Posted on 06/01/2012 11:50:10 AM PDT by Lurker
This has got the stench of Eric Holder all over it. A couple of phone calls and - wham - the horrid economic news today is off the front page..
Thanks for posting the print version.
A process violation which is quite separate from the BS murder charge.
A process violation which is quite separate from the BS murder charge.
A process violation which is quite separate from the BS murder charge.
Thanks for clarifying about the passports.
No one is saying that this "process violation" has anything to do with the murder charge. It doesn't. It has to do with the bond hearing, which is why the bond was revoked - the bond was set based, in part, on the information before the court at the time, which did not include the extra money from the PayPal account; now that the court knows about the PayPal account, and knows that Zimmerman failed to disclose it, the court revoked Zimmerman's bond, and will likely increase the bond to account for the extra money.
Just making that clear for OBots. Don't want any misunderstanding you know.
What is clear and your statement emphasizes is that the prosecutors who initiated this brouhaha are aiming at having another charge against Zimmerman should the 2nd degree conviction fail. Clever, just like the Feds nailed Al Capone on tax evasion.
That's doubtful. Perjury is actually one of the most difficult (if not the most difficult) crimes for a prosecutor to prove. It is very difficult to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that someone knew they were lying, and it is very easy for defendants to argue that the questions were vague/misunderstood/etc (think Bill Clinton's "depends on the meaning of 'is'" nonsense). It would be extremely unlikely that a prosecutor would use a perjury charge-particularly one arising out of a bond hearing like this-as a "fallback" charge in case they fail to get a conviction on other charges.
“Passports are a document that you only get to have one active one, at a time. “
Small point: You can have more than one active passport.
For example, you can have the typical “tourist” (Blue) passport and an “Official Passport” (Maroon in color).
Just can’t have two of the same classification.
Small point, to be sure, and not a swipe at you.
BUT were he a flight risk he'd be long gone, and when an overzealous Prosecutor goes wild and has a press conference stirring up Sharpton, Farrakhan, and the New Black Panthers so that you're afraid for your life at every turn and can't work and have to be in seclusion, I wouldn't want the state getting access to any funding sources I had.
The Judge is hurting George`s chance of a fair trial by doing this so publicly.
That’s just it: There is a bail schedule that gives ranges for bail based on the offense. However, on constitutional grounds you can claim indigence before the court, which is what Zimmerman did. When you claim to be indigent, you’re seeking the lowest bail per schedule for the offense you are charged with or you are seeking off-schedule bail at an even lower rate. Either way, when you claim to be indigent, you’d damn well better be indigent.
If this were a case involving an outspoken liberal who had hidden assets from the court during an arraignment or bail hearing, FReepers would be howling with outrage no matter how minor the actual crime he was facing. Yet somehow, Zimmerman seems to get a pass from many.
Yes, an innocent man railroaded by a politically inspired prosecution "seems to get a pass"! Where is the outrage?!
Your government babble is so damn typical...
and having an extra passport.
That alone is enough to revoke his bail. Bonehead mistake by Zimmerman.
It is worse. Zimmerman is going to prison.
hopefully, while in custody, he’ll be beat to death, maybe stabbed by some Florida gangster, thus avoiding an embarrassing trial.
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