Posted on 06/13/2012 7:25:24 PM PDT by roses of sharon
Florida prosecutor Angela Corey has come under withering criticism from Alan Dershowitz for overcharging and leaving out important details in the Affidavit of Probable Cause filed in connection with the charge of Second Degree Murder lodged against George Zimmerman.
Corey allegedly responded by threatening to sue Dershowitz and Harvard. This appears to be part of a pattern when she is criticized.
Now Corey has brought a charge of felony perjury against Zimmerman’s wife, Shellie, based on testimony during George’s bond hearing with regard to their financial resources. (Criminal Information and Affidavit of Probable Cause embedded at bottom of post.)
There certainly is a case which can be made that the Court was not fully informed of the financial situation, and that is part of the reason the Judge revoked bond under the standards applicable to release pending trial.
But that bond standard is very different from a criminal charge of perjury, which requires proof of a specific material false statement which the person believes not to be true at the time of testimony.
(Excerpt) Read more at legalinsurrection.com ...
Unfortuntely, Gov Rick Scott is part of the problem, as he was the one who selected Corey as the Special Prosecutor after the State Attorney for Seminole-Brevard County (Norm Wolfinger) wanted to let a Grand jury hear about it
Rick Scott needs to shut this case down immediately. If not, I can guarantee you he will be primaried out in 2014...if not recalled before them. So too will be State AG Pam Bondi. Real conservatives do not commit liberal atrocities like pleasing Al Sharpton and the New Black Panthers
Tried to explaiher testimony could ha e an explanation and here it is.
Of course it ended wig George and myself being racists and this king it was okay to shoot an unarmed man
of course I think if the other guy instigated it by first action then that fight will end by my stopping g his action and if I feel my life is in danger then it’s going end permanently for the other guy.
Don’t start none, won’t be none.
Every democrat is corrupt.
Every last one.
I sure hope all of the blacks calling for blood are really happy with themselves.
I also hope they have a glimmer of an idea of where their sons are tonight.
I guess there will have to be a special election when she is 'fonged.
There have been a number of cases in recent years where politics has been more important than justice. It may serve the interests of certain individuals like Nifong or Corey, or interest groups like the racial grievance industry, the anti-gun groups, feminists, etc., at the expense of individuals who don't get fair trials--and at the cost of the public's belief in our system of justice. Plenty of room for cynicism.
Maybe they genuinely think they have to sacrifice Zimmerman to avoid riots--sort of like the logic attributed to the high priest in John 11.50 (better than one man die than the whole nation perish).
I think it was Nixon, in the Watergate tapes, who said that perjury is a hard rap to prove. Maybe Mrs. Zimmerman needs to consult with Bill or Hillary.
Would be nice if some big name killer attorney helped out the Zimmermans. If I had the means, I’d pay for it myself as I believe he did nothing wrong. At all. If I was in the same circumstance, I would have done what he did...taking a life cannot be an easy thing-I’ve never had to do it-but just trying to even imagine as best I can what he was and is going thru, makes my heart break.
I feel sorry for the kid’s parents too; I don’t have children, so I don’t know what it’s like to lose one. I can only imagine losing my nephew this way. But as upset as I would be, I would be aching inside wishing that my nephew had not done what he did and crossed that line. If you act like a thug, you will be treated like a thug.
This prosecutor is so overzealous and if Tray had whacked George’s head on the ground a few more times, she’d be prosecuting HIM instead. That should give her pause, but she is going after this guy like he’s the next Charles Manson.
The man is not a criminal; he was just defending himself from a real criminal-thug. Was he supposed to let himself be beaten to death?
Sorry for the rant-I just feel they are after the Zimmerman’s for ANYTHING they can get so he is seems like more of a criminal-kinding of like they want to add to his resume with any additional charges they can come up with.
Would be nice if some big name killer attorney helped out the Zimmermans. If I had the means, I’d pay for it myself as I believe he did nothing wrong. At all. If I was in the same circumstance, I would have done what he did...taking a life cannot be an easy thing-I’ve never had to do it-but just trying to even imagine as best I can what he was and is going thru, makes my heart break.
I feel sorry for the kid’s parents too; I don’t have children, so I don’t know what it’s like to lose one. I can only imagine losing my nephew this way. But as upset as I would be, I would be aching inside wishing that my nephew had not done what he did and crossed that line. If you act like a thug, you will be treated like a thug.
This prosecutor is so overzealous and if Tray had whacked George’s head on the ground a few more times, she’d be prosecuting HIM instead. That should give her pause, but she is going after this guy like he’s the next Charles Manson.
The man is not a criminal; he was just defending himself from a real criminal-thug. Was he supposed to let himself be beaten to death?
