After skipping a routine court appearance on Wednesday, Mark O’mara told a Florida court on Thursday that George Zimmerman will seek to dismiss the second-degree murder charges against him in the shooting of 17–year-old Travyon Martin.
In the past few weeks, America has witnessed two fatal shootings, the fact that both massacres were carried out with the same type of weapons, procured by the alleged killers through legal means has brought the debate of gun control to the forefront of public discourse.
In April U.S. District Judge Raymond A. Jackson in the case of Bland v. Roberts that Shreiff B.J. Roberts had the right to fire six employees for "Liking" his opponent's Facebook Campaign page. This week the social media Facebook itself entered the legal battle arguing that the "Like" button is a form of speech and therefore protected by the First Amendment freedom of speech
Mother of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin shot by Georgre Zimmerman, who is being charged with his murder, has filed a request for financial compensation from a Florida state fund for crime victims.
