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Zimmermans bond has been revoked
Posted: Jun 1, 2012
Ordered to turn himself in within 48 hours for deceiving the court about his family's financial situation, how much money he himself had on hand and his US passport status! I'd say his credibility just took a major nosedive. What a surprise.;
This is a very old story, so what took them so - long? -and why is this political? nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Nice try. Case is only in preliminary hearing/discovery stage. - Trial may not be until next year.
[ In Reply To ..]The prosecution filed the bond revocation motion at a hearing on confidentiality of evidence where numerous media groups asked the judge not to seal certain records, but rather to allow them to be accessed according to Florida law. The ruling on that issue will be in 30 days.
In the revocation motion, prosecutors presented evidence of numerous "coded" jailhoue phone conversations between George and Shellie Zimmerman regarding the amount of money collected from "The Real George Zimmerman" website and their plans to move the monies between various accounts. These calls took place BEFORE the bond hearing, meaning he and his wife were well aware of the money amounts and that GZ allowed his wife to take the stand and lie like a dog about being indigent. He also kept Atty Omara in the dark about it all. The issue of a second passport they kept stashed in a safety deposit box was raised....another detail GZ failed to disclose after his first one was confiscated. That was also discussed in the phone calls. The judge didn't take too kindly to this, ruled that GZ should not be allowed to benefit from these "material falsehoods" and promptly revoked the bond. You may recall that the funds in question were provided by GOP supporters.
Why this case is political has been discussed previously at length on this forum, but in case you missed it, here's why. In some states, it is against the law to stalk an unarmed kid walking home from the convenience store and shoot him in cold blood. Anyone who does such a thing, regardless of self-defense claims, would NOT be released from police custody without due process to walk around a free man for 44 days. The victim's body would not be summarily "John Doe'd" and left in a morgue for a couple of days before notifying family members, despite the report from the police investigator that disclosed the victim's identity. There would be no need for grieving parents to seek help from the media, no media circus, no trial by Twitter, no divisive taking sides, and no website collection of legal defense funds BEFORE formal charges were even brought. Instead, the perp would be arrested, held in custody, questioned, charged, seek counsel, be arraigned and attend a bond hearing BEFORE being released on bail.
Not so in GOP-NRA-KOCH-BROTHERS sponsored stand-your-ground states such as Florida, where police personnel who apparently botched the investigation from the get-go are allowed to decide the guilt or innocence a confessed shooter claiming self defense. There are 31 states with various versions of such a law, and there is legisation pending on similar laws in 8 more. This case has turned that law on its ear, delayed the progress of pending legislation and sparked opposition initiatives to existing law. THAT'S what makes it political.
Then there are unanswered questions of racial motives on GZ's part, what role race may have played in the Sanford PDs handling of the case, and the FBI's ongoing hate crimes investigation. Yep. It's political all right.
I meant they have known since his LAST court - hearing about this! What took so long?!!
[ In Reply To ..]It is HIGHLY doubtful he will ever be convicted of murder 2. They should have just gone for manslaughter. They only did this because of the rioting and burning of police cars! ... weak case.
Not really. O'Mara was blindsided by website funds revelation - at the April 20 bond hearing
[ In Reply To ..]I remember he held a brief press conference to address that issue within a few days of that hearing and that behind-the-scenes, he was pissed at that surprise development. At that time an arraigment hearing was set for April 23 where Zimmerman did not appear, but O'Mara entered the not guilty plea and the next hearing was scheduled for May 29.
In the interim, the proceedings were initially focused on procedural issues regarding confidentiality of witness lists and evidence versus what would be made available to the public. The discovery phase then commenced. The defense received 67 CDs and a witness list on May 14. This is a LOT of stuff to review in preparation for May 29. There is also the requirement of presenting evidence of the Zimmermans knowledge PRIOR TO THE BOND HEARING of website funding amounts and their plans to bank it in various accounts. I would imagine this would entail the release of phone records, which requires subpoenas, gathering records of website proceeds and bank deposits, and investigating the passport situation, which involved examination of the contents of a safety deposit box. Paper trails do not appear overnight out of thin air and, given the amount of evidence made available to the defense following the bond hearing, my guess is they decided it was best to be thoroughy prepared for May 29 and to file the revocation motion at that time, rather than to request a separate hearing for that singular purpose.
Regarding that HIGHLY unlikey speculation about a murder 2 conviction, might want to consider that, since there are no EYEwitnesses, and not knowing what is on those 67 CDS or who is on the witness list, Zimmerman's outcome appears to rest heavily on his most valuable asset....CREDIBILITY, which is not exactly looking all that stellar at the moment. I'd sure like to know if Mrs. Z will be facing perjury charges later on, or if DH will be held to account for conspiracy to commit perjury. Last time I checked, stand your ground does not protect them from that, though it wouldn't surprise me if FL arbitrarily sanctions lying in self defense too!
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