Posted on 07/06/2012 11:56:56 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
SANFORD -- George Zimmerman walked out of jail once again Friday.
Judge Kenneth Lester set Zimmermans bond at $1 million Thursday, and Zimmerman was able to post it.
Zimmerman had to go through a bail bondsman, and pay 10 percent of the bond amount, which is $100,000.
OMara said the online legal defense fund set up for Zimmerman currently has $211,000.
However, in order for Zimmerman to be released, he has to have $1 million in collateral, which OMara said the Zimmerman family does not have.
"We paid $15,000 initially for the first bail fee, so an additional fee of $85,000 would have to be paid to post this new bond, assuming we can work out the collateral issue," O'Mara said.
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This is a baaaaaaaaaaad judge. This has been nothing more than a lynching. May all the agitators rot in hell....along with the judge.
I guess Zimmerman was supposed to give Trayvon his gun and say ‘shoot me now’?
When George is aquitted, he needs to go after every one of these self serving race baiters and political bottom feeders and sue them for every dime he can.
It’s disgusting that this case has received the publicity it has. How many brutal murders have taken place in this country since this incident that have never been reported?
This is more an attack on the 2nd amendment and the right of self defense as on George Zimmerman, George just got picked as the sacrificial lamb.
When and if he is acquitted it’ll be another Rodney King loot and burn weekend.
I don't know how, but apparently they worked out the collateral issue.
Honkification is becoming a black art.......
I’m sure this judge requires all defendants to have a $million in assets to get out on bail
(sarc)
When George is aquitted,
Not when. IF!
I have no faith in the legal system. Everything I have read about this case says he should be acquitted. but that does not mean he will be.
By the time Zimmerman is finished with the justice system, he might wish he had.
Name just one of the 290+ Chicago murder victims so far this year (obama’s homeboys and his hometown)
Chicago=twice as deadly as Afghanistan
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/16/chicago-homicide-rate-wor_n_1602692.html
.....The Daily pointed out in a Friday column that more Chicago residents — 228 — have been killed so far this year in the city than the number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan - 144 — over the same period.
The war zone-like statistics are not new. As WBEZ reports, while some 2,000 U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan since 2001, more than 5,000 people have been killed by gun fire in Chicago during that time, based on Department of Defense and FBI data.
You can bet on it. And there will be blood on the hands of the agitators and the media.
Theyu don’t care , it will sell papers.
I’m readying my flame-resistant suit, but I’m gonna go against the CW here and say the judge made an appropriate call in raising the bail.
Let me state for the record I believe Zimmerman acted in self-defense the night of the shooting. Furthermore, I believe he will eventually be acquitted. But it’s also pretty clear-cut he and his wife were not honest with the court about their finances. Lying to a judge is a BAD idea, and carries consequences. On top of that, hiding money makes you look like a potential flight risk. The Zimmermans put themselves behind the 8-ball on this one.
More evidence that Rule #1 should never be violated.
If you ever use your firearm in self defense, no matter how justified you believe you may be, NEVER talk to the cops without a lawyer at your side. If Zimmerman had immediately exercised his 5th amendment rights it’s unlikely that we’d even have known about this outside of Sanford.
They never lied to a judge, you’re repeating a lie.
In court, Shelly Zimmerman testified that she didn’t know exactly how much was in the account, as the account was controlled by Zimmerman’s brother. She offered, in court, to get the brother on the phone. The persecutor declined the offer. No lie was ever made about how much was in the account. The perjury charges against her won’t stick.
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