JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ISSUES STATEMENT ON TRAYVON MARTIN-GEORGE ZIMMERMAN CASE

FROM:  U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT 
Monday, July 15, 2013

Justice Department Statement on the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman Case
"As the Department first acknowledged last year, we have an open investigation into the death of Trayvon Martin. The Department of Justice's Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division, the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation continue to evaluate the evidence generated during the federal investigation, as well as the evidence and testimony from the state trial. Experienced federal prosecutors will determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction, and whether federal prosecution is appropriate in accordance with the Department's policy governing successive federal prosecution following a state trial.”