ABA Journal: “Citing unidentified sources, major news organizations are reporting that a Florida prosecutor plans to file unspecified criminal charges against a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated community in Sanford.
In a case that has ignited a national controversy, George Zimmerman said he killed an unarmed black youth in self-defense. And local authorities declined to charge him in the Feb. 26 killing of Trayvon Martin, 17, pointing to a state law that allows those who feel threatened to stand their ground and defend themselves.
However, special prosecutor Angela Corey, who was appointed by the Florida governor to re-examine the case, plans to announce, as early as Wednesday, that a criminal case is being brought, according to NBC News and the Washington Post (req. req.).”
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