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In reply to the discussion: Attorney: Zimmerman's bond request delayed [View all]1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)38. Yes ...
You are in the minority opinion here ... and just about everywhere outside of Gun Advocate/NRA/white supremacist sites.
But:
Other then strangers donating to his defense to a pay pal ac ct he is indigent ...
Does that even make sense to you ... Bill Gates would be indigent too; but for strangers purchasing MicroSoft products.
Indigency is unrelated to HOW one has access to money ... only that he/she HAS lawful access to funds; even if those funds are not his own, e.g., parentally provided or legal defense funds.
I mean the point of bail is to insure he shows back up, His other passport was EXPIRED.
Yes ... And that is the reason the defendant is questioned regarding their ability to flee, i.e., financial resources and travel documents.
I'll have to read up on this, but I believe that passport he surrendered was the EXPIRED passport, not the valid one. That plus the money suggests contemplation.
Other then that he was following all his conditions, Now hes in solidary confinement for not telling the judge he was receiving donations from strangers which was common knowledge at the bail hearing.
Yes, he followed ALL of the conditions of his release ... Oh, except that one that would effectuate his not showing up for court.
And no ... he's not in solitary confinement for not telling the judge ... he's in solitary for KNOWINGLY representing false information to the judge ... information that is at the base of the bail determination.
Neither the prosecutors nor the defense brought this up hearing, BUT everybody knew about this website. Just my opinion.
True ... on the prosecutors part, that silence is called "a card to be played later"; on the defense side that silence is, "I hope you don't pick up on that." One is strains judicial ethics ... guess which one.
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They weren't too frightened and confused to actually HIDE the money and passports
rocktivity
Jun 2012
#7
It's a weak-assed "excuse," and it makes me wonder what O'Mara is up to
Amerigo Vespucci
Jun 2012
#10
He's still defending him with the picture he's painting. Poor, pitiful. Pitiful, yes. Poor, no.
freshwest
Jun 2012
#13
I would hope that he is not being rewarded in any way. But the dead are unable to state their case.
freshwest
Jun 2012
#50
Yes--a tag team of nitwits who looked like they were milking the case to make their reputations. nt
MADem
Jun 2012
#44
"We feel the failure to disclose these funds was caused by fear, mistrust and confusion.
frylock
Jun 2012
#2
I just have no sympathy for Zimmerman and I never will. A dispatcher told him to NOT bother that
MADem
Jun 2012
#34
So you've know the family that long. Good to know you have all that information
Leontius
Jun 2012
#43
He worked under the table as a party bouncer. He beat the shit out of a drunk girl.
MADem
Jun 2012
#37
dam. wish I was indigent like George. the $204K in his paypal when his wife claimed they had nothing
magical thyme
Jun 2012
#47
Is that a bag of Prescription Meds for Zimmerman the female officer is holding
bahrbearian
Jun 2012
#17
It's not just the side effects of the meds..it's the withdrawal symptoms of the meds, too.
msanthrope
Jun 2012
#42
They might be using that for a defense, I bet he might wish he had a blood test that night.
bahrbearian
Jun 2012
#56