walking while black - Trayvon Martin

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Media attorneys today asked the Sanford judge overseeing the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin murder case to unseal the court file.

Attorneys for Zimmerman and the state last week agreed on Thursday that they wanted paperwork in the file kept secret.

Seminole County Judge Mark Herr agreed, without signing an official order.

But media attorneys today filed an eight-page motion, saying there had been no showing that sealing the file is warranted.

They also pointed out that much of the evidence in the case has already been reported.

The motion was prepared by the law firm of Holland & Knight LLP on behalf of several media companies, including the New York Times, Miami Herald, The Tampa Bay Times, The Florida Times-Union, CNN, NBC, several broadcasters and other publishing companies as well as The First Amendment Foundation, a non-profit media advocacy group in Tallahassee.

There may be other developments in the case today as well.

Last week, defense attorney Mark O'Mara hinted that he may ask Circuit Judge Jessica Recksiedler to recuse herself.