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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0508_george_zimmerman_getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/05/08/0508-george-zimmerman-getty-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;George Zimmerman&lt;/strong&gt; has officially pled \"not guilty\" to a charge of 2nd Degree murder after shooting and killing 17-year-old &lt;strong&gt;Trayvon Martin&lt;/strong&gt; in a Florida suburb back in February.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;George's attorney entered the plea during his arraignment today in Seminole County. The 28-year-old was not present in court.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A pretrial date has been set for August 8th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zimmerman -- a community watchman -- shot and killed Trayvon on Feb. 26th in Sanford, Florida, but no arrests were made at the time. Zimmerman has consistently maintained he shot Trayvon in self-defense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A firestorm of media attention has surrounded the case -- with many celebs like Spike Lee, Roseanne Barr and LeBron James claiming the shooting was racially motivated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If convicted, George faces up to life in prison.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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