A judge has revoked the bond of the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and ordered him returned to jail within 48 hours.
Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester said Friday that George Zimmerman misled the court about how much money he had available when his bond was set for $150,000 in April. Prosecutors claim Zimmerman had $135,000 available that had been raised by a website he set up.
Prosecutors also say he failed to surrender a second passport.
The defense says the finances are an innocent misunderstanding.
Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and is claiming self-defense.
(Source: WABC)
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The judge said the second passport thing was not important; it was a replacement passport for one that he had lost and then found again.
The money raised by the web site was for a defense fund. It’s easy to understand that he didn’t see that as his money, and indeed it would be perverse to count it when setting bail. That would mean that by donating money people were actually hurting him! Also, at the original hearing the judge asked his wife how much was in the fund and she said she didn’t know, but offered to call her brother and find out; the judge said not to bother. So what’s his tayna now?
They’re just setting him up to be killed.
This guy should never have been released on bail in the first place. Hopefully, he will be tried and convicted and never again be allowed to walk the streets. If he doesn’t make it trial, it will save the taxpayers lots of money in the long term
The whole case, from beginning to end, is a travesty of justice.
Let’s be honest- if President Obama hadn’t commented sypathaticly towards Trayvon Martin this whole case would have gone away at this point. I think this judge is trying to make friends in high places. He clearly isn’t interested in the facts of the case but rather the finances and publicity.
And Gadolebe’einav again exposes his true character. Now he’s wishing death on an innocent person who was only trying to protect himself. Hey, “gadol”, you do realise Zimmerman isn’t Jewish, don’t you? It’s OK to stand up for him. You don’t have to throw him under the bus in order to show the antisemites what a subservient may-yofis yid you are.