[Verginius Rufus]

Wouldn't the replacement passport have the same expiration date? Some countries won't let you enter unless there is a certain length of time before the expiration date (like six months).

Leftists believe that the judicial system should be subject to politics. That's true in totalitarian regimes like Nazi Germany and the Communist countries. This is supposed to be a show trial, like those held in the USSR in the 1930s or in the satellite countries after 1945. The target is not Zimmerman although he has been chosen to be the sacrificial lamb--the target is the American people and particularly those who believe in the rule of law.

[Oztrich Boy]

No, the replacement (or reissued) passport expires 10 years from its issue, in 2014