Brian Blanco/Reuters
George Zimmerman arriving at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility Sunday after his bond was revoked by a Florida judge in Sanford, Florida.
Yet another twist in the case of the killing of Trayvon Martin. George Zimmerman's defense team is now preparing for a new bond hearing, after Zimmerman turned himself in for a second time on Sunday. A judge ordered Zimmerman back to jail on Friday for misleading the court during his initial bond hearing.
Neither Zimmerman nor his wife mentioned at the original hearing that he had collected more than $200,000 in donations through a PayPal account on his personal website.
On the George Zimmerman Legal case website, his lawyer writes:
“The audio recordings of Mr. Zimmerman's phone conversations while in jail make it clear that Mr. Zimmerman knew a significant sum had been raised by his original fundraising website. We feel the failure to disclose these funds was caused by fear, mistrust, and confusion. The gravity of this mistake has been distinctly illustrated, and Mr. Zimmerman understands that this mistake has undermined his credibility, which he will have to work to repair.”
Zimmerman also did not disclose that he had a second valid passport. He turned in only one at his bond hearing in April.
Zimmerman is pleading not guilty to second-degree murder charges for killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in February. His case has put a spotlight on Florida's controversial Stand Your Ground law, which allows the use of deadly force if a person feels his or her life is threatened or at risk for severe, bodily harm.
A new analysis by the Tampa Bay Times finds race plays a "complex role" in Florida’s self-defense law. According to its examination of close to 200 Stand Your Ground cases in Florida, "people who killed a black person walked free 73 percent of the time, while those who killed a white person went free 59 percent of the time." But the newspaper is careful not to draw any conclusions from this data, stating that the analysis does not "prove that race caused the disparity in cases with black and white victims. Other factors may be at play."
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this piece of ... should be locked up for life but lucky him born in US. He deserved to be punished by law.
I don't know how this judge can fail to impliment the Florida Law regarding presenting false information at a bond hearing.
Under Statute 903.035 para 3
Presenting false information at a 2nd degree murder bond hearing is a 3rd degree felony crime punishable by uo to 5 years in prison!!
Of course the judge has also overlooking the second passport issue as well..... He seems to swallow anything O'Mara say/does.
Zimmerman deserves his days in court, 1) on answering the prosecutions call for his bail to be denied again even though he has not violated the terms of his original bail set; 2) when his petition is filed to dismiss the charges based on Florida's stand your ground law and 3) baring dismissal of the chatges, a trial where the state prosecutors have to prove their 2nd degree murder charges beyond a reasonable doubt. Until those all occur, the leftist media that has done so much to distort the facts of this case should take heed of both the peosecution's and defense's positions that it is a deservice to attept to try this local case in the press, and leave our American and state jurisprudece system to do its work.
His bond hearing took place in court and perjured himself. Perjury is a felony. Stop misusing political rhetoric to coddle this guy. It's sickening how you used all that verbiage and obfuscated the perjury he and his wife committed. smh
Keith,
Ever hear of perjury? Well, if not, dictionary.com can help you with that. I'll give you a hint ... it's illegal. And that's exactly what this fat ba@tard and his wife did ... they perjured themselves.
Uh, perrjury occurs when one knowingly lies when giving a sworn deposition or when providing evidence to a question asked in court in a trial on a charge. Making a statement as an administrative matter like a Bail hearing would not warrent a charge of perjury, even if the prosecution and the court could prove it was a deliberate falsehood.
All the kings horses and all the kings men can't repair that hole you put in that innocent child.
Yup, and no way that Trayvon Martin could take back his sucker punch, and all the others he was reigning down on the head of the neighborhood watch officer that rainy night either, as the fight was partially observed by two adult eye witnesses. Of course, that is what got him shot!
If an old women is walking home from the store and a man with a gun follows her and she hits him with her purse he has the right to murder her.
Excuse me; I didn't see where the prosecution has accused Zimmerman of perjury.
If that us the case, that will be one more appearance he will have in court for the prosecution to prove those charges before a reasonable doubt, and it will be separate from the charges of this case.
Of course, that somewhat smacks of the charge that they are simply trying to "throw the perverbial book" at Zimmerman here, not having prevailed in their initial request to 1) deny bail, and 2) if bail is set, it should be for some exhorbitatant sum like $1 million dollars.
