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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrayvon Martin's killer to ask for new release from jail
Source: Reuters
Trayvon Martin's killer to ask for new release from jail
By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Florida | Mon Jun 4, 2012 6:44pm EDT
(Reuters) - Lawyers for George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, said on Monday they would ask a judge to release him from jail again after his bail was revoked last week.
The announcement came a day after Zimmerman, 28, returned to a cell in the Seminole County jail in central Florida, after a circuit court judge revoked his bond at a hearing on Friday and ordered him back into custody.
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The lawyers had originally planned to file a motion on Monday requesting a new bond hearing for Zimmerman. But Donald West, one of the lawyers, said the motion was not completed in time and it was now likely to be filed on Tuesday.
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Zimmerman's defense team said he acknowledged that he had "allowed his financial situation to misstated in court" in April. But they said Zimmerman had been "forthright and cooperative" in other regards.
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By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Florida | Mon Jun 4, 2012 6:44pm EDT
(Reuters) - Lawyers for George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, said on Monday they would ask a judge to release him from jail again after his bail was revoked last week.
The announcement came a day after Zimmerman, 28, returned to a cell in the Seminole County jail in central Florida, after a circuit court judge revoked his bond at a hearing on Friday and ordered him back into custody.
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The lawyers had originally planned to file a motion on Monday requesting a new bond hearing for Zimmerman. But Donald West, one of the lawyers, said the motion was not completed in time and it was now likely to be filed on Tuesday.
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Zimmerman's defense team said he acknowledged that he had "allowed his financial situation to misstated in court" in April. But they said Zimmerman had been "forthright and cooperative" in other regards.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/04/us-usa-florida-shooting-idUSBRE85207Q20120604
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Trayvon Martin's killer to ask for new release from jail (Original Post)
Eugene
Jun 2012
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flvegan
(64,414 posts)1. As is within his right to so do.
It's a matter of how the judge feels.
DearAbby
(12,461 posts)2. People in hell want ice water...
Zimmerman blew his chance.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)3. The money doesn't bother me...
...the secret passport does. He and his wife talking in "code" does. I don't give a damn about the money.
vaberella
(24,634 posts)6. Amen. But the money does bother me.
I have to say the code thing and the passport even if the lawyer takes responsibility doesn't ring true of a competent lawyer. I can't see O'mara forgetting shit like that. Not to mention him and his wife were caught speaking in code about the passports too.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)4. He can make this all end right now if he wants to
By accepting responsibility for what he did, sparing the Martin family a trial, and pleading guilty.
longship
(40,416 posts)5. Screw Zimmerman. You made your bed; now sleep in it.
Fuck that douche bag.