By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
Published: April 11, 2012
SANFORD, Fla. — The Florida special prosecutor investigating the
shooting death of Trayvon Martin has scheduled a news conference for
Wednesday evening, officials said on Wednesday.
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Left, Martin Family; right, Orlando Sentinel, via Associated Press
Trayvon Martin, at left in an undated family photo, was fatally shot
on Feb. 26 by George Zimmerman, right, who said he was acting in
self-defense.
It was not yet clear whether the prosecutor, Angela B. Corey, had
decided to charge George Zimmerman, 28, a crime watch volunteer, who
fatally shot Mr. Martin, an unarmed teenager, in a case that has
captivated the country and brought to the fore issues of race,
violence and precisely what constitutes self-defense.
Critical to the decision of the prosecutor will be whether or not the
shooting fell under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, which gives
wide leeway to people who claim self-defense, and which does not
require people to retreat before using deadly force.
The news conference is scheduled to be held in Jacksonville at 6 p.m.
on Wednesday, according to an e-mailed statement from the office of
Angela B. Corey, the special prosecutor.
Earlier this week, Ms. Corey announced that she had decided not to
convene a grand jury to investigate the shooting and would herself
make the ultimate decision as to whether to charge Mr. Zimmerman.
The shooting occurred the evening of Feb. 26 when Mr. Martin was
walking back from a store to the home of his father's girlfriend house
in a gated community in Sanford, Fla., just north of Orlando. Mr.
Zimmerman has told the police he shot Mr. Martin in self-defense.
The Sanford Police Department declined to file charges against Mr.
Zimmerman, which set off a wave of protests nationwide by people who
believed that the shooting had been racially-motivated. Mr. Martin is
black. Mr. Zimmerman is Hispanic.
Soon afterward, on March 22, Bill Lee Jr., the police chief, announced
his resignation.
Serge F. Kovaleski contributed reporting from Sanford, and Timothy
Williams from New York.
More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/us/prosecutor-in-trayvon-martin-case-to-make-announcement.html
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