Meanwhile, primarily because of the distortions in racebaiting of the leftist media from jump street on this case, his wife and parents still have to live in hiding from the revenge seekers in the black community, including the NEW BLACK PANTHER PARTY which has never revoked their $10,000 bounty money for news that would lead to the kidnapping and/or act of violence to George Zimmerman and the one way Federal Justice Department still refuses to investigate and take action on.
What say you now, Kokayi!
LOL ... I see comprehension is an issue for you. He mislead the court - i.e. lied about his financial status and his second passport - thus his bail was revoked. It's not brain surgery, sport. It really isn't ...
As to the rest of your shrill screed? Pfffft ... I'll file it under "G" for the garbage it is ... "New Black Panther Party" ... LMAO ... BOO!
And how does that absurd supposition of yours equate to circumstance of the Martin shooting?
Keith Longey,
I am not sure what you hope to accomplish by listing your non-facts. So here are the facts:
1. Fact, A man shot and killed a 17 year old boy.
2. Fact, the family asked for an investigation.
3. Fact, weeks passed and an arrest was made.
4. Fact, he will be tried in court and found guilty or not guilty of the charges.
5. Fact, he sights stand your ground as a defense.
Before you accuse the liberal media of "racebaiting" STFU and wait for the judicial system to do their job.
Even in the face of facts, you still hang onto your Rush Limb, Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, etc...lies... WAKE UP! They make money off of your stupidity.
By the way, its interesting how you pick on the "only" Identifiable black person on this blog...who's racebaiting now, Keith :)
Guilty or not guilty by a jury does not remove from the mind of someone the act of having committed a wrong against another person. The mere fact that a young man was killed raises the question: Was the act of killing a young man justified? To answer that question it is necessary to get into the mind of the killer. Did he feel that if he did not use the gun, he would die or be severly injured? Does he now believe that he made a mistake in analyzing what was in the young man's mind? Did he misinterpret the young man's intention or was the young man up to no good for real? Is it reasonalble to consider that the young did not intend to do any harm or do any of us believe that the young man was up to no good? If the young man had no intention to do harm and was killed because what was in his mind misinterpreted, then is it reasonable that he was killed simply because the killer misinterpreted his intention? If the killer misinterpreted the young man's intention, then it is reasonable to say that the killer made a mistake for which he will have to live the rest of his life. Guilty or not builty, the killer will suffer the consequences of his action. That is why it is better to act on the bases of the consequences of one's action rather than principles. All human philosophycal thought can be grouped under only two catagories as follows:
1. Act on the basis of principles
2. Act on the basis of the consequences resulting from action (I thnk it is better to act bsed on possible consequences rather than principles. The wrost thing we can do is to try to act on both. We must choose one or the other method.
Note; All expereince is: We do somethng and that something results in consequences.
We need to keep in mind that there are all kinds of prejudices. As a member of a fundamental baptist church, I see it all the time. One person who did not know I was Italian told me: "Italians are @!$%#s turned inside out." Was it an insutl. NO! Why?
When Annibal (not sure about spellin - the balck man from Africa that invaded Italy) invaded Italy, he had a lot of illigitemate chldren. Enough said! It does not matter as long as I have my prejudice that Italians in general are the best in any field of endeavor such as music, art, science (Enrico Fermi was Italian Jew) sports (Montana and Marino) etc.
"Saying sheet!":
I didn't "pick on" Kokay, I simply responded respectfully to his insuling comment to me and his interpretation of the facts without hearing the issue brought in court as to his charge of perjury, which I haven't heard from the procsecutors.
As to you recitation of "facts", you are aware of the evidence against NBC and MSNBC on the distortions in their news and commentary broadcasts of the transcript of the conversation and replaying of the conversations between the police dispatcher and Zimmerman, who was reporting a suspicious individual going slowly through the backyards of the townhouses of the gated community he served as the neighborhood watch officer? It was from that inital "racebaiting distortion that the myth that Zimmerman was "profiling" a black person came about, and was then attempted to be buttressed with "investigtions by the press" and repeating of the published allegations that Zimmerman had a "record" of domestic abuse (wrong), and that he had been found guilty of an act of violence against police (wrong). Then to further confuse the issue, they posted continuously photographic representations of the trespassing 6'3" 150+ lbs 17 year old former highschool athelete Martin as a 12 year old happy child. Of course we know Trayvon's history as being 3 times suspended from high school for charges such as 1)valdalism of publc property, 2) suspicion of jewlrey theft while in possession on school grounds of burglery tools (a large screwdriver), and 3rd time's the charm the marijuana residue in his book bag on school property. Then there is the liitle bit of problem for the prosecution in that two adult witnesses have provided statements that Martin was seen to be pummeling with a fist a prone Zimmerman, and that the lead investigator admitted in the initial bail hearing that the prosecution has no evidence which determines who was the on to assault who.