Sorry for the rant-I just feel they are after the Zimmerman’s for ANYTHING they can get so he is seems like more of a criminal-kinding of like they want to add to his resume with any additional charges they can come up with.
Would be nice if some big name killer attorney helped out the Zimmermans. If I had the means, I’d pay for it myself as I believe he did nothing wrong. At all. If I was in the same circumstance, I would have done what he did...taking a life cannot be an easy thing-I’ve never had to do it-but just trying to even imagine as best I can what he was and is going thru, makes my heart break.
I feel sorry for the kid’s parents too; I don’t have children, so I don’t know what it’s like to lose one. I can only imagine losing my nephew this way. But as upset as I would be, I would be aching inside wishing that my nephew had not done what he did and crossed that line. If you act like a thug, you will be treated like a thug.
This prosecutor is so overzealous and if Tray had whacked George’s head on the ground a few more times, she’d be prosecuting HIM instead. That should give her pause, but she is going after this guy like he’s the next Charles Manson.
The man is not a criminal; he was just defending himself from a real criminal-thug. Was he supposed to let himself be beaten to death?
Sorry for the rant-I just feel they are after the Zimmerman’s for ANYTHING they can get so he is seems like more of a criminal-kinding of like they want to add to his resume with any additional charges they can come up with.
Bingo!
“I feel sorry for the kid’s parents too; I don’t have children, so I don’t know what it’s like to lose one. I can only imagine losing my nephew this way. But as upset as I would be, I would be aching inside wishing that my nephew had not done what he did and crossed that line. If you act like a thug, you will be treated like a thug.”
I’ll see your rant and raise you another ;)
I’m a single parent, having lost my wife to cancer. I raised our daughter in a way most here would consider far too ‘liberally’. But the one thing I instilled in her from day 1 was ‘actions have consequences”. If you screw up you are going to pay for it and Dad ain’t gonna bail you out.
A large number of her friends screwed up and their parents bailed them out. Or someone else did. Most of them have done jail time. A couple are dead. The parents have no idea why. They blame everyone but themselves.
My daughter avoided all that. She’s now got a great career i the Air Force. She credits her success to knowing there would be no bailouts and ‘excuses’ made for her. That she was responsible for her own actions.
IMO, lots of parents, even conservative ones, think sheltering their kids from the evils of the world will keep them safe. It’s my belief that most of the world’s Trayvons are created because they were never given/taught responsibility by their parents. And so they do any damn thing they want and expect that someone somewhere will bail them out.
That said, The prosecutor follows the same exact pattern. She feels no responsibility for her actions ‘knowing’ that the state/law will bail her out no matter what she does. There is no action/reaction for her. and like martin and a million other kids, she’s running wild because no one ever held her responsible for her own actions.
This entire system is not fixable. It has to eat itself and collapse before we can start over and do it right. Perhaps then responsibility for ones actions will rule the day rather than an entire cluster of law for personal benefit and existance for personal gratification.
/Rant
When would the Federal courts have the opportunity to get involved though? Don’t they have to wait until an appeal works its way up to them?
If I’m not mistaken, the prosecutor has immunity from civil suits, so I don’t think that would fly.
“Corey allegedly responded by threatening to sue Dershowitz and Harvard.”
Oh, boy this ought to be a beaut!! On what grounds would she sue them, or has she said? I think that here is just another out of control prosecutor who needs to be legally put down and severely embarrassed.
Thank you for your analysis.
On the grounds that she has been outed as bitter, vindictive and foul looking shrew by someone far out of her league in terms of.. well.. everything?
Its just not fair.
In this era of equality its only reasonable that Dersh submit to a lobotomy, gain 100lbs, and get cracked in the face a few times with a frying pan before further media appearances to even things out.
If she keeps it up, perhaps Dershowitz himself will take on the case.
Say she wins re-election, then gets disbarred. She could not continue to serve, could she?
Zimmerman's only hope is convincing the jury that he is black. Otherwise he is found guilty of being a racist bigot who murdered an innocent black child.
Maybe so, maybe no. I’d like to see the rest of the state’s evidence including the full tox screen and Trayvon’s phone records.
Charging Shellie reeks of desperation. The woman was in hiding. Not sure if there were any pictures of her before but she’s been outed and she’ll be the face on the next KKK/NBP poster.
Next thing you know, Corey will charge their dog with something.
Note that in the Affidavit of Probable Cause the prosecution did not use an ellipsis or any other indication to show that words were omitted.
If Florida Law permits prosecutors to do this, then the Law needs to be changed. Either way, this witch needs to be hounded out of office.
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