Tuesday, May 15, 2012 WFTV has learned charges against George Zimmerman could be getting more serious. State prosecutors said Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman, profiled and stalked 17-year-old Trayvon Martin before killing him, so the FBI is now looking into charging him with a hate crime. Zimmerman admitted to killing Martin in February during a confrontation. However, he claims the shooting was in self-defense. He's facing a second-degree murder charge, which carries a maximum possible sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. But if Zimmerman is charged and found guilty of a federal hate crime involving murder, he could face the death penalty. Read more: http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/...ml?feed=104668&article=10126714#ixzz1uxqCIr7P
Prosecution leaking the story to the willing stooges in the press. Looking to ratchet up the stakes to pressure the defense to bargain for a possible plea deal. No doubt prosecution would be ecstatic with a manslaughter conviction. At this point, murder 2 looks like a loser unless a lot of blacks and/or government plants get on the jury.
Not gonna' happen. Zimmerman's story looks more and more credible as the investigation continues. http://news.yahoo.com/abc-news-excl...ws-broken-204911351--abc-news-topstories.html