Trayvon Martin’s Parents to Ask for Federal Probe into Sanford Police Department

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Lawyers for Trayvon Martin’s family will ask the Department of Justice to investigate the Florida State Attorney’s office and the Sanford Police Department. Trayvon Martin’s girlfriend, who spoke with him the night he was killed, has yet to be interviewed by authorities. Craig Sonner, George Zimmerman’s defense lawyer, maintains that Zimmerman acted out of self-defense.

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