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"Not guilty" does not necessarily mean George Zimmerman's legal trials are over. The Justice Department is investigating, and Trayvon Martin's family could sue in civil court.
George Zimmerman's business with the criminal court in Florida may be done, but a federal civil rights investigation remains open, and legal experts say he could face a civil suit.
A federal investigation into the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is underway, and prosecutors from the Justice Department's civil rights division will review evidence from the FBI and the Florida criminal trial, the Justice Department said Sunday in a written statement.
Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated townhouse community in Sanford, Fla., shot and killed Trayvon on Feb. 26, 2012, as he returned home from buying snacks at a convenience store. Zimmerman, who is Hispanic, claimed he shot the unarmed African-American teenager in self-defense.
"Experienced federal prosecutors will determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction, and whether federal prosecution is appropriate," the statement said.
NAACP President Ben Jealous said on CNN that the civil rights organization had spoken with Justice Department officials about lodging federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman.
"There will be a federal civil rights phase," Jealous said.
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Obama: 'A jury has spoken' in Zimmerman case
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...n-martin-zimmerman-verdict-statement/2516137/
President Obama called the death of Trayvon Martin a tragedy Sunday, but urged "calm reflection" in the wake of a jury's verdict finding his killer not guilty.
"We are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken," Obama said in a statement posted on the White House web site following a Florida jury's acquittal of George Zimmerman Saturday.
Obama also used the occasion to renew his call for gun safety legislation, saying, "We should ask ourselves if we're doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives."
"a jury has spoken"... right...
-t
"Not guilty" does not necessarily mean George Zimmerman's legal trials are over. The Justice Department is investigating, and Trayvon Martin's family could sue in civil court.
George Zimmerman's business with the criminal court in Florida may be done, but a federal civil rights investigation remains open, and legal experts say he could face a civil suit.
A federal investigation into the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is underway, and prosecutors from the Justice Department's civil rights division will review evidence from the FBI and the Florida criminal trial, the Justice Department said Sunday in a written statement.
Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated townhouse community in Sanford, Fla., shot and killed Trayvon on Feb. 26, 2012, as he returned home from buying snacks at a convenience store. Zimmerman, who is Hispanic, claimed he shot the unarmed African-American teenager in self-defense.
"Experienced federal prosecutors will determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction, and whether federal prosecution is appropriate," the statement said.
NAACP President Ben Jealous said on CNN that the civil rights organization had spoken with Justice Department officials about lodging federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman.
"There will be a federal civil rights phase," Jealous said.
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Obama: 'A jury has spoken' in Zimmerman case
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...n-martin-zimmerman-verdict-statement/2516137/
President Obama called the death of Trayvon Martin a tragedy Sunday, but urged "calm reflection" in the wake of a jury's verdict finding his killer not guilty.
"We are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken," Obama said in a statement posted on the White House web site following a Florida jury's acquittal of George Zimmerman Saturday.
Obama also used the occasion to renew his call for gun safety legislation, saying, "We should ask ourselves if we're doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives."
"a jury has spoken"... right...
-t
