Zimmerman Wants Florida to Pay Legal Bills

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[matt04]

Maybe FL can ask Obama, Sharpton, Jackson, etc. to personally reimburse them for the money spent on a case they demanded be tried despite no evidence.

[ConservativeMan55]

Yep they need to pay up!!!!

[1rudeboy]

Laughing at the headline—Time bent over backwards to make it look like Z is demanding something to which he is not entitled.

[Dr. Sivana]

Laughing at the headline—Time bent over backwards to make it look like Z is demanding something to which he is not entitled.

Indeed, and he waited JUST A FEW WEEKS to shake down the poor, beleagured taxpayers who have already spent almost a million dollars on his useless hide for more still. What chutzpah, Zimmerman!

[ealgeone]

I’d sue the state of Florida, NBC, ABC, CBS and any other neww organization that played a part in the hyping of this case.

[Pollster1]

In this case, Florida held a kangaroo court with a clearly frivolous charge that lacked even prima facie proof. A private citizen like Zimmerman should not bear the burden of Obama’s electioneering. The state should pay Zimmerman’s costs - and they should fire those responsible for filing charges that were clearly unjustified.

[varmintman]

A prosecutor like Corey who perpetrates this kind of crap deserves to hear it from the taxpayers who foot the bill for it.

[GeronL]

He should sue for millions, just getting the bills paid doesn’t teach them anything

[Bubba_Leroy]

Taxpayers have already shelled out an estimated $902,000 on the second-degree murder trial that ended July 13, the newspaper reports.

This is what is known as "burying the lede."

Not only should Zimmerman get reimbursed for everything that he spent defending himself, the state should demand a refund from the prosecutors for everything that they wasted with this political show trial.

[Mouton]

I doubt Zimmerman is preparing any motions. I believe it is his attorney who is requesting the entitled to payments for expert witnesses in an acquitted case. Of course, had Time said o meara was preparing a motion, few would have made the connection, shame on them.

[Uncle Chip]

I hope the media covers this hearing and during it O’Mara lays out the grounds for a malicious prosecution.

The Scheme Team and media should hope that O’Mara gets the full $300,000 from the state since the more they get from the state, the less they will be extracting from them when their time comes.

[Tzimisce]

It’s time the race hustlers start having to pay damages for their baseless charges.

[RedMDer]

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[ZULU]

Good. They should.

[SeekAndFind]

Anybody know the status of the lawsuit against NBC for their deliberately misleading story insinuating that Zimmerman killed Trayvon because he was black?

[The Public Eye]

Dang straight they ought to pay up. The police didn’t want to press charges and the genius politicians dragged that guy through the dirt. They ought to give him his gun back as no crime was committed with it.

[The Public Eye]

They are liberal politicians, incapable of learning.

[Dawgreg]

......and the “prosecutor” Corey and everyone involved but NOT from the taxpayers. The money ought to come out of everyone’s own pocket that had a part in this travesty!! BTW, NO MONEY for the family either!!

[Charles Martel]

He should sue for millions, just getting the bills paid doesn’t teach them anything

IIRC, the reimbursement of defendant's legal expenses is covered under a specific statute or code article - it doesn't have to be litigated from the ground up. If the state refuses to pay, then a civil suit would have to be filed to compel payment. This doesn't address damages at all; that issue can be taken up later in a seaprate action.

[Bikkuri]

Zimmerman should have never been put in court in the first place...
SCREW this crap.