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(CNN) -- Trayvon Martin's parents will ask the U.S. Justice Department to review a local Florida prosecutor's interactions with police investigating the teen's shooting death, the family's lawyer said. The Justice Department launched an investigation into Martin's death on March 19, but the family is now asking it to look for possible interference by State's Attorney Norm Wolfinger's office with Sanford, Florida, Police Detective Chris Serino, attorney Ben Crump said. The Martin family will send a formal request to the Justice Department Monday, Crump told CNN Sunday.

FOR a while it seemed the killing of Trayvon Martin was different. It took three weeks for the story to creep up the Florida panhandle, seep into America's consciousness and take over the news. But once it had, for a few days at least, the horror would overwhelm the fault lines in this divided nation. The reporting was initially temperate, and sympathy for Trayvon and his family universal. That time has now passed and the details of the killing are just more fodder for an endless culture war. No matter how often the story is retold, the bare facts remain...