What do you think was behind the way the liberal media like NBC and MSNBC seizing on this issue and distorting the facts other than to "make money" by trying to raise their networks ratings? Oh yes, and to give the black communities something to rally around as a distraction instead of examining the non-assisting record in their econimic plight of this Obama administration and the do nothing Dems in Congress?
@Keith I really don't have the time or the energy to explain what you should've learned in a high school level civics class or any kind of basic ethics or moral training passed on to you by the elders or ancestors of your community. You could have Googled perjury and chose any definition or analysis of you're choosing. But alas I see you need some serious hand holding to help connect the dots for you.
I don't like plagiarizing other's work but I know if gave you a link I doubt you have cognitive dexterity to use it. So if you have anything further to address to me please refer to the following text that explains the status of Zimmerman as of now. I'm not interested in your specious opinions about what happen before Zimmerman was arrested, your political rantings nor your libelous comments about others outside of the official court proceeding.
I've seen Debbie, and whe has an attitude, as is apparent in her fhoice of words. Is the issue one of material evidence particular to the case? Were statementd made in a Court evidenciary hearing, or was it a Court administrative matter. Will the prosecution be able to bring proof of their belief that in conversations Zimmerman and his wife were having they were speaking "in code" as they suggest, and was it possible that the records that Zimmerman had been issued a second passport might yet prove that was due to the fact that his original passport had once been lost?
Quoting from an advocate for the arrest and prosecution of the neighborhood watch commander on a liberal blog doesn't mean squat where i come from, which is having an indepentent analytic mind trained in philosophy of ethics and also logic at the University of Connecticut and University of Massachusetts, my good fellow.
And your making a charge that I am liabeling someone has nothing to back it up other than you don't have the energy or inclination to do so! Good luck with that tactic!
Keith wrote
The 2011 Florida Statutes
837.02 Perjury in official proceedings.—
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), whoever makes a false statement, which he or she does not believe to be true, under oath in an official proceeding in regard to any material matter, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(2) Whoever makes a false statement, which he or she does not believe to be true, under oath in an official proceeding that relates to the prosecution of a capital felony, commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(3) Knowledge of the materiality of the statement is not an element of the crime of perjury under subsection (1) or subsection (2), and the defendant's mistaken belief that the statement was not material is not a defense.
History.—s. 1, sub-ch. 6, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2561; GS 3473; RGS 5343; CGL 7477; s. 998, ch. 71-136; s. 55, ch. 74-383; s. 33, ch. 75-298; s. 3, ch. 97-90; s. 1311, ch. 97-102.
http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Zimmerman-Motion-to-Revoke-Bond.pdf it the state's motion to revoke GZ bond. All of your post-arrest retorts are covered. Anything else prior to that is hearsay until it is entered into the official proceeding of the court.
Here's a news report detailing the lies of the Zimmermans.
http://sandrarose.com/2012/06/prosecutors-released-motion-detailing-how-zimmerman-and-his-wife-lied-in-court/
Exactly, Kokay, And the issue of Zimmerman's finances, and whether or not he and his wife understood that the donations that were being made to a website for his defense expenses and his living expenses and his wife's living expenses (as they were forced into hiding because of the furor and threats made against them due to the liberal media's racebaiting tactics) were immediately available to them to pay instead an exhorbitant cash surety bond of $1 million instead of what the contributors had donated for are questions that need to be answered. However, this admiistratrive process of bail and finances is NOT MATERIAL to the charges of the case.
So go on, and look up the meaning of material, and material evidence. That is exactly the question i put to you yesterday..."Is the issue one of MATERIAL EVIDENCE particular to the case?" (Emphasis added!).