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07.21.13
ZIMMERMAN
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1 TheJusticeDepartmentsaidonSundayitplanstoreviewthekillingofunarmed
teenager Trayvon Martin to decide whether federal prosecutors should file criminal
civil rights charges in the case. A six-woman jury acquitted George Zimmerman of
second-degree murder and manslaughter in Martin’s death. “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,”
the DOJ said in a statement. However, in a Los Angeles Times story Tuesday, an
anonymous DOJ official was quoted saying, “I’d be very, very surprised if we took it.”