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Zimmerman Doesn’t Testify as Defense Rests in Murder Trial

HeadlineJul 11, 2013

Closing arguments are expected to begin today in the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman. On Wednesday, Zimmerman’s defense wrapped its case with Zimmerman declining to take the stand to explain his fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African-American teenager. Although Zimmerman refused to testify and in turn avoided cross-examination, jurors were able to hear his side of the story in court through recordings of his statements to police as well a televised interview with Fox News conducted one year ago. Zimmerman told Fox News he had no regrets about the killing of Trayvon Martin and that it was part of “God’s plan.” Although it’s acknowledged Zimmerman followed Martin and ignored a police dispatcher’s instruction to leave him be, defense attorneys have sought to portray Martin as the aggressor.

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