If you had ANY doubt that Zimmerman's new attorney is one smart MoFo, read THIS.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

The website George Zimmerman created to raise funds for his defense against charges in the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin was shut down this week, Zimmerman's attorney said Wednesday.

The site started up this month to raise funds for the defense of Zimmerman, who has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of Martin, an African American. Zimmerman, the son of a Latina, has apologized for killing Martin, 17, saying he acted in self-defense when their paths crossed on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla.

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The website was taken down at the behest of Zimmerman’s lawyer, Mark O’Mara, according to his spokesman, James Woods. “It was taken down at Mark's request, and he will not have any future online presence unless authorized in advance by Mark,” Woods said in a telephone interview with the Los Angeles Times.

[font color="red"]Zimmerman does not come from a wealthy family, and O’Mara has hinted that he will ask the court to declare his client indigent, allowing the state to pay for his defense.[/font]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-george-zimmerman-20120425,0,6653758.story

[cr8tvlde]

1. Speaking of his family

I thought I read somewhere that the Judge adopted him...not his biological son? Anyone?

[virgogal]

4. What difference does it make? He is still the son.

[Kaleva]

8. George's father was never a judge.

He was a magistrate for 6 years in Virginia. A job for which he had to complete a four day training course in order to do.

[obamanut2012]

14. And? So?

[cr8tvlde]

23. Question asking for facts, like liberals tend to do, not judgments...

and found the information on another thread.

I believe TM was killed through no actions of his own and that there must be justice. Still, what I think is irrelevant, as with everyone else at this point.

But the article below is informative for those looking beyond the surface for facts. Just sayin'

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/25/us-usa-florida-shooting-zimmerman-idUSBRE83O18H20120425

[teddy51]

2. I just think that, that's what a great attorney should do that is not greedy. Sounds like

serious logic to me.

[dkf]

18. The value of the publicity is priceless.

You better believe it.

[notadmblnd]

3. maybe he could sell his gun(s) to help pay his attorney?

[jenwilson]

6. "cold dead hands"

Ever notice how those violent gun owners never want to give-up their weapons? I think he'll be more likely to rob a liquor store for cash than sell the objects of his weapon fetish.

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7. I'm willing to bet that once the trial is over (assuming a trial),...

and if it was available for public auction, it would fetch a hefty price, but not nearly enough to cover the costs of a high profile lawyer and extended court room drama.

[cindyperry2010]

5. Oh I do not doubt this guy is a good lawyer

[LadyHawkAZ]

9. Then how did he afford that nice neighborhood and a gun

in the first place? I sincerely hope the prosecutor's mind is working the same way mine is.

[hack89]

11. By going into debt like the rest of us? nt

[dkf]

16. He was renting.

[Taitertots]

22. Guns are a few hundred dollars, lawyers can cost that much an hour

I hope the prosecutor is better at math than you, because your cost analysis is off by several orders of magnitude.

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10. Zimmermans parents are already into it for 150k.

That has to be an incumbrance against any further legal obligations/considerations.

[Frances]

15. Actually, according to a lawyer on the awful Nancy Grace show,

the people who signed the bail bond had to put up $15,000 cash (10% of the $150,000). In case the Zimmerman son runs away and can't be found, whoever signed the bail bond would be responsible for $150,000 - the $15,000 they put up earlier in cash. The people who signed the bond probably used their house or other assets that would be claimed by the bonds company if Zimmerman runs away.

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20. Who's currently holding the deed to the house?

It was put up as collateral for the bond so it is no longer an $150,000 asset that can be applied when considering the ability to afford an attorney.

[LynneSin]

12. So Zimmerman is going to rely on tax dollars. What's Sean Hannity have to say about that

I hope the court says 'NO' - make them sell that expensive house in the neighborhood and his SUV.

[karnac]

13. Most totalitarian states think that way.

That is make the family of the sinner pay. Adult or not. Even unto death.

Good object lesson to the masses.

[dkf]

17. He was renting.

"In 2007 he married Shellie Dean, a licensed cosmetologist, and in 2009 the couple rented a townhouse in the Retreat at Twin Lakes. Zimmerman had bounced from job to job for a couple of years, working at a car dealership and a mortgage company. At times, according to testimony from Shellie at a bond hearing for Zimmerman last week, the couple filed for unemployment benefits."

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/25/11396690-george-zimmerman-prelude-to-the-shooting-of-trayvon-martin?lite

[Dawgs]

19. How does that make him smart? Sounds like common sense to me.

[coalition_unwilling]

21. Yet another illustration of why I cancelled my sub to the LA Times and

will never give them another penny (until after the Democratic Socialist revolution, at any rate :

"Zimmerman, the son of a Latina, has apologized for killing Martin, 17, saying he acted in self-defense when their paths crossed on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla."

Note that nice sanitary language -- "their paths crossed" -- as if each just happened upon the other purely by accident. Jesus H. Christ!