The four Jacksonville prosecutors -- Bernie de la Rionda, Angela Corey, John Guy and Rich Mantei -- said, while they respect the jury's verdict, George Zimmerman got away with murder in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin.
The NAACP said late Saturday it would pursue "civil rights charges" with the Department of Justice, over the not-guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial.
After deliberating for more than 16 hours over two days, an all female, almost all white jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teen.
Defense attorney Don West on Thursday described as "outrageous" a proposal by prosecutors in the George Zimmerman murder trial, that jurors be allowed to consider third-degree felony murder with "child abuse."
On Monday, George Zimmerman's defense attorneys called five witnesses - friends and co-workers - of the defendant to the stand. All testified that the voice in the background screaming for help on the now infamous 911 recording the night Trayvon Martin was fatally shot is that of Zimmerman.
A Florida Department of Law Enforcement DNA expert said, he found none of George Zimmerman's DNA under Trayvon Martin's fingernails, nor was the teen's DNA found on Zimmerman's gun.
Circuit Judge Debra Nelson ruled Wednesday that the state could introduce evidence showing that George Zimmerman, on trial for murdering Trayvon Martin, studied criminal law courses and that he applied to be a cop in Virginia.
The lead investigator in the state versus George Zimmerman second-degree murder trial testified that, Zimmerman's injuries were not life threatening and he didn't act reasonably when he shot and killed Trayvon Martin.
On a Sunday evening in February last year, George Zimmerman loaded a full clip and put an extra round in the chamber of his nine millimeter hand gun and went out searching for someone Black that he thought he could handle.
On Friday, prosecutors called Jonathan Good, a neighbor living at the Retreat of Twin Lakes who observed the "tussle" between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin before the teen was fatally shot, to the stand.
Whenever it comes, Sanford's new police chief Cecil Smith said earlier this week, he is prepared for whatever may happen during the trial and when the verdict is reached.
Rachel Jeantel, the friend to whom Trayvon Martin was speaking moments before he was shot dead by George Zimmerman, took the stand for a second day on Thursday.
Rachel Jeantel, a friend of Trayvon Martin's, and the last person known to have spoken to the teen before he was shot dead by George Zimmerman, told jurors that the two spent much of the day texting and talking on the phone.
Jurors got to see graphic photographs of Trayvon Martin moments after being shot by George Zimmerman on February 26, 2012, when prosecutors called Sergeant Anthony Raimondo of Sanford Police Department to the witness stand.
Circuit Court Judge Debra Nelson has not yet ruled on whether or not prior calls made by George Zimmerman in the months before he shot and killed Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012, will be heard by the jury.
On Monday, prosecutor John Guy delivered a compelling and emotional opening statement in the George Zimmerman second degree murder trial, telling the jury what was in Zimmerman's mind just before he followed, profiled and shot Trayvon Martin to death on February 26, 2012.
Circuit Judge Debra Nelson ruled Friday that prosecutors could use the terms "Vigilante," and "Wannabe cop" in opening statements Monday in the George Zimmerman second-degree murder trial.
More in-depth questioning of the 40 person-jury pool began in the State vs. George Zimmerman on Wednesday, after Circuit Judge Debra Nelson read the formal second-degree murder charge.
A former prospective juror in the George Zimmerman trial has filed a complaint with the Florida Civil Rights Group, saying he was defamed when Zimmerman's defense attorney referred to him as a "stealth juror" who could have tainted the jury pool.
Judge Debra Nelson said Thursday, the jury in the George Zimmerman second degree murder trial would be sequestered and that 40 potential jurors must get pass the initial round of interviews before being subjected to more in-depth questions.
Judge Debra Nelson denied again, a request by George Zimmerman's defense attorney, Mark O'Mara to delay the start of the trial in the State versus George Zimmerman, following which jury selection got underway on Monday.
A seemingly irritated Circuit Court Judge Debra Nelson suspended on Thursday, the motion brought by George Zimmerman's attorneys to sanction the prosecution for withholding discovery information, until the end of the trial.
On Thursday, Circuit Court Judge Debra Nelson denied a defense motion to allow certain witnesses to remain anonymous in the George Zimmerman murder trial.
