Shellie Zimmerman, the wife of the former neighborhood watch captain acquitted in the February 2012 shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, pleaded guilty on Wednesday morning to a misdemeanor charge of perjury in a plea deal. She was sentenced to serve one year of probation under the deal, which was set up so that she would avoid any sort of a felony conviction
George Zimmerman, the man accused of murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, was found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter.
George Zimmerman's attorney Mark O'Mara told jurors Friday in closing argument that his defense team has proven the neighborhood watch volunteer's "pure, unadulterated innocence" of second-degree murder when he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
A forensic expert testified on Tuesday that 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's gunshot wound indicated that he was likely on top of George Zimmerman when the neighborhood watch volunteer shot and killed him
