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Posted on 08/27/2013 12:21:59 PM PDT by matt04
George Zimmerman wants the state of Florida to pick up the tab for his legal defense, just weeks after he was acquitted in the high-profile trial of Trayvon Martin’s death.
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State law requires that Florida cover all legal expenses — except lawyer’s fees — for an acquitted defendant, from expert witnesses to the 3D videos shown to jurors. Zimmerman is still preparing a motion that will ask for between $200,000 and $300,000, according to his lawyer.
Taxpayers have already shelled out an estimated $902,000 on the second-degree murder trial that ended July 13, the newspaper reports.
(Excerpt) Read more at nation.time.com ...
Yep they need to pay up!!!!
Laughing at the headline—Time bent over backwards to make it look like Z is demanding something to which he is not entitled.
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.
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.
A prosecutor like Corey who perpetrates this kind of crap deserves to hear it from the taxpayers who foot the bill for it.
He should sue for millions, just getting the bills paid doesn’t teach them anything
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.
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.
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.
It’s time the race hustlers start having to pay damages for their baseless charges.
Good. They should.
Anybody know the status of the lawsuit against NBC for their deliberately misleading story insinuating that Zimmerman killed Trayvon because he was black?
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.
They are liberal politicians, incapable of learning.
......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!!
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.
Zimmerman should have never been put in court in the first place...
SCREW this crap.
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