THIS IS NOT OVER. There is going to be an investigation into civil rights violations and Zimmerman can be tired for a HATE CRIME. There is a GOD after all.
Actually the federal trial will be for deprivation of civil rights. This has happened in every major case where a majority white jury has returned a "Not guilty" verdict in a case like this. I have no doubt it will be successful. Reasons?
1, The court location is different, probably Tallahassee (District Court for the Northern District of Florida which runs from Pensacola to Jacksonville and south to about Ocala). Rather than a jury from the county the trial was held in, the jury pool will be from the entire district. It will be a twelve-person jury and the chances of it containing no blacks is zero.
2. Florida's "Stand your ground" law has no bearing on a federal trial. In a case like this there is essentially no viable self-defense strategy. Zimmerman will be portrayed as a racist stalking a black youth for no reason other than race, and since he ended up killing the youth, he obviously deprived Trayvon of his civil rights.
I expect this to be presented to a federal grand jury in four to six months.