Progress for Trayvon

If you know me, you know that the Trayvon Martin case is something that I have been very passionate about since I first became of aware of this tragic situation. For almost two months, Trayvon's murderer was a free man- he hadn't been arrested and continued to live his life uninterrupted by the pain and anguish that he had inflicted upon Trayvon's family. The Special Prosecutor, Angela Corey, seemed to be taking forever to bring charges against Zimmerman, and frankly, I was losing hope that this man would ever be held accountable for his actions.

Yesterday at 6:00 PM, Corey announced in a press conference that Zimmerman would be charged with murder in the second degree! (For those that don't know, he couldn't have been charged with first-degree murder without the case being heard before a grand jury. However, that charge likely wouldn't have flown as murder in the first-degree requires that the actor have acted with the specific intent to kill- in other words, a premeditated murder). I was literally moved to tears. I couldn't help but think about what a relief that announcement must have been for Trayvon's parents, but no matter how much relief they felt, it wouldn't change the fact that they would never again have their son back. Nevertheless, an arrest was made and Zimmerman finally spent his first of (hopefully) many nights behind bars.

An arrest is definitely a step towards justice and finally a glimmer of hope in this sad situation. I can only pray that justice is served at trial so that Zimmerman will finally have to pay for his actions.

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Usual Friday night...

It's a typical Friday night for me-- TV tuned to TLC mindlessly watching Say Yes to the Dress and Four Weddings, computer in lap... Well, let me not say typical, if I could I'd be out right now, but I decided to stay in. Anywho, as I haven't blogged in a little over a week, I just wanted to get a few words down.

So just last week, I decided to apply for this program at my law school and if I'm accepted, I'd be studying in Oxford, England for FOUR MONTHS! How fabulous would that be?! While I've never had a strong desire to go to England, say it with me... "Location, location, LOCATION!" I could go to  Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Rome, etc... all for about $300 or less ROUND TRIP!!! While I know I would actually still be in school, that opportunity sounds just too good to pass up. I'm a jetsetter at heart and I love to travel. This has my name written all over it and besides, the passport could use a few more stamps. So I am keeping my fingers crossed and praying that I'm accepted. (My goal is to physically be at my law school as little as possible. Fall externship and DC 3L year... Praying on it!).

More school related news? I'm running for a position on the Executive Board of my school's Black Law Students Association Chapter. BLSA has been so good to me thus far, and I can't wait to be able to help out the chapter and the new first years coming in in the fall.

Umm... I actually don't have anything else to talk about so I'm just gonna dip now. Oh yeah, last thing-- 57 days until Santo Domingo! 

Ciao bellas.

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