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July 11, 2013

Zimmerman Doesn't Testify as Defense Rests in Murder Trial 
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Closing arguments are expected to begin today in the second-degree
murder trial of George Zimmerman. On Wednesday, Zimmerman's defense
wrapped its case with Zimmerman declining to take the stand to explain
his fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African-American
teenager. Although Zimmerman refused to testify and in turn avoided
cross-examination, jurors were able to hear his side of the story in
court through recordings of his statements to police as well a televised
interview with Fox News conducted one year ago. Zimmerman told Fox News
he had no regrets about the killing of Trayvon Martin and that it was
part of "God's plan." Although it's acknowledged Zimmerman followed
Martin and ignored a police dispatcher's instruction to leave him be,
defense attorneys have sought to portray Martin as the aggressor.

 

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