But prosecutors face steep hurdles to win a second-degree murder conviction against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin, experts say. They will have to prove Zimmerman intentionally went after Martin instead of shooting him in self-defense, refute arguments that a Florida law empowered him to use deadly force and get past a judge's ruling at a pretrial hearing.
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Aside from how the media has treated this case, I have tried to keep pretty mum on it. After reading this account of the basic information, I think I now know more about it than I did before. The trouble for me is, who can you trust to report the facts honestly after what has happened already? This report seems factual. Hopefully, it is accurate.
An impression from the report is that some sort of plea bargain may have been attempted by taking the most severe charge possible and try to bargain it down.
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