man. There wasn't a panic that he wasn't at home. I figured that they had gone to the movies, because they had said they might. So I laid down, thinking they would show up later."
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President Obama: If I Had a Son, He'd Look Like Trayvon Martin
Originally posted 03/23/2012 01:05PM
President Barack Obama on Friday addressed the killing of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old who on Feb. 26 was shot dead in a gated community in Sanford, Fla., as he returned home from a 7-Eleven store with a packet of Skittles and bottle of iced tea.
"If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon," Obama said during a press gathering in the Rose Garden, after he was asked about the incident that has sparked national debate.
The President prefaced his remarks by saying he had "to be careful about my statements to make sure that we're not impairing any investigation that's taking place right now."
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