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The Grio: Trayvon Martin case: Has the media declared Zimmerman's innocence?
Much of the media is now fixated on the pictures of injuries George Zimmerman sustained on the night he shot and killed Trayvon Martin. A consensus appears to be building that those photos -- of scratches, abrasions and wounds to the back of Zimmerman's head -- bolster, or even prove, Zimmerman's claims of self-defense. Some news outlets have gone so far as to ask whether second degree murder charges against Zimmerman should be dropped altogether, on the premise that if the Miami teen struck the 28-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer, Zimmerman was justified in shooting to kill, under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law. But is that what the law says? Legal experts say no. In fact, after initial reports on the shooting portrayed Zimmerman as an overly aggressive neighborhood watchman obsessed with black male "suspects," or even a vigilante, Coffey says, "there is this counter-wave flooding back, saying Zimmerman was hurt so he must be innocent."
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