Global Courts and the Trayvon Martin Case

The world weighs in on the controversial shooting.

Trayvon Martin - Trayvon Martin, 17, was fatally shot by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman as Martin walked home through a gated community in Sanford, Florida, on Feb. 26. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder and claims he shot the teen in self-defense. (Photo: UPI/Newscom)
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March 9 - Trayvon’s family attorney Ben Crump says the family will sue to get public records of the case. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)England: Shooting was "Unreasonable and Disproportionate" - Although there is a "loss of control" defense in English law, Michael Bohlander, chair of comparative and international criminal law at Durham University in England, told NBC News that Zimmerman's use of a gun could be seen as "unreasonable and disproportionate, because it could have been expected that a warning shot or even the announcement that he had a gun would have been sufficient to scare an unarmed youth off.”  (Photo: REUTERS/State Attorney's Office/Handout)

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The Trayvon Martin Case: What Would the World Do? - The shooting death of 17-year-old Florida teen Trayvon Martin has gripped America's national conscience and become the most divisive criminal justice issue of 2012. Take a look at how George Zimmerman's claims of self-defense would be handled in countries around the world. —Naeesa Aziz(Photo: Newscom/Facebook)

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