SANFORD: Opening arguments will be made Monday in the US trial of a neighborhood watchman who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in an incident that sparked racially-charged controversy.

A jury of six women will decide the fate of George Zimmerman, 29, who is charged with second-degree murder for killing Trayvon Martin as the 17-year-old walked through a gated Florida community on February 26, 2012.

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