Posted on 04/20/2012 9:14:17 AM PDT by servo1969
URGENT: A Florida judge said George Zimmerman can be released on $150,000 bail as he awaits trial for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester set several conditions Friday for Zimmerman's release. He cannot have any firearms, drink alcohol or use drugs and must observe a curfew. The judge said details need to be worked out between Zimmerman's attorney and law enforcement, and that Zimmerman will not be released Friday.
Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the 17-year-old Martin's death during a February confrontation in a Sanford, Fla., gated community. He is claiming self-defense.
The bail for Zimmerman was announced Friday shortly after he took the witness stand, telling the parents of Martin, "I am sorry for the loss of your son," but standing by his claim that he killed the teen in self-defense.
Zimmerman told Martin's parents, who were present in the courtroom, that he did not know that Martin was 17 and that he was unarmed during their February confrontation in a central Florida neighborhood.
"I did not know how old he was," Zimmerman said. "I thought he was a little younger than I am. I did not know if he was armed or not."
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What? He can’t even have a beer?
It’ll be fun to watch the MSM newslime try to continue their ‘white man guns down lasck child’ narrative after everyone gets a good look at the unadorned image of Mr Zimmerman.
/johnny
lasck is polish for black
polish is Polish for Polish
No firearms. Not allowed to defend himself again even though there is a wanted dead-or-alive bounty on his head.
So they've got him convicted already. He isn't being treated like a free man. He's being treated like a convict on release.
Rioting to start in 3...2...1...
If I had the money, I’d contribute to his bail. His parents have to put up their house for his bail. This whole thing stinks.
And what’s with the prosecutor describing Martin as some innocent kid attacked while walking home? Nothing in this case has been proven.
Sounds to me like the fix is in.
Huh? What relevance does the release of a photo have to do with the timing of this hearing? Makes it sound like the Media is driving the legal process even more than it already is.
Hope he has security.
Is it legal for the court to not allow a citizen to defend their own life with a firearm if they have been charged with murder while out on bail?
Anyone have a link to that photo?
At least the reporter in the video did mention him getting his head repeatedly banged on the pavement.
I know this is Fox News. I wonder if the rest of the scum-bag media repeats that fact.
How long before somebody in the law enforcement food chain releases the GPS coordinates on this guy? Seems when passions run high that confidential information has a way of leaking.
My first thought was the judge recognizes a low probability of conviction?
Can any legal eagles weih in on that?
My first thought was the judge recognizes a low probability of conviction?
Can any legal eagles weigh in on that?
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