Supporters of both sides in the case have issued calls for restraint. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images A jury deciding the fate of George Zimmerman, the Florida neighbourhood watch leader charged with the second-degree murder of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, hinted on Saturday evening that it was close to reaching a verdict. The panel of six women trying the case at the Seminole County criminal justice centre sent a note to Judge Debra S Nelson late on their second day of deliberations asking for further clarification of the instructions given to them for the charge of manslaughter. There was no explanation why they were asking the question, but it suggested the jurors had...
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