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June 24, 2013

Opening Statements Begin in George Zimmerman Trial 
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Opening statements begin today in the murder trial of George Zimmerman,
the Florida man who shot and killed unarmed African-American teenager
Trayvon Martin last year. Zimmerman will face a jury of six women, five
of them white. He could face up to life in prison on charges of
second-degree murder.

 

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