George Zimmerman's defense has released the first high-resolution, color photo showing the neighborhood watchman the night he killed Trayvon Martin.
The shooting sparked a national debate on race relations in the U.S., and Zimmerman was derided by many as a neighborhood vigilante.
Zimmerman says he was just trying to defend himself when he shot the black, unarmed 17-year-old in a gated Florida community.
Florida prosecutors previously released a number of grainy pictures showing a bloody Zimmerman that would appear to back up his self-defense claims. This is apparently the first high-quality image:
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