Pained, troubled and brave–those are the sentiments, turned adjectives, I would use to describe the word-image when reading the recently published book by Robert Zimmerman Sr.

Knowing the Zimmerman family found some form of understanding through the research we had compiled last year surrounding the entire scheme to arrest George Zimmerman is good. Reading the words of George’s father, Robert, we can grasp the feeling of being overwhelmed. ‘Fleas looking into the furnace of hate’ is how we visualized them last year.

The recent publication outlines that sense with profound affirmation.

As followers of this site will know by now, there was a time several months ago when all of my available options were exhausted. Our promise of intellectual honesty demanded we not pull punches, and speak the truth openly and directly regardless of consequence. But when it came to honest discussion of George’s legal counsel, Mark O’Mara, we knew the ground was precarious and filled with invisible land mines. Trepidations were overwhelming.

So reluctantly, out of fear of undermining George Zimmerman’s defense, and yet the need for a necessarily dictated honesty, we reached out to his Dad. (more…)

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Today, June 14th is DAY #5 of the scheduled State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case. Continuing jury selection. Yesterday the Court continued its preliminary questioning of prospective jurors, moving through 10 candidates by the end of the day.

The biggest event of the day, however, occurred shortly after the lunch recess when Judge Nelson’s announced from the bench that she would be ordering the sequestration of the jury for the duration of the trial,. She based this decision on the fact that both parties agreed the trial was likely to take two to four weeks, as opposed to the four to six weeks that many had anticipated.

It appeared that she had been inclined to sequester the jury if the sequestration period was not to be too long. With the agreement on the likely shorter duration of the trial, the balance swung in favor of sequestration. [Yesterday summary HERE]

Three Live-Streaming Links: *By Far the best live – Stream is from FOX and available at the first link: (more…)

Today, June 14th is DAY #5 of the scheduled State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case. Continuing jury selection. Yesterday the Court continued its preliminary questioning of prospective jurors, moving through 10 candidates by the end of the day.

The biggest event of the day, however, occurred shortly after the lunch recess when Judge Nelson’s announced from the bench that she would be ordering the sequestration of the jury for the duration of the trial,.  She based this decision on the fact that both parties agreed the trial was likely to take two to four weeks, as opposed to the four to six weeks that many had anticipated.

It appeared that she had been inclined to sequester the jury if the sequestration period was not to be too long.  With the agreement on the likely shorter duration of the trial, the balance swung in favor of sequestration.  [Yesterday summary HERE]

Three Live-Streaming Links: *By Far the best live – Stream is from FOX and available at the first link: (more…)

Quick note from Robert Sr Follows: (Edit for privacy content) […] I believe from your experience in dealing with the media in Orlando, as well as elsewhere, you can see that’s [it’s] not an easy task.   However, I am publishing a book on Amazon /Nook that should be available either Fri or Sat. (Florida v. Zimmerman Uncovering the Malicious Prosecution of My Son, George)

I thank CTH and contributors in the book. (Wave, Wave)

Sincerely, our family truly appreciates the work CTH has done.

Robert Zimmerman

Dad's new book available now on Amazon-"Florida v Zimmerman: Uncovering the Malicious Prosecution of My Son George">> http://t.co/bGFqR1z9vt

— Robert Zimmerman Jr. (@rzimmermanjr) June 14, 2013

Those of you who have followed my personal comments/discussions – know what I am doing with this.    The TRUTH Has NO Agenda:

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Please direct your comments to the Zimmerman Trial discussion thread immediately following this post. 

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Live Streaming Link – http://www.wftv.com/s/watchlive/

Today, June 10th is DAY #1 of the scheduled State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case.  Which was scheduled for jury selection.  However…..

We are not quite sure which events will flow first: jury selection, or, the remainder of the Frye hearing audio witness analysis.    Over the weekend the hearing arguments by both the defense and the Prosecution teams for their “audio experts” continued.  However, one of the Defense experts, Dr. James Wayman,  was unable to complete testimony on Saturday.  His testimony is anticipated to refute state expert Tom Owen.

Mark O’Mara told the media at the conclusion of the Saturday hearing he planned to request a continuance but, if not granted, was prepared either way.

Three Live-Streaming Links:

http://wildabouttrial.com/george-zimmerman-live-stream.html

http://livewire.wesh.com/

http://www.clickorlando.com/

Here are some additional *possible* Links to the Hearing:

• WFTV http://www.wftv.com/s/news/trayvonmartin/
• Click Orlando http://www.clickorlando.com/news/trayvo … index.html
• Orlando Sentinel (Fox 35 live stream) http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc … on-martin/
• WESH http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florid … index.html
• cfnews http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cf … artin.html
• MyfoxOrlando http://www.myfoxorlando.com/category/23 … von-martin
• CNN http://edition.cnn.com/US/
• TruTV/InSession link: http://www.superusvoxtv.com/index.php/speciality/tru-tv

Hat Tip Rumpole for the list.

Tonight, on the eve of the Zimmerman Trial, Central Florida Spotlight interviewed both Natalie Jackson and Mark O’Mara, lead attorney for the defense, along with WFTV’s legal analyst, Bill Sheaffer.  The video is @22 min. long, and  due to it’s direct linkage, it will have a 14 sec. commercial at the beginning. 

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The video is courtesy of DiwataMan

Page 7 – Clearly GZ self-identifies as Hispanic

Page 23 – Receipt from 7-11 Skittles and Watermelon fruit juice cocktail

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In April of 2012 The Daily Caller Author, Chuck Rudd, interviewed Dr. James L Wayman who is scheduled to deliver expert testimony with regard to voice analytics and biometrics, on behalf of the Zimmerman defense team, tomorrow (Monday).

The prosecution expert, Tom Owen, was paid last year by the Orlando Sentinel to deliver his opinion regarding the 911 tapes and the voices for help. In his prior column Rudd Shared:

[Excerpt …] Dr. James Wayman, a San Jose State University expert in the field of speech science, told The Daily Caller that he questions the grounds on which Owen based his analysis.

Wayman also said he would be willing to testify against the admissibility of Owen’s findings on the grounds that they don’t meet the criteria required for evidence in federal courts. (more…)