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Senator Smith said that the verdict in the Zimmerman trial showed the adverse effect of the Stand Your Ground law. [299] On July 19, six days after the verdict, President Barack Obama gave an impromptu 20-minute speech in the White House Press Room, in which he spoke about the trial and about race relations in the United States. [391]
When asked if Zimmerman had been overcharged in the case, State Attorney Angela Corey told reporters after the verdict that the allegations against Zimmerman "fit the bill" for a second-degree murder charge. Prosecutor de la Rionda said that he was disappointed with, but respected, the jury's verdict.
However, by April 2012, the Obama administration was exceeding the Bush administration's number of raids on medical marijuana, including a high-profile raid of Oaksterdam University. [65] Legislators from five states sent an open letter to the Obama administration urging them to stop interfering with state law-abiding marijuana dispensaries. [66]
A top adviser to Barack Obama says that the president is proud of ending his two terms in office without having done 'anything to embarrass himself.' A top adviser to Barack Obama says that the ...
Obama and Raul Castro reversed over 60 years of tension between the U.S. and Cuba by restoring diplomatic ties. 4. He urged states in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
There was an altercation between the two individuals in which Zimmerman shot Martin, killing him. Zimmerman claimed self-defense [1] and was eventually charged in Martin's death. On June 10, 2013, Zimmerman's trial began in Sanford, and on July 13, a jury acquitted him of second-degree murder and of manslaughter charges. [46] [47] [48]
While Barack Obama may have been known as the better wordsmith and orator than George W. Bush, Bush was actually the last president to take the oath of office smoothly -- because Obama flubbed it ...
George Michael Zimmerman was born on October 5, 1983, in Manassas, Virginia. [1] [2] [3] He is the third of four children, and his siblings include a brother, Robert Jr., and two sisters, Grace and Dawn.