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Title: Florida judge ... rejects bail hike --- for Trayvon Martin's killer
Source:
Reuters
URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/trayvon-marti ... 200-000-defense-021028644.html
Published: Apr 27, 2012
Author: Barbara Liston
Post Date: 2012-04-27 15:48:55 by BorisY
Keywords: self defense, self defense, self defense
Views: 1161
Comments: 4
Florida judge rejects bail hike for Trayvon Martin's killer By Barbara Liston Reuters SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida judge rejected a prosecution request to raise the bond for George Zimmerman on Friday, after it was disclosed that the man charged with murdering unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin had received about $200,000 from anonymous donors to fund his defense. "I'm not going to make a snap decision," Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. said during a hearing in Sanford, the central Florida town where 17-year-old Martin was shot dead by Zimmerman in February. He spoke after Prosecutor Bernardo de la Rionda said the disclosure by Zimmerman's lawyer on Thursday that donors had contributed "just over $200,000" to his defense meant that the amount of his bond should be reconsidered. Lester said he needed more information about Zimmerman's fund-raising before he could agree to any request for reconsideration of the bond. Zimmerman was released this week on $150,000 bail and has been moved to an undisclosed location. He had surrendered to police earlier this month after prosecutors charged him with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Martin. Ben Crump, an attorney for Martin's family, had expressed outrage over the money raised for Zimmerman's defense, saying it was not disclosed before his bond hearing and that the $150,000 bond should now be revoked since defense lawyer Mark O'Mara had previously described Zimmerman as penniless. "The court was led to believe that he (Zimmerman) had no money and was indigent. He either did not tell his lawyer or if he did tell his lawyer he did not discuss it with the judge. What George Zimmerman did was deceive the court," Crump said. No formal motion for revoking Zimmerman's bail was filed with Lester before Friday's hearing, however. The prosecution did request an order that would bar lawyers from making public comments about the case. But Lester rejected the call for a gag order out of hand, saying attorneys on both sides of the case had done a good job dealing with the media spotlight surrounding it. Nothing that prosecutors or O'Mara have said publicly about the case had "startled the court or shocked the court" so far, Lester said. Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty and says he killed Martin in self defense. But the Martin shooting triggered civil rights protests, and a national debate over guns, self-defense laws, and race relations in America, because police initially failed to arrest Zimmerman or charge his with any crime. (This story has been corrected to change the dateline from MIAMI to SANFORD, Fla.) (Editing By Tom Brown; Editing by Vicki Allen)
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#1. To: BorisY, rat-boy (#0)
Florida judge rejects bail hike for Trayvon Martin's killer LOL. Ping to rat-boy. So much for all your bullshit.
Sig of LoonyMing: Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. Aaron Bady Translation: WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, and IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH LoonyMing, you are one sick bitch.
No skittles for you if you try to kill people, just hot lead! Justice for Trayvon has been achieved, now we need justice for Zimmerman, acquittal.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
Gee, I thought you cared so deeply about this bail hearing. Now, no comments?
You got that right Boris !
The economy is wonderful!
Re-elect Obama, he'll pay your rent!
A chicken in every pot!
-- Baghdad Bri-bri --
#2. To: BorisY, *Extended Clip Progressives* (#0)
would be victim !
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#3. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
#4. To: BorisY (#0)
It should say would be victim !
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