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August 31, 2016

Florida State Attorney Behind Trayvon Martin Case Defeated
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Florida State Attorney Angela Corey was also defeated. Corey had faced
widespread criticism for her handling of several prominent cases,
including the killing of African-American teenager Trayvon Martin by
white neighborhood watch vigilante George Zimmerman and the case of
Marissa Alexander, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing
what she maintains was a warning shot at her abusive husband. We'll have
more on the primaries later in the broadcast with Jim Dean of Democracy
for America.


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