"Broke" Zimmerman gets new private Lawyer

[HipChick]

I guess his fans are sending in funds...



http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/11/25/2988941/curious-case-george-zimmermans-public-defender/

A few weeks ago, Dowdy left his private practice to become the Chief Assistant Public Defender for Seminole County. According to Trettis, Dowdy does not normally handle individual cases because he has to manage the entire county. When Dowdy does get involved, it would typically be in very serious cases like first degree murder. But, Trettis said, Dowdy has the “discretion” to assign himself as the attorney in any case. And that is exactly what he did in the case of George Zimmerman, assigning himself as an additional lawyer.

Trettis said that, Dowdy’s prior work for Robert Zimmerman Jr. notwithstanding, he had no concerns that George Zimmerman was getting special treatment.

For George Zimmerman, landing an experienced attorney like Dowdy was a big break. According to an affidavit filed with the court, Zimmerman said he had total assets of $149 in cash, no bank account and $2.5 million in debt. His previous attorney, Mark O’Mara, will no longer represent him in any matters. (On Armed American Radio, Dowdy describes O’Mara as “an old friend.”)

Still, George Zimmerman is armed with the services of two attorneys, including one with more than 20 years of criminal defense experience. For an indigent defendant in Florida, that is hardly typical. Last year, 64 lawyers in Brevard and Seminole County handled 28,000 cases. Each lawyer handling felonies, such as the one George Zimmerman is charged with, takes on 400 to 500 clients every year

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/trayvon-martin/os-george-zimmerman-new-lawyer-20131125,0,5351979.story

However, Zimmerman has now elected to drop the Public Defender's Office and hire Jayne Weintraub, a south Florida private criminal defense attorney, to represent him, according to his former public defender, Jeff Dowdy.

[onehandle]

1. He fulfilled a gun nut's greatest fantasy. He hunted down and killed a human.

Underage and a minority as a bonus.

Gun nuts will fund him forever. One hand on their mouse, one hand on their dick.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. He'll get away with it

He could hire donald duck and he'd get away with this behavior. Something about this guy makes him above the law. . .

[Ganja Ninja]

3. I'm sure George can and will fuck up as many times as it takes to end up in the slammer.

It's only a matter of time.

[libdem4life]

4. Karma is not always immediate. Or, what goes around comes around, Christian version.

It is only a matter of time.

Personally, I like Karma better, because it explains why some who seem to get away with stuff in this life, say the killer or the embezzler or the child molester...or at least they claim...come back as the hunted, for the same situation. This goes on and on and on and on back and forth until the soul gets it and starts the redemption incarnation lifetimes.

Sounds good to me. But who knows?