MIAMI -- The father of Trayvon Martin, the teenager shot dead by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in a case that sparked nationwide protests over racial profiling and police inaction, said Saturday the family is bracing for a "rough road" as Zimmerman's trial nears.
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Benjamin Crump, the attorney for the Martin family, told the prayer service that jury selection alone could take two to three weeks, a prediction that drew a loud chorus of "Ooooooooohs" from the crowd of about 300 gathered inside the Bethel Apostolic Temple for Saturday's event.

Crump accused the defense of resorting to "a desperate attempt to try to play on people's prejudices" by releasing texts and photographs taken from Martin's cellphone that O'Mara said showed him as a fan of weapons, fighting and marijuana.
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The case has thrust the slain teen's parents into a high-profile role that both of them conceded Saturday they would have preferred to avoid.

"I would have rather gone back to my job with my same two kids, to my same house," said Sybrina Fulton, her voice shaking as she stood on stage before a silent audience. But Fulton said she had long since accepted her role as the mother of a son whose untimely death had sparked cries for justice.

"I no longer have any regrets and say, 'Why me?' because God decided it was me," she said.

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