Prosecutor's Charge Against Zimmerman “Excellent Legal Strategy”: Attorney

Defense attorney Ken Padowitz calls the second-degree murder charge that State Attorney Angela Corey brought against George Zimmerman an “excellent legal strategy for the prosecutor.” “She’s brilliant in how she went about this strategically, by charging him with second-degree murder, the jury at any future trial will now have an option of coming back guilty as charged with second-degree murder or a compromise verdict of manslaughter,” he says. But winning a conviction will not be easy, Padowitz notes. He also expects that Zimmerman’s defense attorney, Mark O’Mara, will attempt to use Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law to get immunity for Zimmerman, 28, who is charged in the Feb. 26 shooting of Trayvon Martin, 17, of Miami Gardens.