George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old
neighborhood watchman who shot and killed Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26 in
Sanford, Fla., has been charged with second-degree murder in the
17-year-old's death. Zimmerman has been transferred to Seminole County
jail, according to news reports, and is being held without bail.
"Just moments ago we spoke by
phone with Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton," Angela Corey, the special
prosecutor investigating the case, said at a news conference in
Jacksonville. "Three weeks ago our prosecution team promised those sweet
parents we would get answers to all of their questions, no matter where
our quest for the truth led us. And it is that search for justice for
Trayvon that has brought us to this night."
"We did not come to this decision
lightly," she said, declining to discuss specifics of the
investigation. "We do not prosecute by pressure or petition ... We're
law enforcement. We enforce the law."
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