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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorge Zimmerman has gained 105 pounds since killing Trayvon Martin
Whats Happened In The Trayvon Martin Case Since You Stopped Paying Attention1. Zimmerman has spent over $300,000 in donations over the last year and is desperate for more funds to finance his defense. Zimmerman has spent more than $125,000? on living expenses not including security over the last year. His lawyer acknowledged that Zimmermans personal spending may seem exorbitant. Zimmerman is considering asking the court to declare him indigent, meaning the public would have to pay for Zimmermans defense. Zimmerman was also sued by a security company for unpaid bills. [Orlando Sentinel, 1/20/2013; Miami Herald, 12/27/12]
2. The trial has been set for June 10. Zimmerman recently asked for a delay of the trial until November but a judge denied his request. Zimmermans lawyer says it is physically impossible for us to be prepared for trial at that time. A seperate proceeding, essentially a mini-trial, to determine whether Zimmerman is immune from prosecution due to Floridas Stand Your Ground law, is scheduled for April 22. [Orlando Sentinel, 2/5/13; Headline News, 2/13/13]
3. New forensic analysis casts doubt on Zimmermans timeline on the night he shot and killed the unarmed teen. The analysis was done by Michael Knox, a retired Jacksonville Sheriffs Office detective and crime scene investigator. According to Knox, based on the times and distances Zimmerman said he covered, Zimmerman would have still been on the phone with Sanford police when he claims he was attacked by Martin. Knox says that other aspects of Zimmermans story, like the claim Martin was leaning over him at the time the shot was fired, are supported by forensic evidence. [News 4 Jacksonville, 2/10/13]
4. Zimmerman has gained 105 pounds. [Orlando Sentinel, 1/20/2013]
The Rest: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/02/14/1594051/whats-happened-in-the-trayvon-martin-case-since-you-stopped-paying-attention/
riverbendviewgal
(4,253 posts)I was so upset...and so upset that my very "nice" condo neighbors made fun of Martin and rooted for zimmerman...
I knew it was time to get out of Florida...It no longer had the appeal to me.
Especially when my BF brother's girl friend who lives in a detached beautiful new home in a gated community told me she didn't believe Obama was born in the USA.
Oh gosh.....I knew I was not in my kind of people place.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)blue, and then there is the swing section, the I-4 corridor where you can flip a coin with each person you meet.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)sadbear
(4,340 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)Murdering Trayvon turned out to be very lucrative for him. And now he doesn't have any money to pay his legal bills. How perverse is this?
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)would be the taxpayers having to pay for his defense if he is declared indigent.
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)Zimmerman's spent more money this year than he's probably seen in the rest of his lifetime. His murderous act turned into a financial bonanza for him. If that's not the definition of perverse, I need a new dictionary.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)declare someone who spent $300K in the last year indigent?
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)it seems like he is just hoping to get paid by begging for donations.
Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)he goes and gets fat. Thanks for bringing his new corpulence to our collective attention; a new dimension has been added to his guilt, no pun intended.
Hard Assets
(274 posts)and full of junk in the commissary.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,184 posts)I just wonder if this wasn't somehow planned by his defense attorneys.
If they are arguing that he and Trayvon got into a physical altercation, what image would one want to present if one wanted to claim that deadly force via firearm was necessary? Someone who was physically fit? Or someone who was out of shape and outmatched by the younger Martin?
apocalypsehow
(12,751 posts)TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)re: "RKBA enthusiasts"
TYY
apocalypsehow
(12,751 posts)an ideology and movement that is much, much uglier. My sig line really explains it best.
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)...racist, sexist, homophobic white supremacists?
Wow. Interesting. Good to know.
TYY *gay, female, multiple gun owner and Trayvon Martin supporter*
apocalypsehow
(12,751 posts)arthritisR_US
(7,288 posts)would appear he's going to eat his away. At this rate he may explode by the trial date.
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