(Via Orlando Sentinel) George Zimmerman‘s lawyer expects to get his first look at the evidence against his client Monday.   The rest of us will not.  Special Prosecutor Angela Corey’s office announced late Friday afternoon that it will not release the information to the public on Monday.
Florida’s public records law allows government agencies a reasonable amount of time to provide records, once they’re requested. It does not define what a reasonable amount of time is, and Corey spokeswoman Jackelyn Barnard said she was not sure when the evidence might be released to those requesting it.

Her office, she said, is not intentionally trying to hide the evidence from the media and public.
Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder. He shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black 17-year-old, in Sanford Feb. 26, setting off civil rights rallies and demonstrations across the country.
Six weeks after the shooting, Corey charged Zimmerman with second-degree murder and had him arrested.  He’s currently free on $150,000 bail. He says he is innocent because he acted in self-defense.  The evidence against him is in Jacksonville at Corey’s office. She’s expected to turn it over Monday to defense attorney Mark O’Mara.

It will include crime scene photos, Trayvon’s autopsy, Zimmerman’s five statements to authorities, witness statements, and crime lab work — if it’s been completed — on clothing and Zimmerman’s handgun.
Attorneys for both sides, though, have said they want to keep some of it secret, especially the names and addresses of witnesses.
O’Mara said he’s afraid they won’t cooperate out of fear they’ll be harassed by reporters and people who have taken sides in the racially-charged case.  He said last Thursday that he may file a motion Monday, asking a judge to seal those names, and perhaps other things as well.
Those other things, he said, might include things that inflame racial tensions or those that would never be admitted at trial.
If he makes the request, media companies, including the Orlando Sentinel, would likely file a challenge, pressing for the release of all the evidence.   The bottom line: That could mean weeks of delays in any public release of the information.
O’Mara could have picked up the evidence April 27 but decided against it, choosing, instead, to first put together a plan on how to protect witness names.  (article)