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A witness in the Trayvon Martin case gives a clear account of the fight just before a fatal gunshot was fired: a black man with a hoodie on top of a white man. But another witness recalls it quite differently: a man with a white shirt on top of another. The stark contradictions from witnesses are not uncommon and underscore the difficulties prosecutors will have in trying to portray the final moments of Trayvon's life to a jury. Whether George Zimmerman will go to prison for killing Trayvon will probably rest on troublesome witness accounts and the inherent unreliability of human memory, experts say.

A judge on Friday revoked the bond of the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murdering Trayvon Martin and ordered him returned to jail within 48 hours, saying George Zimmerman and his wife misled the court about how much money they had available when his bond was set at $150,000.

Four witnesses in the Trayvon Martin case changed their accounts of the night he was killed by George Zimmerman, the Orlando Sentinel says. Three revisions may damage Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the Feb. 26 shooting, the paper says. A fourth witness "abandoned her initial story" about seeing one person chasing another, stating she saw only one person.

A medical report by George Zimmerman's family doctor shows that the neighborhood watch volunteer was diagnosed with a fractured nose, two black eyes and two lacerations on the back of the head after the controversial killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

George Zimmerman’s not guilty plea on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin was accepted Tuesday afternoon at Sanford, Fla., court arraignment.

Was Trayvon Martin circling George Zimmerman's vehicle before the neighborhood watch volunteer and the unarmed teenager engaged in their now-infamous -- and tragic -- scuffle?

A judge on Friday denied a prosecutor’s request to bar lawyers from making public comments in the case of George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin.

Bill Lee Jr., who had stepped aside as Sanford, Fla.'s police chief during the investigation of the shooting of unarmed African American teenager Trayvon Martin, has officially resigned as the community’s top cop, a city commissioner said Monday.

A Florida judge today ruled that George Zimmerman could be feed on $150,000 bond, but would have to wear a tracking device.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is putting together a 17-member task force to look at the state law that allows someone to defend themselves.